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Hideo Kojima Wanted Hans Zimmer to Score Metal Gear Solid 2

Hideo Kojima, director of the Metal Gear Solid series, originally wanted composer Hans Zimmer to provide the score for the series' 2nd installment.

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In a recent interview, series producer Rika Muranaka divulged some details about the Metal Gear Solid series as a whole, but paid special attention to the sequel Metal Gear Solid 2. Muranaka recounted the original game’s more synthetic and mechanical soundtrack. Since the sequel had a bigger budget, the development studio wanted to create more robust audio and even have a fully orchestral score. When the team approached Zimmer about the project, he declined, citing that the payout was not sufficient.

Ultimately, Metal Gear Solid 2 would be shipped with a soundtrack by someone working under Zimmer, a man named Harry Gregson-Williams. Muranaka recalls him being “an upcoming composer,” but he would go on to provide some of the Metal Gear Solid franchise’s most iconic melodies. Gregson-Williams said that he had not considered video games at that time, and he went on to describe the challenges that came with the interactive medium.

 

[mitch1971]

And hans replied no I score actual films.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Men_in_Boxes]

Hideo Kojima haters in 3...2...

 

[SantaC]

Hideo Kojima haters in 3...2...

He is not good with gameplay

 

[Big Baller]

 

[killatopak]

He is not good with gameplay

MGSV gameplay was top notch. Wtf is this?

 

[jaysius]

Hans only makes OG tracks, I doubt he'd do a remake.

Also that's pretty pretentious on Kojima's part.

 

[Jack Uzi]

And hans replied no I score actual films.

T’was a good joke though. Hans Zimmer’s fell off hard after The Dark Knight trilogy anyways. Spider-Man 2, Dark Phoenix and 2049 whatever he put towards that were not noteworthy at all.

 

[ManaByte]

Ultimately, Metal Gear Solid 2 would be shipped with a soundtrack by someone working under Zimmer, a man named Harry Gregson-Williams. Muranaka recalls him being “an upcoming composer,” but he would go on to provide some of the Metal Gear Solid franchise’s most iconic melodies. Gregson-Williams said that he had not considered video games at that time, and he went on to describe the challenges that came with the interactive medium.

And now his theme is erased from the franchise.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Most of Hans Zimmers recent efforts have been phoned in as fuck. Dunno about back then though but Harry Gregson-Williama was more than good enough.

Yell Dead (In)Cell still hits different.

 

[MasterCornholio]

I do like Hans Zimmer.



Metal Gear Solid 2 had some pretty great music though.

 

[DeepEnigma]

He is not good with gameplay

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

He is not good with gameplay

MGS V might have the most fun gameplay of any open-world game I own.

 

[Star-Lord]

He is not good with gameplay

MGS2 and MGS3 say hi.

 

[kyliethicc]

And I wanted to fuck these two twins I knew in college.

Life goes on.

 

[MrA]

Hans Zimmer pretty hacky when enio Marconi was still alive

 

[Kokoloko85]

He is not good with gameplay

Theres not many directors that are better.. MGS1-MGS5 are some of the best stealth and action games ever

 

[TGO]

Good job he declined then otherwise we wouldn't have got MGS2's epic score

 

[Dr_Salt]

HGW gave us this masterpiece so idgaf about overrated Zimmer.

 

[Rest]

He didn't get him. Who cares? Why is this a story?

 

[TGO]

I mean I knew who HGW was when MGS2 released, I was shocked Hideo got him to be honest.

 

[mortal]

He is not good with gameplay

Damn. Imagine being this wrong lol

 

[Tschumi]

... And i want hans zimmer to soundtrack my bowel movements but

 

[WitchHunter]

Well, by the looks of it Hans is a cool guy. He recommended a badass for the project: HGW. HGW is one of the biggest king kong level music composers around.

 

[Neff]

Kinda glad he didn't. Zimmer is easily the most overrated composer in movie history. His only score which stands out to me is Broken Arrow, and it's merely decent.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

T’was a good joke though. Hans Zimmer’s fell off hard after The Dark Knight trilogy anyways. Spider-Man 2, Dark Phoenix and 2049 whatever he put towards that were not noteworthy at all.

Interstellar says hello

 

[Jack Uzi]

Interstellar says hello

Alright I’ll give you that. Mostly cos he picked up the organs and dropped the horns.

 

[cartman414]

Weirdly enough, he scored an anime (Blood+).

 

[Mozzarella]

Never saw the huge appeal for Hans Zimmer, I thought he makes a lot of similar soundtracks which are loud noisy and generic, he does have a bunch of great ones though especially older ones.

 

[Kerotan]

Hideo Kojima haters in 3...2...

Why would you put 3 before 2. Mgs2 was clearly the superior.

 

[MrA]

Kinda glad he didn't. Zimmer is easily the most overrated composer in movie history. His only score which stands out to me is Broken Arrow, and it's merely decent.

what are you talking about parley is great, oh that's right it just rips off man with a harmonica, and dead minimum broken arrows theme gets all its ques from Watch Chimes without the context

 

[iorek21]

Zimmer did great in Modern Warfare 2, my favorite COD Soundtrack.

 

[Sophist]

At the time, the music from the the first MGS reminded me the one from the movie Speed (1994, starring Keanu reeves and sandra bullocks, ... a little action movie, you probably never heard of it) composed by Mark Mancina. Haven't played the game again since then but i remember that.

Zimmer did great in Modern Warfare 2, my favorite COD Soundtrack.

Do we know what was exactly composed by Hans zimmer? The game credits do say

Main Themes by	Hans Zimmer
Music Produced by	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Music Composed by	Lorne Balfe
Additional Music	Mark Mancina, Nick Phoenix, Thomas Bergersen, Dave Metzger, Jacob Shea, Noah Sorota, Atli Örvarsson

 

[Nickolaidas]

I always felt the intro theme of MGS2 had a 'The Rock' vibe to it ...

 

[UnravelKatharsis]

At the time, the music from the the first MGS reminded me the one from the movie Speed (1994, starring Keanu reeves and sandra bullocks, ... a little action movie, you probably never heard of it) composed by Mark Mancina. Haven't played the game again since then but i remember that.



Do we know what was exactly composed by Hans zimmer? The game credits do say

Main Themes by	Hans Zimmer
Music Produced by	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Music Composed by	Lorne Balfe
Additional Music	Mark Mancina, Nick Phoenix, Thomas Bergersen, Dave Metzger, Jacob Shea, Noah Sorota, Atli Örvarsson

I don't know, no, but Thomas bergerson is the epic half of two steps from hell so I wouldn't be surprised if the hard hitting tracks are his.

 

[jonnyp]

HGW's work on MGS is some of the best in gaming so it was for the best

 

[j0hnnix]

Kojima's approach to getting Hans was completely wrong.

 

[UnNamed]

T’was a good joke though. Hans Zimmer’s fell off hard after The Dark Knight trilogy anyways. Spider-Man 2, Dark Phoenix and 2049 whatever he put towards that were not noteworthy at all.

I love Crysis 2 OST.

 

[ParaSeoul]

Thank god that didn't happen.

 

[OrionNebula]

At the time, the music from the the first MGS reminded me the one from the movie Speed (1994, starring Keanu reeves and sandra bullocks, ... a little action movie, you probably never heard of it) composed by Mark Mancina. Haven't played the game again since then but i remember that.



Do we know what was exactly composed by Hans zimmer? The game credits do say

Main Themes by	Hans Zimmer
Music Produced by	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Music Composed by	Lorne Balfe
Additional Music	Mark Mancina, Nick Phoenix, Thomas Bergersen, Dave Metzger, Jacob Shea, Noah Sorota, Atli Örvarsson

Wasn’t Beyond Two Souls a similar situation as well? Aren’t the vast majority of tracks and recordings by Balfe?

 

[Kuranghi]

MGS 2 score is great, I love it.

 

[Jack Uzi]

I love Crysis 2 OST.

Me too, although I prefer 3’s menu theme to 2’s. Both great though.

 

[AJUMP23]

That would have been cool.

 

[Kev Kev]

Lol, typical Kojima, of course he did.

would have been awesome, but the soundtrack turned out great anyway.

 

[M1chl]

What an overrated hack

Hans Zimmer that is

 

[Notabueno]

Sometimes you think you need or want someone but in the end you give the chance to someone who does a way better job than the most wanted would have. Just the menu of MGS2 geez, one of the best of all video game history, so fucking edgy, intriguing and cinema worthy

 

[Le Big Mac]

Odd numbered games are the best. Sure great gameplay in mgsV.
Don't forget he did make mgs 2 and 4 some of the most awful, hubris laden, nonsensical games ever.

Ironically Konami looking over his shoulder to make sure he wasn't making batshit crazy segments and reining in his ideas might have been the best use case (death stranding was shite)

 

[wolywood]

T’was a good joke though. Hans Zimmer’s fell off hard after The Dark Knight trilogy anyways. Spider-Man 2, Dark Phoenix and 2049 whatever he put towards that were not noteworthy at all.

Interstellar had a fantastic score. But in general I agree with you

 

[Jack Uzi]

Interstellar had a fantastic score. But in general I agree with you

At the time of writing my original post it slipped my mind that movie. It might be one of his best scores because it was different to how he usually scores movies.

The ticking clock stuff was very good.