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Terminal Reality has confirmed to Eurogamer that the new Ghostbusters game will feature the original Ray Parker Jr. theme song - plus 75 minutes of previously unheard soundtrack music.
According to executive producer Brendan Goss, the music was written back when the film was made but was not used in the finished version. TR has been allowed to put it in the game, pleasingly. "The sound guy was going bananas about that," Goss told Eurogamer. "He was running round the office shouting, 'You're not going to believe what's on this disc...' We're very excited about that."
The other good news is TR has no plans to muck about with Ray Parker Jr.'s classic title track. "When we were doing the focus group testing, we asked people how they'd feel about a remix done by a current band. We got booed out of the place," Goss said.
"People were really against it, going, 'You can't do that, there's only one song for Ghostbusters!' It was incredible. So we were like, okay, we won't mess with the Ray Parker Jr. song then."
Why not do a brand new record, like the one Bobby Brown did for Ghostbusters II? Oh, that's why. "There was huge controversy about that," Goss said. Yes, because it was rubbish. "Yep. So yes, we have the original, and no, we're not messing with it."
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"The fact that this game isn't being released at the same time as the film is already a good omen in it's direction as there not rushing it"
Erm. Unless I'm very much mistaken there's no film for them to have tried to release this is parallel with. So the game developers never had a film release date target to hit anyway, they release when they want to. |
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sickpuppysoftware
28/04/08 @ 13:23
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Let's hope there's a cheat code to allow it to start up with the garbled speccy or c64 speech and soundtrack.
chchchchchchchchhchchchchchnosrusterschchchchhdig dig diggity deh deh |
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Hey, there' s NOTHING wrong with Bobby B's video, aside from those dodgy shoulder pads and that angled hair-do.
The song is great and I think stands the test of time. The developers for this new game, which has been billed by Dan Aykroyd as the 3rd film, deserves a new theme but maintain the two previous ones in it as well. I really don't see anything wrong with that. A shame it's not coming out on the PSP or PS2. I own those units and would've welcomed a version on the PSP, at least. |
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"The fact that this game isn't being released at the same time as the film is already a good omen in it's direction as they're not rushing it."
ROFL. If they were trying to release it in parallel with the film, it would be almost a quarter of a century late! Not even Duke Nukem Forever is that late! They would have gone through 5 or 6 console hardware generations, the transition from 2D to 3D, and cartridge to optical-disk. "Not rushing it" is a bit of an understatement. I'd like to meet the publisher that's been funding this project since 1984... Hehe, this has made my day! |
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squarejawhero
28/04/08 @ 15:37
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I got the now sold-out OST from Varese Sarabande, which is probably what they're talking about... BWAHAHAHAAA!
Aint nothin' wrong with the B Brown G2 stuff! AWESOME! You have no class, EG. |
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TriggerHippie
29/04/08 @ 07:04
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@ sickpuppysoftware
Hahaha! I was going to comment on the speccy voice but had no idea how to render it in letters. Nice attempt, slightly TOO decipherable though :P |
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