Mass Effect Original Game Soundtrack
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Free Music Review: Highly recommended
Hit: 5 Stars
It's not often that a developer takes a chance with their soundtrack like this, and it was a rather rewarding gamble on Bioware's part in the end. Mass Effect, by itself a great game, will be remembered for a long time for its soundtrack. It made the game larger than life, and made me feel like I was in a space epic/opera. After beating the game I still wanted more, so this soundtrack and the prequel novel were right up my alley. I received both items a little later than expected, but that is the price I pay for having USPS ship over the holiday's.
If you are a fan of the Blade Runner and Dune soundtrack, or 80's scifi music in general, you owe it to yourself to give this a try. It features heavy synth mixed with orchesra level acoustics, which may not sound like it would work together at first, but melds perfectly throughout.
There is a reason Gamespot awarded it with soundtrack of the year over cult favorites like Halo.
Free Music Review: Could have been perfect...
Hit: 5 Stars
Mass Effect has a amazing soundtrack. Its a mixture of ochestra elements with electronica and rock to create a futuristic setting in sound. The problem here is that this soundtrack appears to be missing several sequences from the game, and the content that is included, is cut short. 75 percent of these tracks are under 2 minutes and you don't get the same experience that you did while playing the game. I think its pretty obvious that this soundtrack would have benefitted from being a 2xCD set. I'm not sure if it was BioWare's call or Sumthing Else... But someone got cheap with the release and its easy to tell. I really think this would have been twice as good had the tracks looped at least once and panned out more... Just as you start to get into a track - poof its over. The music included here is amazing, but its much too short. Recommended for fans still though.Free Music Review: Beautiful Score, But So Short...
Hit: 5 Stars
Mass Effect is a beautiful game.
So it could be assumed that the soundtrack of the game is beautiful as well. And beautiful it is. The soundtrack is nothing more than what you'd expect: the music--ambient or otherwise--from the game.
But, being an avid soundtrack purchaser, I have to say that I was a bit disappointed with this as compared with the soundtracks from the three Halo games, because each track is only as long as a single run through that track would be in game. This means that you'll burn through the soundtrack in about an hour, maybe less.
Regardless, it's still a piece I'd recommend to fans of the game, and goes great in the background as you read the book, as well.
Free Music Review: Recommended for fans of the game and 80s sci-fi soundtracks
Hit: 5 Stars
Well I haven't bought a videogame soundtrack in years but after playing through Mass Effect I had to pick this one up. Nothing different here than what you get in the game but you do get all 37 tracks used in game, and they obviously sound alot clearer and richer when they aren't being masked by laser and biotic effects :P
A great CD if you like the game soundtrack, or even if you haven't played the game also recommended for fans of moog style 80s synth sci-fi soundtracks (think Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13 etc.)
Free Music Review: Perfect Soundtrack
Hit: 5 Stars
This is an incredible soundtrack that for me is half of the Mass Effect experience. I love the game, and the music sets the mood perfectly. I'll never forget when I first played Mass Effect running around the Citadel. The music playing in the background at C-Sec was absolutely perfect. There was so much variety in the music. I liked the subtle background music and the more intense tracks. This Soundtrack is awesome.