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Heavy Rain Composer Normand Corbeil passes away at 56

Tanya Valdez of 8bitfix.com writes: Some sad news has streamed in and hit the video game community. Music has a huge impact on the ears that the medium nestles itself in. Video game music helps tell the story of the game it is composed for. Heavy Rain was known for being a title that danced on the emotion of the player and David Cage, as well as the team from Quantic Dream, executed this so well.

K26sephiroth4100d ago

Its really sad to hear. I loved the music from heavy rain!

redDevil874100d ago (Edited 4100d ago )

Man, this is sad.

Without doubt one of my favourite soundtracks in gaming, even in films. It matched the game perfectly, it added so much to the atmosphere of the game.

R.I.P

Commander_TK4100d ago

Now he can at least rest in peace.

3-4-54100d ago (Edited 4100d ago )

I've never heard it. Never played the game. sucks that now, after he's gone, now is when I want to hear what he has done.

Liquid_Ocelot4100d ago (Edited 4100d ago )

@3-4-5 you can still hear it. Get the masterpiece that Heavy Rain is.

May he rest in peace now...

MikeMyers4099d ago

Sad to see someone pass away at such a young age.

Tr10wn4099d ago

Rest in peace you did an excellent job in heavy rain with out your music it wouldn't work, your music give the game the epicness and saddness feeling the game need it in the exact moment.

R.I.P

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Lord_Sloth4100d ago

Agreed. Music is half of the mood to any scene and Heavy Rain's music was spot on with the emotion of the story. Sad to hear it. He did a great job!

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showtimefolks4100d ago (Edited 4100d ago )

Lord_Sloth

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Blank4100d ago

Yeah the music was what drew you in the many tense moments of the game honestly im at a loss for words after im off work im going to pop in heavy rain and admire this mans work to me the soundtrack of any video game is a major portion of my personal experience when gaming

May Normand Corbeil rest in peace

unchartedxplorer4100d ago

Yeah without his brilliant composing I wouldn't have felt half as scared during the tense moments

Ezz20134100d ago

i'm sad very sad to hear that :(

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yeahokchief4099d ago

That sucks. The music in this game was good.

And they want us to work until we are 70 or 80 now to get our retirement benefits. lol. Maybe that's their plan. Collect money from us for retirements we'll never get.

Abdou234099d ago

Best soundtrack this gen. i have it on my phone and listens to it from time to time.

RIP

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mandf4100d ago

Rest in Peace. Cancer is such a brutal disease. I have lost 4 family members and 2 still ill with it to cancer. So sad.

Jio4100d ago

My best wishes to your family. Cancer is a terrible thing.

Tr10wn4099d ago

Wow i can't believe someone disagree with what you said the inmature peoples of this site make me sick really, best wishes for your family my father died from lung cancer and is indeed a terrible disease.

kenshiro1004099d ago

Cancer took my mother when she was in her forties. It's very sad indeed.

May Normand Corbeil rest in peace.

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PopRocks3594100d ago

What a shame. Fun game, interesting story and of course very good score.

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Please stop comparing video games to movies

"Many video games catch not only great commercial attention but remarkable critical attention as well. We have seen games like Heavy Rain, The Last of Us Part II, and even entries in the Metal Gear series described as fantastic interactive experiences, even heralded in the same way as Hollywood's greatest films.

I would suggest that not only is this an unfair comparison but also a harmful one. Video games, by their very nature, are an intricately different medium and should be weighed against one another rather than another form of media," Phillip writes for GF365.

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Fist4achin1251d ago

Yes, please stop. They're better than most hollywood drivel nowadays.

BLAKHOODe1251d ago

I think Hollywood films will becoming increasingly more like video games in the future, especially as the world embraces the "new normal" from the pandemic. It makes sense, as games like Spider-Man: Miles Morales showcase just how realistically we're reaching in graphical capabilities, as well as showcase extreme action sequences in spectacular ways. And as time goes by, it'll get easier and cheaper to produce such "art", as well as create new star "actors" that never age, never die, never complain, never gets involved in scandals, etc. Technology is amazing and we're only just getting a taste of what it'll eventually be.

sourOG1251d ago

No. Some games are like movies.

medman1250d ago (Edited 1250d ago )

No. For the money spent, a quality game provides far more entertainment value than a quality movie. Especially when looking at what is going on in the world, and how a studio can attempt to pilfer from consumers by charging 30 dollars for Mulan via streaming. Ridiculous. There is no comparison....games all day.

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Detroit: Become Human & Beyond: Two Souls are available on Steam without Denuvo

DSOGaming writes: "Quantic Dream has just released Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls on the PC, and has removed Denuvo from them."

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