Sumthing Else Releases ‘Bionic Commando’ Score
Sumthing Else Music Works has today released the soundtrack to the Bionic Commando video game.
The soundtrack features original game music from composers Jamie Christopherson, Simun Viklund, Trond-Viggo Melsen and Erik Thunberg.
Composer Jamie Christopherson:
“I remember playing Bionic Commando back on the NES and like everyone else I was blown away by the quality of the music. Not only were there extremely ‘hummable’ epic melodies, but the use of the MIDI chip to create a very dense and complicated orchestral arrangement was astonishing. If someone would have told me that 20 years later I would be working on a next generation Bionic Commando game, I would never have believed them. I was fortunate enough to take the music (including the famous main theme) and give it a modern treatment, complete with an anthemic 15-piece brass ensemble.”
The Bionic Commando video game follows the bionically-enhanced Nathan “Rad” Spencer, voiced by former Faith No More lead singer Mike Patton.
The game takes place 10 years after Spencer’s heroic defeat of the Imperials in the original game. Now, he has been betrayed by the government he swore to serve, imprisoned for crimes he didn’t commit, and sentenced to death. On the day of Spencer’s execution, terrorists detonate a massive experimental weapon in Ascension City, unleashing an intense earthquake that has turned the city into rubble and wiped out its population. With the terrain in ruins and the city’s air defense grid now in the control of a massive terrorist force the FSA have only one option left – a behind-the-lines assault. The perfect job for a Bionic Commando.
Have a listen to a track by Jamie Christopherson:
For more information on the game please visit the official Bionic Command website.
Grab the Bionic Commando soundtrack from Amazon.
