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Subject: Jack Wall - The Lazy Composer

I don't see you doing anything to help our country.
Except sitting at home, naked, eating twinkies, rubbing your hands together going "Heh. Target Destroyed. Mission Accomplished." Oh wait. that's not helping.

Almost exactly the same as the Mass Effect theme. It is of course slightly different. 1:12 has the signature Mass Effect bass line, and not just a snipet of it, the whole thing. Then from 2:00 on is literally indescribable from the Mass Effect 2 suicide mission song.

Suicide mission song for reference of the Mass Effect themes.Starts right at the point where they sound similar. It literally sounds like he used the exact same settings on the midi horn as well. 1:51 is the signature bass line. 2:50 on...just come on he literally tore this out and put it at the end of the other song. At around 4:16 you can again here the theme played on the same horn, the rhythm here almost identical to the Black OPs song.

So it seems Jack Wall got a bit lazy with this theme, which seems odd to me, as other than one other song which resembles another Mass Effect theme the rest of the soundtrack is all fantastic and original. So what gives?

  • 11.30.2012 11:58 PM PDT
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You mean to tell me that a composer composed a composition that has his trademarks and sounds similar to other compositions of his own?

My god. We need to alert the press! Get the President on the phone!

[Edited on 12.01.2012 12:04 AM PST]

  • 12.01.2012 12:03 AM PDT
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No point in putting something funny, clever or informative here. Most probably im going to get perma-banned anyway.

Wow, they do sound incredibly similar. I still like Suicide Mission a lot. I care not for the Black Ops one. Good find.

  • 12.01.2012 12:10 AM PDT

Hmm good ear OP. I haven't listened to Blops2's Soundtrack yet.

  • 12.01.2012 12:24 AM PDT
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I wonder the testicle.

You posted this exact same thread.

  • 12.01.2012 12:25 AM PDT

I don't see you doing anything to help our country.
Except sitting at home, naked, eating twinkies, rubbing your hands together going "Heh. Target Destroyed. Mission Accomplished." Oh wait. that's not helping.


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You mean to tell me that a composer composed a composition that has his trademarks and sounds similar to other compositions of his own?

My god. We need to alert the press! Get the President on the phone!
I wouldn't say that's his trademark, it is the theme to Mass Effect and is owned by EA. He was paid to compose it. End of story, he does not "own" the songs anymore.

  • 12.01.2012 12:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: Black Eagle X99

Posted by: AK 47625714
You mean to tell me that a composer composed a composition that has his trademarks and sounds similar to other compositions of his own?

My god. We need to alert the press! Get the President on the phone!
I wouldn't say that's his trademark, it is the theme to Mass Effect and is owned by EA. He was paid to compose it. End of story, he does not "own" the songs anymore.
Didn't mean it in a legal/business sense.

Meant it as in "characteristic".

  • 12.01.2012 12:43 AM PDT