Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Lord of Shadow recognized as the best video game soundtrack for 2010

Lord of Shadow has been recognized by the International Association of Film Critics and Music (IFMCA) as the best video game soundtrack for 2010. Its author, Oscar Araujo, has received the news at his home in Vic (Barcelona). It is the highest award after the Oscars, he says.

To get an idea of the extent of his creation enough to know who recorded with the Bratislava Symphony for 17 days, 70 hours, and then traveled to the United States for mastering. In memory of the work to illustrate musically the game is called 16 musical climates final enemy, another 16 with enemy small, 30 atmospheres (research, crime ...) and 64 kinematic (video scenes ranging from love and intrigue combat).


Araujo has a long history as a musician for advertising and film. And there are creative repertoire from pop or electronic music symphonic compositions.

Araujo made the teaser music (first trailer) recorded with a real orchestra and the result convinced Konami. All work completed in the studies of Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. It has worked artists such as Madonna and Michael Jackson. Araujo is a sound engineer and therefore he could resolve the final edition of his creations, but prefers to go to others for not installed on your own tastes and repeated.

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