If you're faced with the conundrum of being blown away by the over the top visual’s of the PC-shooter Crysis, but you lack a gaming rig that will levitate, walk the dog and make toast (let alone play the game the way developer intended), take solace in the fact you can at least listen to its top-notch soundtrack.
We've spec’d out the disc and the good news is that it will play in most standard CD players, whether top, front or vertical loading. No patches, hardware upgrades or minimum requirements are necessary. All you really need to know is that veteran composer Inon Zur has delivered another compelling audio companion for a great game.
The soundtrack is quite a good listen even when stripped from the game’s uber high end visuals. Featuring the musicians of the Northwest Sinfonia, the album’s 22 tracks run the gamut from epic sci-fi themes to moody, percussive bursts evoking intense aliens combat.
While hardcore fans will no doubt want this, soundtrack purists will enjoy the complete lack of anything poppy in the mix. No forced, cross-contamination by a flavor-of-the-week MySpace throwaway band included for the sake of marketing can be found here. If the simple enjoyment of listening to uniquely composed orchestral pieces away from frag-happy gaming sessions is your thing, then you will enjoy this album.
Inon Zur has scored nearly three dozen video games so if you are amongst his fan base, do yourself a favor and hit a legitimate download site and add his latest to your playlist. This little thing called iTunes has it along with Sumthing Digital. If you are really hardcore and want a pretty jewel box to keep a disc in, you can also find it at finer online CD purveyors.
