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Heavy Rain Featured On MPR's Top Score

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by Ben Reeves on July 14, 2011 at 06:11 PM
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Heavy Rain's score is one of the reasons that last year's hit PlayStation 3 game had such an emotional impact on players. On this weeks Minnesota Public Radio podcast, Top Score, Heavy Rain's composer talks about the process of writing music for a game filled with so much drama.

French-Canadian composer Normand Corbeil talks with host Emily Reese about what it was like to work with game visionary David Cage, his work on Quantic Dream’s earlier game Indigo Prophecy, and how he had to write around 300 different musical cues for the game. It’s an interesting listen. Check it out here.

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  • by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 06:14 PM
    FIRST
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    by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 06:15 PM
    One of the best videogame-OSTs to date (at least of this generation). I shall indeed have a listen.
  • by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 06:18 PM
    Heavy Rain was one of the greatest games I've ever played. I was a little sad to be promised DLC but only end up with The Taxidermist though.
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    by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 06:20 PM

    This game's music gives me chills every time x)

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    by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 06:20 PM
    The music in Heavy Rain was very powerful emotionally. I found this especially true during the finger-cutting scene; I don't think I've ever been so tense during a video game as I was then.
  • by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 06:23 PM
    Never played heavy rain... But sadly, it was spoiled for me.
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    by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 06:30 PM

    That really was a truly emotional game. When I was playing it I couldn't put it down because of how awesome the story was.

  • by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 06:48 PM
    It was a really cool experience playing Heavy Rain for the first time and a big part, among several other things, was the music. Which reminds me...
    *buys soundtrack*
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    by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 07:15 PM

    Yay Heavy Rain.

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    by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 07:17 PM

    Could never get into it... not twitchy enough for my tastes. But, anyone with eyes and ears could tell that the developers worked their mules off on it, and was a fantastic game.

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    by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 07:24 PM

    Awesome game.  I got my first platinum trophy with this game.  Well worth the buy.  I played this game using the move and it worked pretty good with it.  Hopefully more dlc will be added.

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    by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 07:34 PM

    I've never played Heavy Rain and I have no desire to do so, but the music in the game is amazing! Soundtracks on my list are Mass Effect 1 & 2, any Final Fantasy (though that seems unlikely), Batman Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 1 & 2, and maybe Enslaved (even though I disliked the game overall).

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    by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 07:44 PM

    read, this make me  want to buy a copy

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    by Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 08:15 PM

    Opportunity knocks but once

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    by Friday, July 15, 2011 at 08:44 AM

    It's been quite a while since I've played Heavy Rain and I still remember many of the orchestrated pieces note for note, beautiful score indeed.

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    by Friday, July 15, 2011 at 08:53 AM

    One of the top 5 games of 2010 and one of the easiest to platinum.  Definitely worth a replay without the trophy hunting.

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    by Friday, July 15, 2011 at 09:24 AM
    My favorite part of the 'making of' docs was the stuff for the score. It was pretty awesome, epic, chilling, etc., watching the orchestra do its thing.
  • by Friday, July 15, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    I like the music in heavy rain.

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    by Friday, July 15, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    I really wish this title was availible on 360. I've heard nothing but great things about it.

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