Warner Signs Up Dragon Age & Crysis Composer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North

Written Friday, April 15, 2011 By Dan Webb

Warner Bros recently announced that they have acquired the services of Dragon Age & Crysis composer, Inon Zur, to pen the musical score for the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

Zur, who has composed more than 40 video games, 15 TV shows and 10 movies, recently conducted and recorded the composition with a 70+ piece orchestra and the Pinewood Singers choir at the infamous Abbey Road Studios in London.

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is the latest title out of Snowblind Studios and is said to provide a new story that runs parallel to Tolkien’s masterpiece. The action-RPG is said to boast emotional storytelling, brutal combat and plenty of exploration, and Zur’s composition is said to compliment all elements of the game in order to establish War in the North as one of the biggest titles in Middle Earth lore.

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is currently slated for a 2011 release.

User Comments

Forum Posts: 11	Comment #1 by limo Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 02:29:37 PM	(4)
	Epic music involved, good. I like my beats rockin when i go ork knockin! :)

Forum Posts: 23	Comment #2 by EPIC SAVAGE Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 02:33:36 PM	(0)
	limo best line ever! this game is turning out really good

Forum Posts: 173	Comment #3 by Blue Thunder28 Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 03:32:50 PM	(0)
	@1 LOL I really hope this game is going to be good, I kept my hopes relatively low for Conquest and got lucky.. but this looks more promising.

Forum Posts: 199	Comment #4 by ViNyLek Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 04:41:50 PM	(0)
	I will so be getting this. Now if only I could make one or two of my friends to play it with me....

Forum Posts: 402	Comment #5 by ademlakey Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 04:48:20 PM	(0)
	The music in the crysis campaign was awesome.

Forum Posts: 999	Comment #6 by Dr Popodopolus Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 04:51:05 PM	(0)
	This game is going to be awesome, gameplay-wise and sounds wise that is for sure.

Forum Posts: 165	Comment #7 by Ephidel Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 05:32:34 PM	(0)
	Inon Zur is an excellent choice. From Fallout 3 to Crysis 2, he certainly knows how to make epic and inspiring music and he always manages to capture the mood and setting in his scores. Not sure about the game though. I've never bought a game solely for the soundtrack before, and I can't see that changing unless I win the National Lottery.

Forum Posts: 20	Comment #8 by Beechbone Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 05:55:12 PM	(0)
	A really great composer. I hope War in the North will be blatantly better than Conquest, which pretty much sucked in every department.

Forum Posts: 592	Comment #9 by HorsemanOfWar16 Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 06:17:52 PM	(1)
	CANT wait for this game! - Love RPG - Love LOTR - Then this game = WIN!

Forum Posts: 11	Comment #10 by limo Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 06:56:43 PM	(0)
	I thought conquest was ace... but the grinding for the hobbit killing wasnt worth it. Fuck it yeah i got to kill hobbits

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #11 by Sean1234 Saturday, April 16, 2011 @ 10:18:02 AM	(0)
	Awesome! Like #7 said, this guy did the music in Fallout 3, and that is some of the best music I have ever heard. This game is shaping up to be great.

Forum Posts: 999	Comment #12 by Dr Popodopolus Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 09:41:37 AM	(0)
	This guy also did the score for the two Champions games on PS2 (also developed by Snowblind) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inon_Zur#Video_games Gets me more excited that is for sure, this is on my must-buy list, but will probably wait about a month or two after release. Games like LittleBigPlanet 2 are on sale now for £20 at Game and that's been out less than 3 months. It's a common trend in game stores these days. I am really looking forward to this, haven't played a good ol' hack n slash title since the PS2 glory days.

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Game Info

Developer:
Snowblind Studios

Publisher:
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Genre / Subgenre:
RPG / Action

Release:
US: November 01, 2011
Europe: November 25, 2011

Collection:	461
Wishlist:	193

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