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Horizon Zero Dawn Soundtrack Available on Spotify

March 3, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Horizon Zero Dawn Soundtrack Available on Spotify Share this

The soundtrack to the Sony Interactive action role-playing game Horizon Zero Dawn is now available to stream on Spotify.

Music for the alternate future third person action game was composed by Joris de Man (Killzone) with assistance by band The Flight, vocalist Julie Elven, Niels van der Leest and more is spread across four CDs with a whopping 80 tracks.

Video via Youtuber Ruba Jaiousy

A full track listing and album credits can be found on VGMdb. Currently there isn’t a release date for retail copies of the game’s soundtrack, though Playstation’s blog states the release is ” a week before it’s available anywhere else.”. You can listen to the full Horizon Zero Dawn soundtrack album here, and we will report on future media releases as they become available.
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KILLZONE 3: Joris [is] de Man (OST Review)

March 30, 2011 | Gideon Dabi | 1 Comment Share this

Joris de Man holds a special place in our music-nerdy little hearts. Aside from giving us some high quality soundtracks in the Killzone series, de Man also holds the honor of being the first composer to win the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for a video game score. There is much satisfaction to be had realizing that the same award once given to David Bowie, Radiohead, Iron Maiden, and Paul McCartney has been given to the composer of a fine Playstation 3 shooter.

It is because of this spectacular and deserved achievement that I waited with great expectations and high hopes for Joris de Man’s follow-up effort in Killzone 3. With a universe as rich as that of the series, as well as high-octane action and drama that is always present, (the second installment, in particular) there could be no reason for this score to be anything less than its predecessor. Right? (more…)
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KILLZONE 2 Soundtrack Wins Prestigious Ivor Novello Award

May 29, 2010 | Gideon Dabi | Comments Off on KILLZONE 2 Soundtrack Wins Prestigious Ivor Novello Award Share this

Beginning only this year, the Ivor Novello Awards now have a category for best original video game soundtracks. Its first recipient was Guerrilla Games’ smash hit, Killzone 2 (composed by Joris de Man). For those of you who are not familiar with these awards, the mission statement from the official website is as follows:

“The Ivors celebrate the outstanding writing achievements of songwriters, composers and their music publishers. The awards either celebrate artistic excellence in a specific work, exceptional performance figures in the award year or recognise the outstanding achievements of a particular songwriter or composer throughout their career.”

In addition to these criteria, all entries must have a British or Irish composing contribution of at least one third.

I am absolutely thrilled to see one of the most prestigious honors in the music business open its arms to video game music. It is now only a matter of time before other major awards committees get on board as well and acknowledge what we all know to be some of the best music available.

For readers at OSV, you all know this is sort of a bit of old news since Killzone 2 made my list of honorable mentions for our first annual OSVOSTOTY Awards. And, really, who needs an Ivor once you have that?

Warm congratulations to Mr. de Man and the rest of the staff responsible for Killzone 2!

Video game music gaining major mainstream exposure?! What do you all make of this? Your thoughts, please!