Damn gonna miss Clint mansell

I prefer Christopher Lennertz myself. LotSB and Overlord had some of the best soundtracks from the trilogy.

Mansell did all of one or two tracks for ME3 iirc. Two tracks that were all a bland much of muchness. Some mawkish try too hard piano music. So there's not much to miss tbh. I dont get the big deal that's made about Clint Mansell to be honest, he barely did anything for ME3's soundtrack, and once more his style didnt really fit with Mass Effect's established sound & vibes anyway. Its like EA just wanted a big name to put on the back of the box/and for promos for marketing reasons etc.

For Andromeda its a shame they couldnt of stuck with Jack Wall and Sam Hulick, all the best bits of music, Mass Effect was those two composers. John Paesano's ME:A soundtrack isnt all that imo. Very generic, like so many other aspects of the game. Its not bad per se, but its not particulrly good either. It all falls a bit flat. "Meh"... would be the word the kids use these days. That's what Mass Effect Andromeda's soundtrack is. (Now if only they could've got Jon Hallur Haraldsson( ), just have him do the entire soundtrack instead. Now that wouldve been super fucking awesome. He'd of been the ideal composer for a game like this imo. His style and sound would have fit perfectly and enhanced the game, but fit with the vibe of Mass Effect). Though with all the issues this game has the soundtrack is the least of its worries.




Agreed. And I think all of ME2's DLCs had some great music. Generally speaking i think the soundtrack(s) of the OT were probably the only thing that consistently stayed at a very high standard, was consistently top notch from start to finish. Credit to all involved for giving us some of the best music in recent video games with those three games.

He was credited for two tracks but I think he only did one (of the ones that are on the OST at least). He got shared credit for "An End, Once And For All" because Sam Hulick reused one of Mansell's motifs.

At the risk of sounding like an asshole: it's "would've" or "would have" not "would of". Yeah, yeah, I know Grammar Nazi and whatnot (ironically I'm German). I know everyone makes mistakes, but this is a particular mistake that I see repeated everywhere, even from native speakers and it bugs me and it confused me for quite some time. 

Topic at hand: Mass Effect was not all great tracks to be honest. There were some misses in there in the first Mass Effect. But especially the ME2 DLCs had some incredible music. Especially the combat themes. I think the only theme I'll really miss from the OT is Uncharted Worlds though. In my opinion that's THE Mass Effect Theme.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the music (as in post-early play). His score for Daredevil is one of my favorites in recent years.

Have you watched the show? He absolutely nails the mood, culture, and feeling of the characters. It's atmospheric in the way ME1's music was.

I'm no fan of the Mansell decision and have been a huge Jack Wall fan since Jade Empire, so no need to get pissy with me.

Mass Effect 2 remains my favorite soundtrack of the OT, and it was mostly Jack Wall, Jimmy Hinson, Sam Hulick, and David Kates. And it was Sam Hulick that wrote my favorite track, which is Jacob's Theme (I renamed it "Mr. Taylor" in my Itunes, though ). Actually, now that I look at it Jack Wall and Sam Hulick wrote all my favorite tracks from Mass Effect trilogy (The Mass Effect Theme, Eden Prime, The Wards, The Attack, Jacob, Jack, Legion, Crash Landing, and A Cerberus Agent).

Forgot to mention that I think as far as ME2's DLCs music goes.. Kasumi's Stolen Memory's soundtrack(by Cris Velasco & Sascha Dikiciyan) is also up there for me. Its a fantastic score imo. Probably my favourite actually. The track "Infiltration" is pure eargasm!. In hindsight i love how Deus Ex: Human Revolution-esque the soundtrack sounds(of course Kasumi Stolen Memory came long before Human Revolution, maybe Michael Mccann was inspired by it, who knows~). But i love the layers of sound, the rich soundscape and how it really fits the vibe & enhances the atmosphere of the mission as you romp around that Beckenstein crime lord's mansion VIP party james bond style. Great to listen outside the game too.

Infiltration:




Kasumi's Stolen Memory ost:

Clint Mansell hardly composed for ME3... he worked on the main theme and that's it if I remember correctly?