Of course it has film music from the original trilogy but also some new music that fits really well into the Star Wars Universe.

I don't know who does the music but it's not bad for a video game. (It's no Medal of Honor though.)

They tend to hire a composer to right transitional or incidental cues... the stuff in Rogue Squadron II wasn't bad, either.

j

While you're at it (and I've said that before), check out his list of favourite composers on his website.

Jeron

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Originally posted by Jeron:
[B]His music *sounds* like video game music, Chris. While Hülsbeck's music isn't groundbreaking by any means, it's works alright. Of course, Jeremy Soule's "Knights of the Old Republic" functions on a much more superior plain. Being a big advocate of both his and Michael Giacchino's, it makes me wonder why neither of them were asked to do the gig?[B]

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Yeah but it's not supposed to sound like "game music." The purpose of the game (as stated by the developers) is to recreate the experiences of the movie, only you get to participate. While I won't get into a debate here over the artistic merits of Jeremy Soule, my guess as to why neither were asked to score the game is that Hülsbeck lives in Germany, along with the developer Factor 5, and has a long standing relationship with them. Another annoying factor about his music is that he uses extremely lame and dated synth. While I won't condemn them for not hiring an orchestra (even though they should), he could at least use more up to date sample libraries. Or even better, just use music from the 8+ hours of Williams's StarWars scores available for use. They already use some of it for the game, why not the whole thing? STUPID.

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Originally posted by VaultComplex:
Yeah but it's not supposed to sound like "game music." The purpose of the game (as stated by the developers) is to recreate the experiences of the movie, only you get to participate. While I won't get into a debate here over the artistic merits of Jeremy Soule, my guess as to why neither were asked to score the game is that Hülsbeck lives in Germany, along with the developer Factor 5, and has a long standing relationship with them. Another annoying factor about his music is that he uses extremely lame and dated synth. While I won't condemn them for not hiring an orchestra (even though they should), he could at least use more up to date sample libraries. Or even better, just use music from the 8+ hours of Williams's StarWars scores available for use. They already use some of it for the game, why not the whole thing? STUPID.

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
Hülsbeck may not be groundbreaking these days (I've hardly heard anything he's done since he went from the Amiga to game consoles), but he certainly was in the C64 and Amiga days, when he wrote some of the best synth stuff I've heard. (As far as I know, he lives in the US, by the way, not in Germany anymore).

As for reusing Williams' existing Star Wars music, LucasArts used to do that all the time since X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, and I'm glad they seem to be going back to original scores these days. Williams' music often worked fine, sometimes it was even used to great effect (parts of X-Wing Alliance, and particularly Jedi Outcast), but original music has far more possibilities, especially when depth is concerned, i.e. actually underscoring the story of the game with appropriate themes etc. Using Williams' existing scores is basically what Lucas did in the finale of Attack of the Clones, and he rightly gets criticized for that.

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