Get your Surround-Sound ready, BowieVR is coming! Here are some game reviews and snippets about “The Nomad Soul,” which is due out this November.
“Yes, following his Internet dabblings, the Thin White Duke has launched himself headlong into the wonderful and frightening world of video games… Bowie provides all the game’s music, in conjunctionwith Tin Machine co-founder Reeves Gabrel. Bowiealso appears in the game, both as a key characternamed Boz, and as the lead singer of an in-gameband called The Dreamers, whose virtual concerts itis possible to attend.”
“On top of all this is the music of David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels… …and we’re not talking just soundtrack, either. ‘There’s even a spot ot two where you can grab a concert of the Dreamers, featuring 3D-modeled versions of David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels.'”
“The soundtrack is equally noteworthy. In an attempt to both create an unearthly musical environment and maximize the mass-market potential of the game, the creators of The Nomad Soul, French developer Quantic Dreams, went straight to the top-perennial rock star David Bowie… The team quickly found themselves talked into an entirely new collection of music by a very enthusiastic Bowie… The former Ziggy Stardust also appears in the game as a digitized freedom fighter.
“…’Omicron’ has plenty of original aspects that should set it apart from illustrious competition… Not the least of these features is a soundtrack by the original sci-fi rocker, David Bowie.”
Question:
[to senior game designer Philip Campbell]
What’s it like to work with Bowie?
Answer:
We ended up with a totally original soundtrack, gaming;s craziest virtual concerts, tons of motion-captured dialog, AND the world’s most beautiful beautiful wife.
The News segment of Incite Games Online has a short interview with Bowie about his involvement in the game:
Question:
“Are you computer literate?”
Answer:
“I was the first artist to take computers on the road in the ’80s, I’ve been working on the Internet for two yars now, and I’ve been producing art on the computer since 1994. I can mouse about.”
Question:
“Many computer games’ soundtracks seem thrown together. How did you take that into account?”
Answer:
“We spent some time [with the game developers] understanding the depth of the game. We got to know the characters intimately.”
Question:
“Are computer games something you’ve wanted to get involved with for a long time? And why this one?”
Answer:
“They said we could work our way. We’ve turned doen three previous offers beacause we didn’t have that freedom. With other offers people had preconceived notions of the music. I had to do it my way.”
“…I can’t forget to mention the fact it plays an equally worthy theme song co-written by the legendary and very hip, David Bowie (I restarted the game just so I could listen to the song again).”
“Eidos has released a new movie (20Mbs) is which you can see David Bowie virtually live in an all new Omikron: The Nomad Soul Virtual Concert. (Publisher’s Note: Fantastic track! If you are a fan of Bowie, this is a must!)”
go to our Nomad Soul Section
go to the official Nomad Soul website