Afrika is a safari sim hitting Japan in late August. While we haven't heard much about the game recently, we have heard sounds from the game -- the main theme to be exact. Coming from ScoringSessions, this video shows composer Wataru Hokoyama leading an orchestra on Afrika's title music. It sounds rather Indiana Jones-ish in lieu of what we'd expect to hear; like, uh, say something out of The Lion King.
Still, it's a good track, and, no, the video has no sights of Africa ... just sights of Hollywood where the music was recorded. If you want to check out more on Afrika, you can hit up the official Japanese site. A North American release has yet to be announced.
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7-07-2008 @ 11:51PM
doc j said...
It is a great fanfare. It sounds like Indiana Jones because Indiana Jones has great fanfare.
I think it is safe to say this guy borrows liberally from John Williams :)
Great person to emulate though, I like it a lot.
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7-08-2008 @ 12:06AM
xrich said...
sounds great...im gonna import this if it doesnt get a US release...
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7-08-2008 @ 12:28AM
OAKside said...
That was fantastic, has me excited for Afrika! Now for some high-quality/bitrate compression on that BD,
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7-08-2008 @ 1:29AM
chimaera9 said...
It doesn't sound very African, I agree. Though I'm glad it doesn't sound like Lion King, it sure could use some polyrhythms to at least hint at an African flavor. This music sounds more fitting for Drake from Uncharted flying off in a plane to some adventure, rather than roaming around Africa in a jeep shooting pictures of the wildlife. It's a great score, but not something I'd associate with Africa.
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7-08-2008 @ 1:33AM
seasidebaz said...
That sounds COMPLETELY Pokemon!
Now hurry up Sony, I want Pokemon Snap 2 in the UK ;)
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7-08-2008 @ 3:15AM
Ptrack_Git said...
Hate to go off topic but 2.41 is live! NOW!
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7-08-2008 @ 7:57AM
Brian Spence said...
This game is totally off my radar now that it's not coming to Europe. I live in the US, but if it's not going worldwide, that shows zero faith that they have in their own product. Isn't it coming out, like, next month? And we still don't know what the game IS???
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7-08-2008 @ 12:06PM
Devin said...
My g/f is really looking forward to playing this game (if it comes to NA)
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7-08-2008 @ 7:44PM
TX80 said...
its a good song.
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7-08-2008 @ 11:27PM
Plank said...
its a mix of indie jones and star wars hahaha
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7-09-2008 @ 8:19AM
catoblepa said...
I wouldn't say "Indiana Jones-ish", but I think it's clearly a shameless copy of another John Williams theme, Superman. Not bad at all.
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