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N°2: Call of Duty World at War.


A few words to begin with: Since the shift to a VGM blog, this gets actually a decent number of views, my previous post  scoring not less than 40 views. While it may seems low (and let's face it, it is), i'm quite happy of how it's going, knowing the for the previous post , this blog wasn't really easy to find. Now back to the main topic. Also, this post is quite late , but having a bad connection didn't really help in posting this in time.

Today's selection: a pair of music from CoD: World at War.
Started in 2003 by a former team from the Medal Of Honor franchise, Call of Duty (CoD) grew up to be one of the most popular series of shooters worldwide, eventually leading Activision to get two teams to work on CoD games, Infinity Ward and Treyarch. Most of Treyarch games were frowned upon, as being "inferior CoD games", and that till the release of CoD: World at War.
Far from being perfect,this game however had something more than most of the other games: a strong personality. Indeed, Treyarch chose to make this CoD the most brutal and ruthless from the whole series, and this is pictured in game by the fact we're fighting under the orders of a seemingly mad officer, seeking revenge upon the german army. And this also reflects in the soundtrack of the game.

And it starts with the menu theme, a.k.a the first and last thing you'll hear when playing this game. Some background noises, followed a choir and painful, delicate voice, that contrasts nicely with the terrible words being sang: words:" brave soldier, brave soldier, come die with me", before a string ensemble kicks in, with an overwhelming bass,making theme both beautifuly sad and a bit... freaky. This theme pictures both the upcoming brutality you'll deal with, as well as being a reliever: after a game, you'll be happy to hear something that delicate  for a change from gunshots and explosions.


And this is not the only music that helps making CoD:Waw a game that will leave you some good memories. Another good exemple is the music from "Their blood, their land" and "Ring of Steel" levels. Starting with a powerful, deep bass, backed up with electro sounds and frantic violins, this soundtack takes you right into the game, and is an accurate depiction of the madness that is yet to come.

So yes, CoD: WaW isn't the best game out of there,but it's still quite a good experience. And the OST is what makes it something you will come back to sooner or later.
Hope you enjoyed this post, and stay tuned. Next post should be here in one week.

-Aliascent.
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