The dark ambient soundscaping of "Bladegrass", tense tremolo strings of "Secret Sandals", or eerie electronic distortions of "Octli" are all well done and work wonderfully in context. Much of the rest of the develops the epic cinematic sound featured here, though not usually in such an original way. It's clear that Total War is back and even more exquisite and emotional than before. In particular, the authentic lute performance from 1:30 and the boy soprano solo are absolutely heartrending. However, it doesn't lose the characteristic personal and emotional touch of the series either. Van Dyck blends deep eerie chanting, haunting recorder melodies, gothic organ passages, and ritualistic percussion to breathtaking effect. The opening theme "Amen" gives a sense that an ancient epic is about to unfold. ![]() The results were released in a soundtrack that game with the Collector's Edition of the game. He was assisted by Richard Vaughan and James Vincent, though still produced the best contributions himself. However, for the first time in the series, he wasn't alone. Jeff Van Dyck, now far more experienced with orchestration and world music, decided to focus on hybridising epic orchestral writing with novel ancient and world instrumentation on this soundtrack. ![]() The game was more ambitious than its predecessor in several ways and one of them was its score. ![]() Medieval II: Total War brought gamers back to the medieval warfare of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East once more.
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