NEWS
by Mark Barley
Black Swan Composer Chosen For Mass Effect 3
BioWare has announced that Clint Mansell has been chosen to pen the score for their upcoming title, Mass Effect 3.
You might recognize Mansell's name from the recent Oscar nominated film "Black Swan".
In an interview with The Quiteus Mansell confirmed that he was on board for the third installment in the Mass Effect franchise.
“I’m doing a video game this year actually. Mass Effect 3,” he told the site when asked if he was working on a game.
“As I was saying about Public Enemy and re-working old hip-hop tunes for Requiem, and kind of re-working old ballet tunes for Black Swan, with something like Mass Effect you’re more like a DJ, with all these elements,” he said.
“You’ve got the holding pattern, then the big explosion where you need the score to kick in. Then you need to take it off on a tangent. You’ve got all these different elements that change depending on what the player does.
“You have to figure out an overall symphony, but be able to break it down into component parts. You can bring the pain when required.”
Mansell replaces Jack Wall as the Mass Effect composer. “As I was saying about Public Enemy and re-working old hip-hop tunes for Requiem, and kind of re-working old ballet tunes for Black Swan, with something like Mass Effect you’re more like a DJ, with all these elements,” he said.
“You’ve got the holding pattern, then the big explosion where you need the score to kick in. Then you need to take it off on a tangent. You’ve got all these different elements that change depending on what the player does.
“You have to figure out an overall symphony, but be able to break it down into component parts. You can bring the pain when required.”
Mass Effect 3 is out this holiday season for the PS3, 360, and PC.