In this way Blood Dragon shows how game publishers can squeeze further wealth from their most costly games. But in the way it seizes and repaints Far Cry 3's ample world and engine, borrowing the multimillion-dollar bulk of a game created over years by a team of hundreds, thereby delivering the sort of scope and value no download game build from scratch could possibly match. Not in terms of length – a competent player will get decent change from six hours' investment. It is, perhaps, the first blockbuster-scale download title (an XBL-triple-A production, you might say). 1 feat.B lood Dragon may appropriate the style and tone of 80s cartoons – from the chrome-plated logo, through the testosterone-drenched dialogue, to its Vangelis-esque soundtrack – but Ubisoft's digital download spin-off to last year's desert island combat game Far Cry 3 has future-facing ramifications. Invada to release Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon soundtrack for Record Store Dayįact Premiere: Susu Laroche - washing touch offĬktrl interview: Composing a soundscape for I ♥ Campbellįact Premiere: Aurélien Bernard - (reed) įact Premiere: Síbín Vol. The record comes as a double vinyl LP in neon pink with artwork by poster artist James White ( Blade Runner, Drive, The Thing) and is limited to 1000 copies worldwide.Ĭheck out ‘Power Core’ below and pick up the record on April 19. Game developers Ubisoft say the soundtrack “mirrors the game’s vision of a nostalgia-drenched journey into the world of VHS-inspired dystopian futures.” That just about nails the retro-futurist vibe of the music, which also recalls Barrow’s excellent Drokk project from 2012, an imagined soundtrack to Judge Dredd. With a touch of romance and a ton of trouble, we’re gonna get there… any way we can.” The music for the video game, a first-person shooter set on a tropical island, was composed by Australian duo Power Glove, who craftily bill themselves as “two lawyers sent back from the streets of future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles 2043. Invada Records, the label operated by Portishead and BEAK>’s Geoff Barrow, is releasing the soundtrack to Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon as part of this year’s Record Store Day celebrations. Dystopian video game soundtrack gets vinyl release.
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