Metal Gear Solid V Original Soundtrack
| Metal Gear Solid V Original Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Ludvig Forssell | ||||
| Released | September 2, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Acoustic, ambient, classical, electronic | |||
| Length | 161:37 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Harry Gregson-Williams | |||
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Metal Gear Solid V Original Soundtrack is the official soundtrack for the video games Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain.
Development
The soundtrack was produced by Harry Gregson-Williams, making it his fourth Metal Gear title. However, unlike previous titles, his involvement during the composing process was minimal, with him ultimately only composing two tracks for Ground Zeroes. In July 2015, Rika Muranaka told Fragged Nation in an interview that over 30 commissioned songs were never used, thus playing part in Konami's budget concerns over the Metal Gear Solid V project.[1]
In an interview with lead composer Ludvig Forssell, it was revealed that there were over eight different versions of Sins of the Father made just for the trailer, on top of the various previous renditions. Forssell himself provided the vocals during development. The song supposedly is a metaphor not only for the The Phantom Pain, but the entire Metal Gear Saga: "For this game we have a couple of keywords: race and revenge, and… unfortunately I cannot at this point tell you everything, but there’s a lot of metaphors in the lyrics that have to do with the game, and the whole Metal Gear Saga, pretty much." Forssell said.[2]
Recording took place in Los Angeles, Nashville and Santa Barbara.[2]
A second volume of the game's score was released exclusively on iTunes on December 24th, 2015, titled "Metal Gear Solid V Extended Soundtrack." The album contains over 5 hours and 45 minutes of previously unreleased music. The extended soundtrack also contains music from "Ground Zeroes".
Release
The album was released on CD, as well as iTunes and Amazon.com. However, because of licensing issues, the soundtracks' licensed songs are missing from the digital versions. Along with it, a separate album titled Metal Gear Vocal Tracks was released on the same day.[3] It featured the tracks Sins of the Father and Quiet's Theme from The Phantom Pain, as well as various new renditions of tracks from previous games redone in in the style of The Phantom Pain. These were done by series veteran Donna Burke.[3]
Tracklist
| Disc 1 | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed by | Length |
| 1. | "The Man Who Sold The World" | David Bowie | Midge Ure | 5:43 |
| 2. | "V Has Come To" | Ludvig Forssell | 3:08 | |
| 3. | "You Can Call Me Ishmael" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:03 | |
| 4. | "A Burning Escape" | Justin Burnett, Ludvig Forssell | 9:05 | |
| 5. | "Afghanistan's a Big Place" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:16 | |
| 6. | "Unforgiving Sands" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:47 | |
| 7. | "Kept You Waiting Huh?" | Ludvig Forssell | 3:25 | |
| 8. | "Parasites" | Ludvig Forssell | 3:20 | |
| 9. | "Allegiance Defined" | Justin Burnett | 2:56 | |
| 10. | "Exfiltrate the Hotzone" | Ludvig Forssell | 1:30 | |
| 11. | "I am Skull Face" | Ludvig Forssell | 3:31 | |
| 12. | "Hal's Child Unchained" | Justin Burnett | 3:01 | |
| 13. | "Introduction to Africa" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:30 | |
| 14. | "Encounter on the Plains" | Ludvig Forssell | 1:57 | |
| 15. | "A Factory of Death" | Ludvig Forssell | 1:57 | |
| 16. | "The Code Talker" | Ludvig Forssell | 4:07 | |
| 17. | "Metallic Archaea" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:08 | |
| 18. | "OKB Zero" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:10 | |
| 19. | "Angering Mantis" | Justin Burnett | 7:01 | |
| 20. | "Sahelanthropus Dominion" | Justin Burnett | 6:19 | |
| 21. | "Return" | Ludvig Fossell | 2:57 | |
| 22. | "Sins of the Father" | Akihiro Honda (music), Ludvig Forssell (lyrics) | Donna Burke | 4:54 |
| Disc 2 | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed by | Length |
| 1. | "Quiet's Theme" | Akihiro Honda (music), Ludvig Forssell (lyrics) | Stefanie Joosten | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Here's to You" | Ennio Morricone (music), Joan Baez (lyrics) | Joan Baez | 3:42 |
| 3. | "Not Your Kind of People" | Garbage | Garbage | 4:59 |
| 4. | "Nuclear" | Mike Oldfield | Mike Oldfield | 5:03 |
| 5. | "Ground Zeroes" | Ludvig Forssell | 1:50 | |
| 6. | "Camp Omega" | Ludvig Forssell | 1:28 | |
| 7. | "Withered Peace" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:22 | |
| 8. | "The Girl's Gone" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:44 | |
| 9. | "Bloodstained Anthem" | Ludvig Fossell | 1:23 | |
| 10. | "She's Rigged" | Harry Gregson-Williams | 3:01 | |
| 11. | "The Fall of Mother Base" | Harry Gregson-Williams | 3:32 | |
| 12. | "Drop Off" | Ludvig Fossell | 1:19 | |
| 13. | "Beautiful Mirage - An Unexpected Visitor" | Ludvig Forssell | 4:18 | |
| 14. | "On the Trail" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:02 | |
| 15. | "Steel Embers" | Daniel James | 2:03 | |
| 16. | "Infected" | Ludvig Forssell | 4:03 | |
| 17. | "Battling Armor" | Justin Burnett | 5:26 | |
| 18. | "Shining Lights, Even in Death" | Ludvig Forssell | 4:03 | |
| 19. | "Fortress" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:05 | |
| 20. | "Disarmament" | Ludvig Forssell | 1:37 | |
| 21. | "Swift Judgement" | Ludvig Fossell | 1:53 | |
| 22. | "Darkness Roars" | Ludvig Forssell | 3:31 | |
| 23. | "Beautiful Mirage - The Vision Fades" | Ludvig Forssell | 1:52 | |
| 24. | "Objective Complete" | Ludvig Forssell | 1:45 | |
| 25. | "African Battlecry" | Ludvig Forssell | 2:07 | |
| 26. | "Metal Gear Online" | Daniel James | 3:26 | |
| 27. | "A Phantom Pain" | Ludvig Forssell | 3:59 | |
| 28. | "Various Jingles" | Ludvig Forssell | 0:53 | |
References
- ↑ Orselli, Brandon (31 July 2015). "Metal Gear Solid Composer Says Hideo Kojima Split from Konami Over Budget Issues". nichegamer. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Music Composer Ludvig Forssell talks about Metal Gear Solid V". Metal Gear Informer. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- 1 2 "METAL GEAR SOLID VOCAL TRACKS". Konami. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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