Guardians of the Galaxy: The role of music: orchestra soundtrack, licensed songs and an original

Eidos-Montréal is a Canadian computer game designer based in Montreal. The studio is possessed by Square Enix Europe (formerly Eidos Interactive), a subsidiary of Square Enix.

Music will play a central role in Guardians of the Galaxy of Square Enix and Eidos-Montréal - as in the two Marvel films. In the following video, the developers talk about the inspirations and the artsters behind the soundtrack. It explains how licensed pop and rock pieces are integrated into the game from the 1980s and connecting Huddle as a game mechanics.

Guardians of the Galaxy includes an almost six-hour orchestral score of Richard Jacques (recorded in Abbey Road Studios in London), an all-star mixtape with licensed songs from the 80s (including Iron Maiden, Kiss, New Kids on The Block, Rick Astley and Hot Chocolate) and an original rock album that was created only for the game.

Steve Szcepkowski (Senior Audio Director at Eidos-Montréal): _ Music is essential for the Guardians series, and that should not be different in our gameplay. The soundtrack is in the DNA of the game, and we go far beyond the usual Expectations. If we now raise the fight with the Huddle or bring Star-Lord's favorite band to life, each element has been carefully integrated to spice the story of this rock -'n'-roll gang of outsides even more. _

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About the Huddle feature where individual songs are used during the fighting, the publisher writes: _ Players can turn on Star-Lords Cassette Recorders and play a specially selected hit from the 80s that inspires the Guardians and drives at battles. Steve explains That some songs may surprisingly like, but the contrast is expanding the combat sequences around an additional entertaining element. (...) And finally, Steve still reveals, as he completely unplated a brand new rock band in this original world of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy has integrated. When he learned that Peter Quill has named himself according to Story of the game after his favorite band Star-Lord, Steve made his work and created Star Lord, the band. A complete album was recorded for the game - with original songs who celebrate the wild rock'n'-roll life of the Guardians family. _

Guardians of the Galaxy appears on 26 October 2021 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X | S and Xbox One, Switch (Cloud version) as well as digitally on PC and GeForce Now.