The long-awaited CRYSIS 2 was one of the big winners at this years European Games Award and earned prices in 5 categories including “Best European Game” and “Best European Sound”.
Borislav Slavov of Crytek and Tilman Sillescu of Dynamedion together with famous Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer created a spellbinding soundtrack that won the race against designated titles like “Fable 3″, “Castlevania – Lords of Shadow” and others.
The orchestral soundtrack was recorded in June 2010 at TomTom studios in Budapest, supervised by Tilman, Borislav and Crytek’s senior audio director Campbell Askew. Additional Dynamedion composers were Alex Pfeffer and Marc Rosenberger. Dynamedion’s music was orchestrated by David Christiansen.
Check out the recent interview with Tilman and Borislav Slavov about the making of Crysis2-soundtrack at game-ost.com:
Creation of Crysis 2 soundtrack
Amazon.com: “(2-CD SET) Presenting the original score soundtrack to the new EA videogame CRYSIS 2, the sequel to one of the greatest shooter games ever. Renowned Academy-Award Winning composer Hans Zimmer (RANGO, INCEPTION, GLADIATOR, SHERLOCK HOLMES) crafts themes to create a propulsive musical experience, enhancing spectacular gameplay that features futuristic war, gorgeous destruction and the chance to kick alien butt on the grandest stage of all, New York City! It’s a powerful, cinematically lush collection of music by composers Borislav Slavov, Tilman Sillescu, Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe. A dynamic stand-alone listen – and a must for gamers, soundtrack enthusiasts and music fans alike.”
Follow this link to buy the audio 2-CD SET of the Crysis2 soundtrack: amazon.com: Crysis 2 (Soundtrack)
Dynamedion was awarded “Best Music Studio” on the international “Annual Game Music Awards of 2010″, leaving top-class nominated studios like Hans Zimmer’s “Remote Control” or Jamie Christopherson’s “Soundelux” behind.
Square Enix Music states: “Now the leading game music production studio in Europe, Dynamedion produced numerous breathtaking scores this year (The Settlers 7, Arcania: Gothic 4, Drakensang 2, Kane & Lynch 2) while streamlining orchestral recordings on titles such as Alan Wake, Kinectimals, and Darksiders.”
Tilman has just finished his work on the soundtrack for the upcoming RTL Event movie Nina Undercover – Agent with kids. Tilman produced over 50 minutes of modern orchestral music to the action comedy by Simon X. Rost. A part of the soundtrack was performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra Halle.