Other Sci-fi-y franchises which music should inspire future Mass Effects

Serious answer: Perturbator or Com Truise

Not so serious answer: Jim Croce or John Denver

I was never a fan of the Halo soundtracks, and yet I have all of them for some reason. The soundtrack that sticks in my mind though when I think of what a Mass Effect game could have would be M83's Oblivion OST. That movie easily had one of the best soundscapes I've heard in a long time.

But really, ME2 and 3 had what I felt the perfect template of sound to carry on to future titles. As much as I love the 2 prominent themes in Andromeda, there just isn't enough variety in the soundtrack as a whole as to be meaningful. 

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I think they should just get back to what they did with ME 1-2, halos music is one of its own fanbases biggest issues (just check halopoint 👍) and I agree. It lacks creativity if you're just going to remix part of the classics and whatever the hell they did in Halo 4 (and I reference H4 as the same guy did halo 5)needs to never happen again, it's arguably one of the worst menu soundtracks I've ever heard of.

Andromedas issue was it wasn't in your face, it needed to be louder and show an actual presence.

They don't need to look anywhere else. So many masterpieces.

I mean, this is actually on-point. Mass Effect 1 had the experimental stuff that Andromeda lacked and Mass Effect 2 has the quality and highs and lows of the soundtrack that Andromeda really doesn't even come close to.

Also, sorry, but LOL at the earlier post about turning the music up. This is such a typical BSN-boy reply, that in order to justify something you have to tweak your own experience to suit what was presented. No, turning up the volume might reveal a bit more instrumentation but it cannot change the derivative and uninspired compositions in the game as opposed to the striking melodies, the arpeggios and excellent instrumentation of the music in the trilogy.

By saying the music is bad doesn't have to mean it's giving me a headache. It means it's completely unremarkable for a franchise that used to be known for iconic themes and strong synthy and strong orchestral pieces that damn near (and actually do) rival Star Wars.

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I didn't think ME2 recycled itself much at all. It had a handful of completely different motifs like the "Humans are being attacked" music that plays whenever the Collectors do bad shit with the sounds of heavy pieces of metal falling or something like that, and then there's the main theme remixes with getting the new Normandy and finishing the mission, there's The Illusive Man theme which is unique, and suicide mission. Then, most of the character themes while not always memorable all have their own flavor of high-tempo beats and synthy glory.

ME3 has some unique motifs too but like, Future of the Krogan and Leaving Earth are two pieces that when I heard them the first time I did an arched brow and went "This doesn't sound in line with Mass Effect at all." and I still don't like it. Chris Lennerz's music is also too Hans Zimmer-y and doesn't feel unique to Mass Effect, only when he uses synthy elements to fit in with the pre-existing tone.

Andromeda just sounds like the OST of a tv show which is what the composer usually does. It's lethargic, it has "atmosphere" pieces of single notes stretching for far to long and indulges in its own soundscape too much to the point where it's just boring to listen to. It did have a main theme yes, and I do like that little motif but I'd rather another composer took over in a sequel and then reapplied that theme in a better arrangement. I even did a MIDI myself out of my own need for a better version once because I find the "reveal" theme has a boring peak where it sorta cuts the theme short and generic instead of crescendoing into something that's more memorable, has more arppeggios and Mass Effect-y vibes.

I was too at one point...but just kind of got over it (sort of like the original trilogy ending).  One of the many missteps Bio/EA made dropping support/dlc prospects so early.  Kind of foolish from my POV.  They could have salvaged the situation with some graphical improvements, a well made dlc, and been ready to drop a major expansion about this time using a refined game engine.  A lot of wasted potential and missed financial gain.  Instead Bio/EA will wait 5-7 years and reinvent the wheel.  I think we'll see a full reboot of the original trilogy (regardless of what core fans want) as a way to introduce it to a new generation of gamers.  Not the worst idea but they really need to stop chasing the "next great thing" (looking at you Anthem) if they want to build their player base.  Not a lot of trust right now...or confidence in the gaming community.

That was a trilogy...

This set the tone but the rest of the game music didn't deliver for me. There's one part of the Voeld track that I liked alot but it's like 30 seconds and no one has uploaded it to Youtube yet.

You mean he wrote more sequels? Never heard about them. AFAIK, 2001 was some sort of collaborative work between Kubrick and Clarke.

Yes, I looked it up at wiki and read the synopsis.