This week’s top soundtrack of the week goes to Deus Ex: Human Revolutions. Deus Ex is an action/RPG published by Square Enix and developed by Eidos Montreal. You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist whose job is to protect company interests. Deus Ex is very much a sandbox game in the sense that you can do things multiple ways to get to your end goal. The game is set in futuristic 2027 to which the music reflects incredibly well. The music was composed by Michael McCann who has also written various tracks for Splinter Cell: Double Agent and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
The soundtrack combines a slight operatic and orchestral influence with a modern electronic dystopian atmosphere. As someone who has played the game from start to finish, I can say that the music adds a whole different layer of immersion into Deus Ex. The music defines the state of the future with an uneasy, almost macabre tone and in times of action, gets the adrenaline pumping with powerful instruments such as drums and layers of percussion.
There are two tracks that perfectly show the overall feeling of the soundtrack. The first is a track called “The Mole”.
A lot is going on within the track, and all those layers create this solid sound. A depressing and almost lost feeling that brings the whole atmosphere of the game alive. To me, the music is what makes this game so immersive and intense. The music sets the whole feel of Deus Ex: Human Revolutions and without it, that immersion and feeling would be entirely lost.
The second track is called "After the Crash"
This track shows the more action orientated side of the soundtrack and game. The electronic sounds, solo male, lyricaless vocals and heavy percussion really strikes out to the listener. As the track progresses and builds, it hits you with a slightly distroted guitar riff. Although simplistic in terms of musical ability, it works great towards to progression of the track, ultimatly building in to this adrenaline pumping track fit for many of the action scenes and fights in Deus Ex.
The whole soundtrack is absolutly wonderful and can be bought on either Amazon or Itunes for $9.99 (£6.49). Deus Ex: Human Revolution can be purchased on Steam for $19.99 (£12.99). You can view the website of the composer who wrote the fantastic music of Deus Ex: Human Revolutions here. Both the game and the soudntrack are money well spent and worth every second of time you spend playing them.
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