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█▓█ General Info :
█▓█ Title .........: Best Of Lucasarts
█▓█ Artist ........: OST
█▓█ Music Style ...: Soundtrack
█▓█ Type ..........: Sampler
█▓█ Release Date ..: Jun-06-2003
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█▓█ Used Tools :
█▓█ Grabber .......: Eac
█▓█ Encoder .......: Lame
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█▓█ Additional Info:
█▓█ Source ........: CDDA
█▓█ No. Of Songs ..: 23
█▓█ Size ..........: 75,0 MB
█▓█ Playtime ......: 54:29 min
█▓█ Label .........: lucasarts
█▓█ Quality .......: 192kbps / 44.1kHz / HQ / Full Stereo
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█▓█ 01 ::: 20th Anniversary ::: 01:31
█▓█ 02 ::: Outlaws Theme ::: 03:17
█▓█ 03 ::: Monkey Island Theme ::: 01:40
█▓█ 04 ::: Hector Steps Out ::: 00:56
█▓█ 05 ::: Smooth Hector ::: 01:58
█▓█ 06 ::: Marco De Pollo ::: 02:24
█▓█ 07 ::: Hectors Blues ::: 01:58
█▓█ 08 ::: The Ballad Of Dr. Death ::: 04:41
█▓█ 09 ::: Temple Gate ::: 01:41
█▓█ 10 ::: The Monument ::: 02:47
█▓█ 11 ::: Mission To The Asteroid ::: 02:23
█▓█ 12 ::: Underwater Lagoon ::: 02:28
█▓█ 13 ::: The Train ::: 03:41
█▓█ 14 ::: Pegnose Petes Hideout ::: 01:26
█▓█ 15 ::: Scumm Bar ::: 01:40
█▓█ 16 ::: The Mystes Of Tyme ::: 03:22
█▓█ 17 ::: The Enlightened Florist ::: 01:25
█▓█ 18 ::: Bone Wagon ::: 01:30
█▓█ 19 ::: Tango ::: 02:15
█▓█ 20 ::: The Sawmill ::: 03:26
█▓█ 21 ::: Laser Drill ::: 03:31
█▓█ 22 ::: Gladius Sketches ::: 03:37
█▓█ 23 ::: Finale ::: 00:52
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█▓█ "20 Years of LucasArts"
█▓█ Review by Steve Townsley
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█▓█ The Best of LucasArts Original Soundtracks
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█▓█ Composers: Michael Land
█▓█ Peter McConnell
█▓█ Clint Bajakian
█▓█ David Levison
█▓█ Mark Griskey
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█▓█ Released by LucasArts Entertainment - 2002
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█▓█ I grew up playing computer adventure-games, like King's Quest and Space
█▓█ Quest games so simple and yet so complex. Then Lucasarts came along, and
█▓█ really carried me away with storylines that were thick with action,
█▓█ adventure and humor with all the in-jokes that a generation who grew up on
█▓█ Star Wars and Indiana Jones could appreciate. (In fact, I'm still
█▓█ disappointed "The Secret of Monkey Island" hasn't made the transition to
█▓█ the big screen! Maybe the hold-up is trying to sell a hero named "Guybrush
█▓█ Threepwood" to a wide audience).
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█▓█ Beyond the ever-improving graphics and quirky storylines, these games
█▓█ featured an amazing music, improved even further by the departure from
█▓█ computer sounds for that of live instruments. The rest, as they say, is
█▓█ history.
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█▓█ Now, for the 20th anniversary, of Lucasarts, a compilation of LucasArts
█▓█ "greatest hits" have been compiled on CD for your AFK experience. And it
█▓█ sounds greatùbut whatÆs the catch? Well here's the thing: The soundtrack
█▓█ features great clips from some of the best games in the gaming genre.
█▓█ Howeverùmany of these clips were previously available. "Outlaws" (Clint
█▓█ Bajakian's stunning western score for a first-person shooter) and the
█▓█ wonderful "Secret of Monkey Island" were available on the game CD itself,
█▓█ played as extra tracks beyond the first data track. "The Dig" (also a
█▓█ hauntingly beautiful, atmosphere score by Michael Land) was commercially
█▓█ released through Angel records. For a time, you could also purchase the
█▓█ teriffically jazzy, South-American flavored "Grim Fandango" through the
█▓█ Lucasarts website. So, for those avid game collectors, the CD itself may
█▓█ seem like much ado about nothing.
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█▓█ What you do get, (that hasn't been widely available), however, is pretty
█▓█ decent, and kicking it right off is Track 1, LucasArts "20th Anniversary
█▓█ Fanfare", which is at least a minute and a half of pretty decentùfull of a
█▓█ little musical taste of everything: music, adventure, wonder, terror.
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█▓█ From "Escape from Monkey Island", five additional tracks of goodness, of
█▓█ which, my favorites are a delightfully pirate-y "Scumm Bar" (track 14) and
█▓█ closely by "Underwater Lagoon" (track 12), which seems to evoke that
█▓█ pleasant background scoring with which you've hopefully had the pleasure
█▓█ of becoming familiar in the games. ôMystes of Tymeö (track 16) is
█▓█ certainly atmospheric and moody, and the latin-flavored guitar in "Marco
█▓█ de Pollo" (track 6) is oozing with attitude. [If I take these a bit out of
█▓█ order, please excuse me they're in chronological order as far as game play
█▓█ is concerned.]
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█▓█ Tracks 21 and 22 are "bonus" tracks, from upcoming LucasArts games, "RTX
█▓█ Red Rock" and "Gladius", respectively. "RTX" sounds a bit like the latest
█▓█ James Bond music, with plenty of techno-rhythms. "Gladius", at 3:39, is a
█▓█ little more epic-sounding, in comparison, and there's plenty of "battle"
█▓█ music herein. Track 23, (Finale), is a nice, if short, capper to this
█▓█ eclectic collection of music.
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█▓█ Overall, I'm going to dock the CD itself a little for not being *more*
█▓█ noteworthy with musical choices--falling back mostly on previously
█▓█ released CD material. But I'm not going to fault the composers for that,
█▓█ because the group represented here are clearly brilliant and talented
█▓█ composers who are at the top of their field, and who have made--for me and
█▓█ more than a few other players out there--a simple game into a memorable
█▓█ experience. If you haven't heard their work before, this will be a good
█▓█ sampler. For those of you that have, let's hope to hear more from them
█▓█ soon.
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