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New World's Soundtrack Inspired By Game Of Thrones, New Details In Extensive Video | MMORPG.com

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edited September 2021 in Videos Discussion

imageNew World's Soundtrack Inspired By Game Of Thrones, New Details In Extensive Video | MMORPG.com

If you think New World's soundtrack has some familiarity to it, you're not alone. In fact, the inspiration for New World's soundtrack comes from one of the most popular fantasy franchises in TV history: Game of Thrones. So much so that the composer on the HBO epic helped create the sound of Amazon's Aeternum, collaborating with Brandon Campbell on the game's soundtrack.

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  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,163
    edited September 2021
    I love the music and sound in this game. The music gets stuck in my head after logging out, which is a good thing since it means it's memorable. And I love chopping wood and mining just for the sound xD
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  • AlpiusAlpius Member UncommonPosts: 247
    Yeah the sound quality in this game is one of the things that hooked me. It just sounds right.
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  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,549
    I love the music as well. It goes well with the setting and is immersive!
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    The score and soundscape are outstanding in this game. I didn't know about the GOT connection but it makes sense. The main theme kind of stays with you in the same way the GOT theme did.
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    edited September 2021
    Torval said:
    I've never watched Game of Thrones (or read the books) so I didn't get the connection. The music and sound in New World is top notch. It really adds a lot to the experience for me.
    This is the GOT theme:



    And NW theme. Softer using more woodwinds but catchy in the same way, IMO: 


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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,002
    Iselin said:
    Torval said:
    I've never watched Game of Thrones (or read the books) so I didn't get the connection. The music and sound in New World is top notch. It really adds a lot to the experience for me.
    This is the GOT theme:



    And NW theme. Softer using more woodwinds but catchy in the same way, IMO: 



    I can sort of see it.

    I mean, Game of Thrones theme is essentially an ostinato, which is a repeated musical figure with a repeating rhythm and it has a percussion that goes along with it.

    The new world has that percussion but it seems, at least at the start, it has the drone in the background with the flute and then long low notes in the base.

    So I suppose it's the percussive part that is reminiscent of each other.
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  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,549
    Iselin said:
    Torval said:
    I've never watched Game of Thrones (or read the books) so I didn't get the connection. The music and sound in New World is top notch. It really adds a lot to the experience for me.
    This is the GOT theme:



    And NW theme. Softer using more woodwinds but catchy in the same way, IMO: 


    I miss Game of Thrones...... such a good series and good music!

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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Sovrath said:
    Iselin said:
    Torval said:
    I've never watched Game of Thrones (or read the books) so I didn't get the connection. The music and sound in New World is top notch. It really adds a lot to the experience for me.
    This is the GOT theme:



    And NW theme. Softer using more woodwinds but catchy in the same way, IMO: 



    I can sort of see it.

    I mean, Game of Thrones theme is essentially an ostinato, which is a repeated musical figure with a repeating rhythm and it has a percussion that goes along with it.

    The new world has that percussion but it seems, at least at the start, it has the drone in the background with the flute and then long low notes in the base.

    So I suppose it's the percussive part that is reminiscent of each other.
    TIL ostinato :)
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 22,955

    Sovrath said:


    Iselin said:


    Torval said:

    I've never watched Game of Thrones (or read the books) so I didn't get the connection. The music and sound in New World is top notch. It really adds a lot to the experience for me.


    This is the GOT theme:



    And NW theme. Softer using more woodwinds but catchy in the same way, IMO: 





    I can sort of see it.

    I mean, Game of Thrones theme is essentially an ostinato, which is a repeated musical figure with a repeating rhythm and it has a percussion that goes along with it.

    The new world has that percussion but it seems, at least at the start, it has the drone in the background with the flute and then long low notes in the base.

    So I suppose it's the percussive part that is reminiscent of each other.



    Yeah what he said. :)

    For us musical philistines it just sounded good up there with some of the best I have heard in MMOs.
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,002
    Torval said:
    Iselin said:
    Sovrath said:
    Iselin said:
    Torval said:
    I've never watched Game of Thrones (or read the books) so I didn't get the connection. The music and sound in New World is top notch. It really adds a lot to the experience for me.
    This is the GOT theme:



    And NW theme. Softer using more woodwinds but catchy in the same way, IMO: 



    I can sort of see it.

    I mean, Game of Thrones theme is essentially an ostinato, which is a repeated musical figure with a repeating rhythm and it has a percussion that goes along with it.

    The new world has that percussion but it seems, at least at the start, it has the drone in the background with the flute and then long low notes in the base.

    So I suppose it's the percussive part that is reminiscent of each other.
    TIL ostinato :)
    In commoner speak (in rock and roll and pop music) they're called riffs. Think Peter Gunn, a lot of Metallica songs (Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets, etc), Aqualung, and tons more.

    I'm not musically educated so I had to look up the proper jargon term too. I love it when @Sovrath injects these tidbits and facts.

    12Tones on Nebula has a short explanation. https://nebula.app/videos/12tone-working-with-riffs

    My favorite person to watch explain this stuff is Adam Neely who is on both YouTube and Nebula. Rick Beato is really good too.
    Thanks. 

    And as an added bonus, the cello theme for game of thrones is comprised of the notes from that ostinato (or riff!) but expanded.

    So there is an economy in the composition and it's organic as the theme springs from the ostinato once it's established.


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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 22,955
    edited September 2021
    Sovrath said:
    In commoner speak (in rock and roll and pop music) they're called riffs. Think Peter Gunn, a lot of Metallica songs (Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets, etc), Aqualung, and tons more.

    I'm not musically educated so I had to look up the proper jargon term too. I love it when @Sovrath injects these tidbits and facts.

    12Tones on Nebula has a short explanation. https://nebula.app/videos/12tone-working-with-riffs

    My favorite person to watch explain this stuff is Adam Neely who is on both YouTube and Nebula. Rick Beato is really good too.
    Thanks. 

    And as an added bonus, the cello theme for game of thrones is comprised of the notes from that ostinato (or riff!) but expanded.

    So there is an economy in the composition and it's organic as the theme springs from the ostinato once it's established.


    I can just imagine Metallica standing around and saying "what we going to call this bit then"? The guy who suggested "an ostinato" got put in the beer barrel, from then on they were "riffs". :)
  • SpiiderSpiider Member RarePosts: 1,135
    Not even music is original for this game. New World... More like Recycled World.

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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 22,955
    Spiider said:
    Not even music is original for this game. New World... More like Recycled World.
    Oh come on, it's inspired by at best. The number of times I have heard gaming themes with a bit of Lotr tribology in them, that's not happening here.
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