Jul 12 2005

Thereminy Game Scores: Destroy All Humans!

by Peter Kirn

Composer Gary Schyman has a rich, tongue-in-cheek score for the Xbox/PS2 game Destroy All Monsters; his homage to classic scores like The Day The Earth Stood Still earns him an interview on NPR:

Schyman on Weekend Edition

Plenty of tracks to download; via Theremin World, where you can find reviews, more links, and more sounds to download. But, fun as this new score is, I’m surprised that Theremin World doesn’t give Schyman a hard time for using a synthesized Theremin instead of the real thing. (Pity the poor copy editors at IGN, who refer to a “sign” wave and “portamenteau.” Yipes.) And to me, this score sounds more like Danny Elfman than Bernard Herrmann. But don’t think I’m a snob: this sounds like the perfect soundtrack for turning human beings into barbeque as aliens conquer the earth.

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jbv Jul 12 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4670009.stm

poopinator Jul 12 2005

this is the dumbest game ever invented! who the crap would ever want to play this piece of frog diarhea!! you guys are queer

HATE HATERS Jul 12 2005

i guess you should play i'm not saying that you need to play i'm saying if you hate the gamr then SHUT UP YOU A HOLE we like so shut up and stop telling everyone you hate it this is a site for people who LIKE it and once again SHUT UP DUMMY