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The Music of Video Games - Jesper Kyd
GAMING
As the evolution of games has been rapid and complex, so too has it been with game soundtracks. Somewhere along the way, something extraordinary happened – game scores grew into standalone creations that could no longer be dismissed as mere ‘background noise’.
Many people got into specific games or learned about them via this wonderful medium. Gaming music became art, with the composers playing the heroes and champions. One of the most admired is Jesper Kyd.
Who are you?
Born February 3, 1972, in Hørsholm, Denmark, Jesper Kyd Jakobson started his self-taught journey with music with piano and composition lessons, but soon enough he added classical guitar, choir and note reading into the mix. Little Jesper loved playing his Commodore 64 and he discovered that it’s a good tool for composing music. Soon he got interested in the demo scen – he discovered Amiga and joined a demogroup called Silents DK and started collaboratin
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I love the Assassin’s Creed games – they defined quite a large part of my gaming childhood. I especially loved the ones set in periods I knew about and could relate to – therefore, because I am a Renaissance fan, my absolute favourite of these games was Assassin’s Creed 2. It was like a dream come true – as Ezio Auditore da Firenze I got to run, jump, climb, stab, shoot and loot around Florence, Venice, and the Tuscan and Romagna countryside, the heart of the Renaissance in Italy. There isn’t much to compare to leaping off the Duomo in Florence, chasing after thieves through St. Mark’s Square in Venice, and throwing enemy soldiers off the many towers of San Gimignano. The framing device for these games wasn’t the worst idea in the world either, with 21st century dude Desmond Miles (whose ancestor’s memories the player relives in the Animus) caught up in the modern day Templar-Assassin conflict, and there was ple
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Following on from the epic score of the original, Jesper Kyd returns for Assassins Creed II’s OST and this time we’re going back in time! Spread over two discs, the soundtrack features some lush and beautiful soundscapes and while there’s a lot of dramatic evolvement, its quieter moments can easily stand up to all the massive orchestras.
Opening with “Earth”, it starts off quite serene and soon takes an eerie feel with the falsetto vocal slowly getting more shrill and anxious before the song breaks into full flow with strings, guitars and rolling percussion chugging away. The calm and the unnerving side by side is quite unique. “Venice Rooftops” continues the gitarr elements which rolls effortlessly alongside ambient vocals and strings giving you a sense of grandure with free flowing motion as the cycles never stop and each instrument riff perfectly circles round. “Ezio’s Family” completes the trio with another filmic down