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- This article refers to any music, sound, or tune played in Tomb Raider games or movies, and the way it develops through each game and movie. The origin of the Tomb Raider music style is classical music with celtic influences and lot of tibetan chants in background. Although Lara is an easy listening genre fan, she finds classical music good for training.
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[edit] In Game Music
[edit] Trilogy's classical tunes
The first game of the series uses a solo oboe melody for the main theme. Variations of the first theme's notes have been used in in most, if not all of the sequels.
General feeling: Classic and mystery.
The instruments used for the first three main themes are mostly the same, however, the songs themselves are a little different each time. The main instruments are violins, harp and flutes. As Lara beeing a british, the classic scores sounds like some Gaelic old instrumental songs that makes the game not only an adventure one but also full with fantasy and ancient mystery.
The symphonic sounds of the earlier games were created using Roland Corporation's Orchestral Expansion board for their JV series keyboards.
Nathan McCree scored the first 3 Tomb Raider games.
[edit] Great Egyptian sounds
The main theme of the 4th game is a great orchestral work with lot of Egyptian music styles, playing mostly the same notes of the first three main theme songs but completely re orchestrated.
General feeling: Ancient and glorius.
Original music was composed, produced and arranged by Peter Connelly. Every tune is well used and gives the player lot of good feellings at the perfect time and place. Because the location of the entire game is Egypt, during this game we can hear only Egyptian beats and instruments.
[edit] Replaying the old tunes
The 5th game replays the classic tunes (the game was made as a commemoration for what Lara was before) from all the games before and comes with new sounds specific to the 4th game. Original music was composed, produced and arranged by Peter Connelly.
General feeling: Military and fear.
Rome part has classic tunes. The submarine part has military beats. The Ireland levels play spooky music. The last part has common tunes with the electronic music used in Tomb Raider: Legend.
[edit] Lara in darkness
The 6th game combines the Batman soundtracks with the classic Lara violins.
General feeling: Obscure and chased.
The official soundtrack was orchestrated by Peter Wraight, conducted by David Snell and it was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, London
Composition: Martin Iveson, Peter Connelly
Arrangement: Peter Wraight
The Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness soundtrack is the first time he’s composed to the rules of an orchestra – instrument note ranges and number of players in each instrument group. It was selected the oboe, core anglais, harp and flute to represent Lara.
The following is a list of some of the songs played during the game
| # | Track Title | Track Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Paris 1 - The Accused" | 2:51 |
| 2 | "Prague - The Unseen Attacks" | 2:26 |
| 3 | "Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness" | 3:07 |
| 4 | "Paris 2 - Shadow of the Monstrum" | 1:34 |
| 5 | "By Moonlight" | 3:00 |
| 6 | "Dance of the Lux Veratatis" | 1:37 |
| 7 | "Paris 3 - The Duel" | 1:48 |
| 8 | "Boaz - Cabal Attack" | 2:22 |
[edit] Legend's music
The 7th game of the series plays a new kind of music that changes after the actions of Lara. Most of the music is alternative. The alternative genre was already used before for the trials of each game and often in the game. Even the movie dedicated a major part of its soundtrack to the this kind of genre.
General feeling: Gaelic and modern.
The soundtrack for Tomb Raider Legend, composed by Troels Brun Folmann, consists of over 180+ minutes of feature film music with all main characters having personal themes and signature instruments. All locations and destinations have highly recognizable ambient - and musical settings and implementation of next-gen interactive (true adaptive) music is applied at a new and unprecedented level. The quality of the music is obtained with the newest audio technologies ranging from large orchestral templates, custom samples, choir technologies and a wide range of electronic resources. The session reveals what can be expected of next-gen soundtracks in terms of interactivity and quality.
Troels Brun Folmann made use of the original Tomb Raider title melody throughout parts of the TR:Legend soundtrack. Legend's title track starts off with the first few notes of Lara's theme in Tomb Raider I being played with slight ornamentation on a Middle-Eastern Duduk. This theme is also heard several times during gameplay, mostly as a background motif or in a three-note repeating motif that was used sometimes in previous Tomb Raider game soundtracks.
The lyrics to the main theme and other musical cues in the game are from a Gaelic folk song named "Ailein duinn" by Capercaillie. The woman's voice of the main theme (originally, Karen Matheson) sings the same lyrics of a song from the famous artist, DJ Tiësto - "A Tear in the Open", on the album Just Be and it can be also listen on the goa chillout melody "Ishka", by Angel Tears. This is the first time when the producers of the game uses lyrics for the scores. The main theme begins with perfect tunes but suddenly we hear a female voice that many of us have already heard. After that voice a chorus is singing another well known glorious song "Ave Maria" for 3 verses. Then a male voice, like in the band Enigma, is screaming in the background. At the end the woman's voice retunrs with the first verse of the following lyrics:
Gura mise tha fo eislean
Moch sa mhaduinn is mi g'eirigh
Douglas Edward wrote an unofficial track called "Tomb Raider Tribute". It recreates the original Tomb Raider theme in a good modern symphonic way. He has composed before a similar song called "The road not taken". The notes of the begining and the end of the first song are scored differently, but the middle part is the same. The song can be downloaded here for free [[1]]
[edit] Film music
The music from the first Tomb Raider movie differs significantly from that of the game. Many fans would have loved to have heard the familiar score from the classic game. The genre of the movie soundtrack is mostly rock, alternative, and industrial, with perhaps a less classical feel as many fans have been accostomed to. While not a poor soundtrack by movie standards, many fans of the gaming franchise feel that Lara Croft's theme is just as much a part of her as her trademark akimbo pistols. There are few melodies from both of the movies which can be aprecciated to find a way into the soul of the game.
[edit] First Movie
Various Artists (the soundtrack):
| # | Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" | U2 |
| 2 | "Deep" | Nine Inch Nails |
| 3 | "Galaxy Bounce" | Chemical Brothers |
| 4 | "Get Ur Freak On" (featuring Nelly Furtado) | Missy Elliott |
| 5 | "Speedballin'" | Outkast |
| 6 | "Ain't Never Learned" | Moby |
| 7 | "The Revolution " | BT |
| 8 | "Terra Firma (Lara's Mix) (featuring Aude) | Delerium |
| 9 | "Where's Your Head At" | Basement Jaxx |
| 10 | "Illuminati" (featuring Bootsy Collins) | Fatboy Slim |
| 11 | "Absurd (Whitewash Edit)" | Fluke |
| 12 | "Song Of Life" | Leftfield |
| 13 | "Edge Hill" | Groove Armada |
| 14 | "Satellite" | Bosco |
| 15 | "Devil's Nightmare" | Oxide & Neutrino |
Original Score (by Graeme Revell):
Composed by Graeme Revell
Performed by Rolf Wilson, Isobel Griffiths
| # | Song Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | "Tomb Rader Main Titles" |
| 2 | "Lara Croft At Home" |
| 3 | "Powell And The Illuminati" |
| 4 | "Lara Dreams Of Her Father" |
| 5 | "The Clock" |
| 6 | "Home Invasion" |
| 7 | "Alex West And Mr. Wilson" |
| 8 | "The Letter" |
| 9 | " Journey To Cambodia" |
| 10 | "Angkor Wat" |
| 11 | "Lara Battles Stone Monkeys" |
| 12 | "The Brahman" |
| 13 | "Siberia" |
| 14 | "The Planetary Alignment" |
| 15 | "Lara Defeats Powell" |
Revell used mainly electronics with a little bit of orchestra. For example the tracks "Home Invasion", "Lara Battles the Stone Monkeys", "Angkor Wat", and "The Letter" consist of techno beat rhythms. "The Planetary Alignment" contains great choral and orchestral elements in it.
[edit] Second Movie
As with the original movie, the sequel opted to split its soundtrack onto two CDs: the first, with tracks contributed by various artists; the second with Alan Silvestri's original score for the movie. It should be noted that Silvestri chose to adopt the much-beloved Tomb Raider theme, featured in the majority of the games, as the main theme of his soundtrack.
Various Artists (the soundtrack):
| # | Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Heart Go Faster" | Davey Brothers |
| 2 | "Only Way (Is the Wrong Way)" | Davey Brothers |
| 3 | "Bad Girl" | Alexandra Slate |
| 4 | "Satellite (Oakenfold Remix)" | P.O.D. |
| 5 | "Last High" | The Dandy Warhols |
| 6 | "Time" | |
| 7 | "Leave You Far Behind" | Lunatic Calm |
| 8 | "Jam for the Ladies (Jason Nevins Remix)" | Moby |
| 9 | "Starting Over" | The Crystal Method |
| 10 | "You Can't Look Away" | |
| 11 | "I Hate This" | Nadirah "Nadz" Seid |
| 12 | "Reason Is Treason" | Kasabian |
| 13 | "Into Hell Again" | 3rd Strike |
| 14 | "Tears from the Moon (Chillout Mix)" | Conjure One, Sinéad O'Connor |
| 15 | "Flight to Freedom" | |
| 16 | "Pandora's Box" | Alan Silvestri |
Original Score (by Alan Silvestri):
Composed by Alan Silvestri
Performed by Sinfonia Of London Orchestra
Conducted by Alan Silvestri
| # | Song Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | "Opening" |
| 2 | "The Luna Temple" |
| 3 | "Shark Attack" |
| 4 | "'I Need Terry Sheridan'" |
| 5 | "Arrival In China " |
| 6 | "Captured By The Shay Ling" |
| 7 | "Escape From Chen" |
| 8 | "Flower Pagoda Battle" |
| 9 | "Skydive Getaway" |
| 10 | "Orb Transmission" |
| 11 | "Journey To The Cradle Of Life" |
| 12 | "The Cradle Of Life" |
| 13 | "Pandora's Box " |
| 14 | "'Not Meant To Be Found'" |
| 15 | "Lara Croft - Tomb Raider" |
[edit] In Lara's style composers
- Alan Silvestri
- Ilya Gordon
- Ronan Hardiman, composer of Michael Flatley's irish dance show
- Hans Zimmer
[edit] External links
- Croft INC - a site with Tomb Raider music (Croft Inc will be back later in the year)
- Lyrics to Ailein duinn
- Troels Brun Folmann's blog
- TR1 Music Guide - A guide to the music cues used in Tomb Raider I on the PSX (gamefaqs.com)
