Rise of the Tomb Raider Being Scored by Game of Thrones Composer - News
by Chinh Tran , posted on 09 October 2015 / 4,042 Views
In a news post over on Xbox Wire, it has been revealed that Bobby Tahouri, the composer of the hit HBO show Game of Thrones (amongst others), will be scoring the music for Rise of the Tomb Raider.
"Epic adventure needs epic tunes, and November’s Xbox-exclusive Rise of the Tomb Raider is getting quite the musical score. Xbox and developer Crystal Dynamics are pleased to announce that Lara Croft’s next grand adventure will be scored by world-renowned composer Bobby Tahouri, whose work on TV and movies has included big-name franchises like “Game of Thrones,” “Iron Man,” and “Despicable Me 2.”
A preview of Rise of the Tomb Raider's soundtrack has also been released and can be listened to via SoundCloud.
Rise of the Tomb Raider will initially release on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 in November before coming to PC in early 2016. PlayStation 4 owners will have to wait until the holidays of 2016 to experience Lara Croft's latest adventure.
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The first game had a great score they probably should have stuck with the same composer.
Well can we please don't get ahead of ourselves? He was only an additionnal composer for season 1 of GoT and most of the time uncredited. Now I would be more impressed if it was Ramin.
And this is one of the reasons that "AAA" games have "AAA" budgets, that only get more and more bloated. Because they insist on trying to have "Hollywood" style production, with all sorts of super-cinematic scenes, and hiring actual name Hollywood actors for voice work, and actual Hollywood composers for the soundtracks, etc.
When what they really need to focus on in modern games? Fucking gameplay, which they often neglect. The modern design philosophy seems to really be style over substance, for a lot of games. Not ALL, but a worrying and increasing amount.
Isn't it a little late to start the hype train when the game comes out next month? Cool news but it's a tad too late at this point.
I agree. This is pretty big news for them, the way they made it sound was like they got him at the last minute when he must of been composing for this thing for at least a year. Why on earth didn't they announce this in spring or at e3?
I guess it's not allowed for me to state an abnormal marketing choice by my downvotes here. This isn't a shot at the game, people. It's a shot at the publisher for waiting until the eleventh hour to announce something this potentially big. Whether you want that publisher to be Square or Microsoft here, I don't really care. A good game has been in the shadows for months now and this could've been used to help that problem.
