I`m all Prince Of Persia`d/Assassin`s Creed`d out. Tyler and Kyd do great work, but though I may have interest in the scores, I think the games themselves - like Fringe - need an ending, and the developers need to produce something different (just as these games were when they debuted).
Collector's edition of the game (three different versions - "Skull Edition", "Buccaneer Edition" & "Black Chest Edition") will be containing pressed cd with Brian's score, packaged in a digipack/cardboard sleeve:
Score will be release digitally on iTunes - Ubisoft Music MP3 - 14 October 2013:
01. Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag Main Theme - 2:13 02. Pyrates Beware - 3:16 03. On the Horizon - 3:01 04. The High Seas - 2:44 05. The Fortune of Edward Kenway - 1:57 06. In This World or the One Below - 2:49 07. Under the Black Flag - 3:21 08. The Ends of the Earth - 2:53 09. Stealing a Brig - 1:52 10. Fare Thee Well - 5:14 11. The Buccaneers - 4:05 12. Marked for Death - 3:21 13. Last Goodbyes - 2:24 14. Take What Is Ours! - 3:15 15. I'll Be with You - 6:04 16. Lay Aboard Lads - 2:24 17. A Pirate's Life - 2:02 18. Men of War - 2:57 19. Order of the Assassin - 3:10 20. In the Midst - 3:05 21. The British Empire - 3:08 22. Batten Down the Hatches - 1:37 23. Modernity - 2:14 24. A Merry Life and a Short One - 1:16 25. Queen Anne's Revenge - 4:42 26. Confrontation - 3:15 27. Prizes Plunder and Adventure - 2:12 28. Meet the Sage - 3:36 29. Into the Jungle - 1:46 30. The Spanish Empire - 3:57 31. The Islands of the West Indies - 3:06 32. Ships of Legend - 2:02 33. Secrets of the Maya - 3:24 34. Life at Sea - 3:10
So we got Lorne Balfe, who is basically a second-rate Zimmer, doing AssCreed III, and now we have Brian Tyler doing his best Pirates of the Caribbean impression.
And Tyler couldn't do half a decent job as Zimmer (or his mini-me) --just like with Modern Warfare 2 and 3.
Main Theme performed live on Video Games Live Show 2013 (Tommy Tallarico - guitar!)
Relentlessly predictable and undistinguished.
Guys like Zimmer, Beltrami and Tyler don't seem to get enough - perish the thought not to say YES to ANY offer that comes along in fear that some other composer gets it who might be a competitor in the long run.
