Inon Zur Officially Announced as Fallout 3 Composer

[Section8]

Megaton is a horrible mashup of "wild west" and "sneaky heist" music. The harmonica, banjo and guitar and the western vibe they give, I could deal with, since Fallout has quite a lot of a western vibe to it. But the bass line belongs in a movie scene where the "good guys" are sneaking around and gesturing across a room filled with lasers, while a security guard shines his torch around. All it needs is the sound of a baseball game playing on a distant TV in the security room and it would be complete.

Into the Wasteland sounds like attempt to recreate the blend of sweeping pad sounds and eastern melodies/instrumentation that make the Blade Runner soundtrack so awesome, but instead of all the unique character that the very electronic synths of Vangelis provide, it's got a fairly lifeless string dominant composition that doesn't have nearly enough of a sci-fi edge to it. To be blunt, it sounds like a decent imitation of Gothic 2's soundtrack, and the best parts of it sound like phrases directly transcribed from "Tales of the Future", "Damask Rose" or even the main titles from Blade Runner.

As for the main theme, it's been discussed to death.

All in all, it's better than I'd have expected if Soule was the composer, but I think it neatly sidesteps Fallout in favour of something fairly unspecific with too many familiar phrases.

How does it stack up to Zur's Fallout Tactics work? I've played an awful lot of FOT, but I don't think I've ever played the final version with music.

 

[Jiggly McNerdington]

Sounds fairly decent to me. To be honest, I only really remembered a few tracks from the originals, the rest were just background noise to me. Kinda looks like it'll be the case here too.

 

[reza]

Also, unless this is some sort of malemployed sarcasm...

NEW RENO MUSIC IS A RIP-OFF OF BASIC INSTINCT THEME!

...you should stop drinking, pal. It's affecting your hearing.

Or reasoning. Or probably both.

Hehe trust me man, I know my Jerry Goldsmith music. Go find the Basic Instinct theme or I can send it to you. It's a score for a 'erotic-mysterious-thriller' movie, that's why it fits really nicely with New Reno.

 

[Drusus]

I don't see why people hate FoT so much.

Well the main reason I dislike it so much is because of that game costing us van buren. They funneled money to that project and FalloutOS instead of supporting van buren. Due to the not so stellar sales of both those games, van buren development was slowed and eventually canceled.

Even though its an alright game it still reminds me of what was lost because of its creation.

 

[Cold Zer0]

Holy cow!

It started more or less ok. Main title is already known and I can accept it. Megaton is more or less ok with a little western tone to it. But holy crap into the wasteland is a total flop. I have a feeling that hundreds of space marines are ready to cleanse the whole world from heretics. The track itself is ok but not for this game.

 

[goffy59]

I don't see why people hate FoT so much.

Well the main reason I dislike it so much is because of that game costing us van buren. They funneled money to that project and FalloutOS instead of supporting van buren. Due to the not so stellar sales of both those games, van buren development was slowed and eventually canceled.

Even though its an alright game it still reminds me of what was lost because of its creation.

I see your point there. But theres really not much any of us could of done about it.

 

[iii]

Though in all honesty: it could be worst.

Funny isn't it?

I started to read and think of this one sentences here a lot since the release of the first Fallout 3 screenshots.

Resignation is a bastard and I fell for it some time ago.

 

[someth1ng]

Who also want Mark Morgan as Fallout3 Composer? =)
http://www.petitiononline.com/ah5krnd0/petition.html

 

[ikbenrichard]

I actually like the Megaton track and wasteland track. Its alot better then i hoped for. Still really dislike the maintitle though, way too bombastic !

 

[13pm]

okay, I just finished listening to the original soundtracks again.
Mark Morgan is a genius. Inon sucks. No, really. Mark managed to create an atmosphere. He also has some western tunes in the Redding theme, but they do not feel out of place. They just enhance the feeling of loneliness, the atmosphere. Inon's Megaton is, as I've said before, just a mess of sounds.
Also his tracks lack ambience. Maybe he should've used more reverb. They do not help create the atmosphere around, they annoyingly sound in your ears.

I don't know, what's the problem. It's not that I'm against the changes. But the changes should bring something better to my opinion. The tracks are not bad, but they're not good also. They feel like something home-made and a bit amateurish.

 

[radnan]

well its warmer then Mark Morgans creations - which kind of gave you a more empty sparse isolated feel more attuned to the atitude of the wasteland - which was cool

this right now sounds more fuller but i for one think its just a bit too warm and fluffy - even into the wasteland - too many western elements as people said ...

still its not bad - and thank god its not orchestral

 

[Orphismos]

Inon's Megaton is, as I've said before, just a mess of sounds.

Well thats true but maybe its not such a bad idea. What worries me the most is why he made a wild west inspired music for a little city near Washington DC. I know that both Fallout's had a strong cowboy vibe to it but wasn't it because they were located on the west coast?

As for the In To The Wild track. First thing i thought was Black Hawk Down OST. Dominating violin plus some oriental background.

All in all its not as bad as Main Title but surely could have been better.

 

[Pope Viper]

Who also want Mark Morgan as Fallout3 Composer? =)
http://www.petitiononline.com/ah5krnd0/petition.html

Total waste of time. I would imagine that BS signed a contract. They're not going to break a contract because a minority of the fans want a previous composer.

 

[MrBumble]

Though in all honesty: it could be worst.

Funny isn't it?

I started to read and think of this one sentences here a lot since the release of the first Fallout 3 screenshots.

Resignation is a bastard and I fell for it some time ago.

Yeah...I'm feeling that way too. It's probably for the good reason that I own two copies of Fallout Tactics and one of Fallout : POS. Therefore, and I admit that I'm not sure because my opinion is only based on what I've seen and read of Fallout 3 until now, I'm thinking that Fallout has known worse days during the Interplay era, and that even if it won't be Fallout, it sometimes sounds as if it's at least a bit closer than the two previous "Fallout" releases...( and I know most of you won't agree with me on this one, especially as regards Tactics )

 

[Logan]

I like it
Too bad its going to be fallout soundtrack, it doesnt fit =/

 

[HoKa]

Hehe trust me man, I know my Jerry Goldsmith music. Go find the Basic Instinct theme or I can send it to you. It's a score for a 'erotic-mysterious-thriller' movie, that's why it fits really nicely with New Reno.

Basic Instinct Main Theme vs. Fallout 2's New Reno

I'm thinking that Fallout has known worse days during the Interplay era, and that even if it won't be Fallout, it sometimes sounds as if it's at least a bit closer than the two previous "Fallout" releases...( and I know most of you won't agree with me on this one, especially as regards Tactics )

You're forgetting Van Buren.

Also, the only thing Fallout in Fallout 3 will be it's title (read: FOBoS and FOT).

 

[MrBumble]

You're forgetting Van Buren.

Also, the only thing Fallout in Fallout 3 will be it's title (read: FOBoS and FOT).

What about it ? It was cancelled by the same Interplay responsible for FOT and FOPoS. As NMA and CanardPC's preview stated, Fallout 3 shines when it imitates the previous episodes ( within the Vaults ). From what I've read, dialogs are not as bad as expected ( Fallout Tactics did not have real dialogs ), there will be ( at least a little bit of ) choices and consequences here and there ( which is more than most contemporary "rpgs" can say) and hopefully Vaults are not the only locations directly "ripped off" from the previous games. On the other hand, combat sucks balls ( was to be expected ) and some design decisions are highly questionnable ( Orcs and Zombies, Fatman, explosive nukular cars FTW ).

Until now, it's not the bukkake I expected from Bethesda...It looks like an ok game inspired by Fallout ( more than Tactics for instance ).

 

[fedaykin]

NEW RENO MUSIC IS A RIP-OFF OF BASIC INSTINCT THEME!

Hehehehe ahhhh that feels good.

What a crock of shit, man.
It's a bit similar (though only that little characteristic melody) for the first 40 seconds or so, after which the NR music is completely different. It's quite a stretch to call it a rip-off.
What, were you so desperately looking for an opportunity to troll that this was all you could find? Hell, even our resident troll Bodybag does better

 

[Dominus]

maybe is science fiction but still...

can we, the fans, gather some money and pay Mark Morgan to create an alternative soundtrack for Fallout 3, to be used as a MOD or something?

from the interview

G-OST: Bethesda Softworks currently developing Fallout 3 keeps silence regarding main composer’s name. Atmosphere goes really hot around this. It’s even been rumors that Jeremy Soule is in charge, what caused hard civil commotion, but then he announced that he’s out of game. Most of people, including us (we can be fired saying this) believe that you’re ideal and only person to take over this position. Additionally, investigators found out that your profile at www.gsamusic.com contains Fallout 3 reference. It’s your chance to unbosom yourself - is that true or another misinformation created to conceal your life, Mr. Morgan?

Mark: Thanks for the kind words, I would love to do that game, but I have not been asked. I’m hopeful after doing the other two “Fallout” games and other projects over the years, I could take “Fallout 3” to another level musically. As far as the www.gsamusic site, it’s obviously a misprint.[...]

 

[Tabi]

I'd like to say something myself.
Into the Wasteland is definitely the best, still too positive-sounding though.
Megaton is a mess... I guess he tried to emulate the style of Mark Morgan a bit and it didn't work out at all.
And the title music... doesn't work.

Imo, Fallout doesn't need title music at all.
It should be about the desolate atmosphere sucking us in, rather than us feeling like winning epic battles against eeevil zombies and supermutants as agents of justice.
It could work if they changed the title music/background completely after we've left the vault and seen that the world is shades of gray and there's no hope in sight...
It would be a nice contrast between the vault, with its possibly simplistic view of the world and the real outside world itself.
Or not. Just trying to suggest something to get rid of the title music at some point.

I would say that his music is too positive in general.. Mark Morgan's music was pretty pessimistic and desolate, with the exception of Modoc, which was just beautiful.