Activision: Sarah Schachner - CALL OF DUTY: INFINITY WARFARE

[horner1980]

Nach all den bekannten Namen endlich mal ein unbekannter Name unter den Komponisten dieser Videospiel-Reihe. Billboard hat ihr einen sehr ausführlichen Artikel gewidmet.

 

Her gravity-defying score arrives Nov. 4.

Sarah Schachner is no stranger to exploration and combat. Growing up in suburban Philadelphia, local kids took up shields and swords to play on the full-sized Viking ship in her backyard (the result of a letter-writing campaign to the Leif Erikson Society). Now 31, Schachner is exploring the deep recesses of space in a much higher-stakes game, the Nov. 4 release of Activision's Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which features her gravity-defying score.

Much has been made of the fact that Infinite Warfare is the first Call of Duty game to go interstellar, a somewhat risky move for a franchise whose fans have come to expect a first-person experience of earthly battle. That formula has made Call of Duty one of the most lucrative game properties on this or any planet -- one that for seven years running has with each new iteration been North America's No. 1 selling game of the year, generating $15 billion on 250 million units since the series debut in 2003, according to consumer research firm NPD.

That the title many expect to be the console blockbuster of the season is the first on which Schachner has sole composer credit is nothing short of astonishing, but like a soldier taking to the field, she kept her cool: "If you feel zero pressure knowing that your music will be heard by millions of fans, you must be a cyborg," she observed. "But you have to thrive under pressure, to some degree. I find finishing music with no constraints or deadlines more daunting than working on a multibillion-dollar franchise."

 

Previously, Schachner was best known for her work on Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Unity, a 2014 title on which she shared credit with two others. Prior to that, working alongside her mentor, composer Brian Tyler (Thor: Dark World, Fast & Furious), Schachner contributed additional music and arrangements to films such as Iron Man 3, The Expendables 2 and Now You See Me, and on games including Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and, in 2011, Call of Duty 3: Modern Warfare. This is her first foray into space.

"Scoring a sci-fi project has always been a dream of mine," she confessed. "Space can be as suffocating and isolating as it is seemingly infinite, a fascinating challenge from a musical standpoint. The goal of the score was to capture the loneliness felt in space, the emotional burdens of leadership and the gritty combat of war." Mysterious, but not at the expense of the martial themes expected of war games, Schachner's music ebbs and flows, managing to sound both organic and mechanized.

"Sarah was on our short list of composers for Infinite Warfare," said Stephen Miller, audio director for Activision's Infinity Ward studio, which produces Call of Duty. "We had done big orchestral pieces for past games, but we wanted something more intimate for this -- a sound that captured the essence of the fragileness of human life."

 

The 70-minute soundtrack will be available for download on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and the PlayStation Network on Nov. 4, with a $35 vinyl release scheduled for the fourth quarter through Iam8bit.

 

Track list for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, original score by Sarah Schachner:

 

1. Anthropic Universe
2. Home
3. Rising Threat
4. Olympus Mons
5. Black Sky
6. Operation Black Flag
7. Rally Point
8. Terrible Resolve
9. Infinite Warfare
10. Adrift
11. All or Nothing
12. Endure
13. Peace to the Fallen
14. Sentient Mechanism
15. Europa
16. Reyes
17. Taken Dagger
18. Titan
19. Pyrrhic Victory
20. Faulty Wiring
21. Safe Harbor
22. Fair Winds
23. Phoenix
24. Blood Storm
25. The Retribution
26. Fight or Flight (Bonus Track)
27. Afterlife (Bonus Track)
28. Rogue Astroid (Bonus Track)
29. Dark Quarry (Bonus Track)

Quelle: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7550129/composer-sarah-schachner-call-of-duty-infinite-warfare-soundtrack-interview

 

 

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[Eisselmann]

Also ihre Scoreanteile an AC Unity war super und die besten des Soundtracks.

Bin gespannt was hier rauskommt.

Viel gespannter bin ich auf den hoffentlich bald kommenden Battlefield 1 Soundtrack.

[Eisselmann]

Habe den Soundtrack jetzt.

Bin etwas enttäuscht...

Dass Schachner hier so extrem den generischen Action RCP Kurs fährt hätte ich nicht gedacht.

Aber vermutlich vom Entwickler so gewollt.

Zumindest ist das Thema nicht sooo schlecht.

Aber der Soundtrack von Black Ops 3 fängt mich eher ein.

Und leider gab's noch immer kein Release von Stephen Bartons Modern Warfare... :/