The Music of BATMAN AKRHAM KNIGHT

The Music of  BATMAN AKRHAM KNIGHT

In the most recent edition of their Batman Arkham Knight coverage, Game Informer caught up with the composer of the game, Nick Arundel, and talked about the approach he took to composing the the Arkham finale. Hit the Jump for more!

By MrBlackJack - Mar 25, 2014 01:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: Game Informer

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Continuing their month long coverage of Batman Arkham Knight, Game Informer sat down with Rocksteady's audio director and composer, Nick Arundel. Arundel previously scored Batman Arkham Asylum and Batman Arkham City for Rocksteady. In the interview, Arundel discusses the challenges of coming back for a third time, the process of composing these games, creating Scarecrow's theme, and even a sample of one of the tracks for Batman Arkham Knight! Below is an excerpt from Game Informer's article:
 
You should know the name Nick Arundel. As Rocksteady's audio director and composer of their now Arkham trilogy, his work has contributed greatly to help define the studio's take on Batman. While he has previously worked with Ron Fish on the soundtracks of both Asylum and City, Arundel is recruiting help from a certain talent from Hollywood to help compose Rocksteady's finale. We spoke with Arundel about his previous work in the series, how Scarecrow has influenced the new soundtrack, and he even shows off some new tracks from the game.
 
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Arkham Asylum theme:

Arkham City theme:
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thepaulo86
thepaulo86 - 3/25/2014, 1:48 PM
First... and i'm working so, cant hear the video :(
Pasto
Pasto - 3/25/2014, 1:51 PM
Pharrell?
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/25/2014, 1:55 PM
The music for the Arhkam games are great. Glad they are keeping the same tune this time around
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 3/25/2014, 1:58 PM
Arkham Origins had the best music of the series.
ScorpioRisin
ScorpioRisin - 3/25/2014, 2:13 PM
I have to agree with spideyboy here. Even though I found myself humming a few of the other Arkham themes while playing the games, Origins had such a great soundtrack. I guess you could say it was very reminiscing of the Nolan trilogy, but I don't think that was necessarily a bad thing (especially for that game), also, give Christopher Drake his own Batman movie soundtrack. That guy is genius. The Dark Knight Returns anyone?
Viltrumite
Viltrumite - 3/25/2014, 2:15 PM
The main theme from Arkham City is probably my favorite piece of music from any Batman media. I can't wait to hear what he cooks up for Arkham Knight.
DatScarletPimPerNeLL
DatScarletPimPerNeLL - 3/25/2014, 2:57 PM
Feels like the games are missing something in their themes...needs to have more 80's spunk...I imagine something more like this in those trailers.
CommanderShepard
CommanderShepard - 3/25/2014, 3:41 PM
Arkham Origins had awesome music, the best so far in the series. With some Christmas themes mixed into it...it was EPIC!
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