While Ancient Wars: Sparta might look like an Age of Empires III knock-off on first glance with its familiar graphical style and gameplay mechanics, it distinguishes itself with its focus on one aspect of the ancient world. Ancient Wars: Sparta revolves around the affairs of the Spartans and features some pretty fitting music. The game specifically targets a period of human strife in the ancient world, and the music almost exclusively highlights a dark, warlike mood through the slow-paced tempo guided by the heavy beats of the percussion.
Three film/video game cross-over composers collaborated for this soundtrack, none of whom I had previous heard of: Markus Schmidt, Alex Pfeffer, and Alexander Roder. It’s always interesting to see what film composers will bring to the table when they work on games, and the fact that three such composers were working on this game had me curious when I picked this one up.
Did this collaboration pay off? Find out in our review of Ancient Wars: Sparta after the jump. (more…)
