Music
Press
"The music often melds a Central European orchestral sound with melodic contours that are more Mediterranean. This allows for some wonderfully lyrical melodic content."
"You will be constantly amazed by a score that is composed in that grand fantasy tradition with warm melodic writing and wise instrumental choices throughout."
"[...] feels like they include the ghost of Jerry Goldsmith in its big climatic moments."
"Overall this is an impressive release beautifully packaged with music that should be of interest to any fan of fantasy music even if they never play the game. Highly recommended." - Music4Games
Gamezone:
"The musical score for the game is glorious."
Gamer 2.0:
"[...] the music really steals the show."
TenTonHammer:
"[...] music that emerged from the game was awe-inspiring."
"[...] the music within AoC was a testament to my ears."
Warcry:
"[...] take that epic orchestral sound that you might find in movies like Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Conan the Barbarian (of course), Braveheart, and Highlander, and that's what you might find in Age of Conan."
"[...] outstanding music [...]"
Game Focus:
"Music in the game is by far so good; you would expect it on a movie soundtrack such as The Lord of the Rings, epic, emotional, moving and powerful are words that come to mind for every piece of music you will hear in the game or on the sound track [...]"
- various
Discography
Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Original Soundtrack. Released as a double CD in North America on Tommy Boy label. Album is also available in Europe. Asian release is planned.
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Bio
In addition to his work on videogames, Knut has composed concert pieces for everything from small chamber ensembles to large orchestras. His works have been performed extensively in Norway.
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