Music for Zombie Gaming - Part 5

So here's where the purists go mental, sorry guys. 28 Days Later... yeah, I said it. Whilst upon release it was never touted as a zombie movie and even now we recognise it as an 'Infected' movie, even director Danny Boyle went on record years later to say "I kinda wanted to make a zombie movie, but I had to do things differently to get away with it.'

So whilst the movie threw a 'runners' spin on genre, John Murphy's soundtrack on the other hand really hits the spot.

Slow building, haunting and and subtly discordant, the Original Soundtrack makes a superb backdrop to any zombie game.

Personally, I would mark this as the first of the 'modern' Zombie scores, heralding in a new era of themes specifically for the genre as we know it today. As a stand alone soundtrack it is not specifically innovative. It relies upon the standards of the horror genre in building tension and conflict, music box style melodies with contrasting resonance in the strong section but I'm pretty sure it has influenced composers of the genre since it's release. For example, as it is hard not to hear its influence in Bear McCreary's work.

Boyle, Howard and Romero's love child?

I've spent a huge amount of hobby time on just one project this week. It all started with an inspirational lightbulb moment featuring a deadly melting pot of the 28 Days Later 'Rage' virus and the increasing popularity of the pulp genre in gaming. When I consider that, as a long time fan of Robert E. Howard, giant apes were a staple of my formative years it seemed obvious to take things to their logical conclusion.

Behold - Hanumombie - zombie ape god!

Containment was to proove...problematic.

We're doomed I tell you, doomed!

Now that would make for a cool All Things Zombie scenario.