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The score started a juggernaut, video game music becoming hugely popular afterwards, and it couldnвЂ™t be easier to see why. Arguably, the video game format allowed Giacchino to do all these tremendously-structured cues without having to worry about the little scene-specific things in films and television that offer challenges to musical coherence. I canвЂ™t help but be reminded by some of Joel McNeelyвЂ™s similarly Williams-influenced film scores of the 1990s вЂ“В which is no bad thing at all вЂ“ in that it channels the legendary composerвЂ™s spirit in such an enthusiastic and entirely professionally-done way that itвЂ™s almost like listening to the great man himself. This is a masterpiece, really, each cue a perfectly self-contained three or four minutes, beautifully constructed, and when put together it makes a stirring and incredibly entertaining package. Truly, every track is of high quality, but a few do deserve a special mention вЂ“ вЂњThe Radar TrainвЂќ and вЂњRjuken SabotageвЂќ are two outstanding takes on the Nazi theme, the latter in particular possessing a rambunctious energy that makes it a real standout amongst standouts. Structurally, again the Williams inspirationВ can be heard (вЂњDesert ChaseвЂќ and вЂњAirport FightвЂќ from Raiders of the Lost Ark another two influences that are fairly plain to hear) but really, who cares about that? ItвЂ™s a brilliant way of writing action music, one that has been heard surprisingly rarely in film music (surprising because of WilliamsвЂ™s huge popularity) and GiacchinoвЂ™s use of the style is spot-on here. Indeed, action has a massive part to play here. This is where the Williams influence is most heavily felt from a melodic point of view, the theme closely related to the famous вЂњScherzo for Motorcycle and OrchestraвЂќ in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade itвЂ™s given its fullest arrangement in the barnstorming вЂњAssault on Fort SchmerzenвЂќ, one of the scoreвЂ™s many action highlights.

The main theme occurs several times but apart from the tremendous finale, вЂњThe Jet Aircraft FacilityвЂќ, it is frequently in little motivic fragments a second theme (for the Nazis) is heard just as prominentlyВ during the main body of the score. Orchestration and performance are both first-rate вЂ“ and the score is an absolute belter. What struck a lot of people at the time was: have we found the heir apparent to John Williams? Giacchino displays a considerable orchestral flair throughout the score, clearly taking inspiration from WilliamsвЂ™s classic style for the various вЂњbattling NazisвЂќ sequences in the first and third Indiana Jones scores. ItвЂ™s a wonderful theme, appropriately respectful and dignified while being a Grade-A piece of entertainment. The scoreВ begins with the superb main theme, rousing and undoubtedly slightly militaristic but above all passionate and emotional. He had a few months to craft his score, which was performed by the Northwest Sinfonia in Seattle.

#Medal of honor 2010 song movie#

Step forward Michael Giacchino, just 31 at the time and with a handful of game scores behind him (including a couple of movie tie-ins for Dreamworks, The Lost World and Small Soldiers). The legend goes that the game that started it all was dreamed up by Steven Spielberg, who had the idea while making Saving Private Ryan and got Dreamworks Interactive on the case and that it was Spielberg who insisted that the game should have an orchestral score. Medal of Honour (1999) вЂ“ Michael Giacchino, 73m

I have decided to review the represented scores separately and in chronological order (which isnвЂ™t quite how they are presented, in order to make them fit more conveniently onto a smaller number of discs). In 2011 La-La Land Records put out a mammoth eight-disc box set of music from the series. It paved the way for the thriving orchestral game music industry we have today, made a star of Giacchino and has been hugely popular ever since. There was much critical acclaim and that extended to its score, by a young composer named Michael Giacchino, just making his way in the business.

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It was an instant success and inspired countless imitators and sequels (the series to date has thirteen games in it).

Composed by Michael Giacchino, Christopher Lennertz and Ramin DjawadiДЄ novelty when it was first released in 1999, Medal of Honour (sorry вЂ“ I will be typing the word so many times, if I attempt to not use the British spelling then my small brain will become fried) was a first-person shooter game which put the player in the throes of battle in Europe towards the end of the Second World War.