No Dyck, but got a Beddow

[IGdood]

"No, at this stage CA haven’t asked me. I believe Richard Beddow is writing the music for Rome II."

http://jeffvandyck.com/2012/07/03/to...nced/#comments


If I recall correctly Beddow did the music for Empire and Napoleon.

Empire was meh except for the eastern music, but Napoleon was okay.


Cue rage.

[CK23]

Shame, I still listen to the RTW CD I got with the game. Dyck is a master at the music.

[The_King]

Ehat ever happened to Jeff van Dyck, his TW music is what brings MTW2 and before alive

[Rikx]

Rome II needs Jeff. Rome I's soundtrack is memorable and needs to be at least echoed in Rome II (similar to what they did in Shogun 2 with some of Shogun 1's music).

[Antissa]

That's disappointing. Nonetheless, I enjoyed Richard Beddow's work on Napoleon.

[katsusand]

WHAT?!!?!

Why the hell did CA NOT ask Dyck?

Major disappointment...

[IGdood]

We shall invoke the rite of Van Dyck.

[Sir Sesshaku]

WHAT?!!?!

Why the hell did CA NOT ask Dyck?

Major disappointment...

QFT. Specially if the trailer music was made by Jeff, it was awesome. Empire soundtrack bored the hell out of me. And Jeff is not only about game music, he also is the one that makes the awesome credits music with his wife singing.

[Rikx]

Ehat ever happened to Jeff van Dyck, his TW music is what brings MTW2 and before alive

Fall of the Samurai? Thats some of his best work yet. He also came back for Shogun 2. ETW and NTW was Richard Beddow, and it was fitting music for the period, but it was not as epic as Jeff's scores. I hope CA listens to the fans and brings Jeff back for ROME II. They could even have a collaboration between Jeff and Richard for the game's score and it would turn out amazing .

[Rikx]

If we ask for him enough on the forums and requests to CA the might ask him back. It worked for Starcraft II in bringing back the original voice of Jim Raynor, so it can work here as well!

[PlPs]

Dyck would be better choice. but, I think, Beddow will make great music for this legendary game.

[.L.]

Hopefully some of his old Rome music gets reused.

[ChivalrousKiller]

That's... mildly disappointing. I agree with Empire's soundtrack being slightly boring, and the soundtrack of the original Rome is in my opinion the best soundtrack of a strategy game ever. Medieval II also contains very good music. Nevertheless, I choose to be optimistic, and however boring the ETW soundtrack may have been, Richard Beddow seems to be a fairly good composer. Of course it's hard to follow up on those great soundtracks by van Dyck, but there are other aspects about Rome II I consider more important than the music. Hopefully, it will be a magnificent game all in all, with either good or not so good music...

[IGdood]

Hopefully some of his old Rome music gets reused.

As loading screen music, if the example from Shogun 2 is to be followed.

[Adreno]

Well then i hope it wont just be classical music, it really needs some catchy folk like r1..it was appropriate for etw and ntw but i wasnt that overly impressed.. barely noticed the music

[Drtad]

Empire's music was alright, and Napoleon was great. Hopefully there will be some catchy tunes.. I just hope there is a lot of music!

[The Holy Pilgrim]

While I shall miss Mr. Dyck and Mrs. Angela (their contributions to the TW series are indescribable), I do have hope for Beddow.

I'm willing to give Beddow a chance

Let us listen to the two best theme-songs in the world!

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[Altzek]

Was he the one who made the trailer theme?
If yes,no problem.
How many thousands of times did I listened to that theme already?

[The Mongol]

bummer, Jeff's soundtrack for RTW was spot on.


The new guy should do alright though, I think the Roman period lends itself to some more epic, swelling stuff than Empire's period.

[Swagger]

no problem, nothing that a (hopefully) simple modding can't change, add RTW music in RTW 2