If you leave the crime scene, the music changes to let you know that you must come back and find everything you need to advance in the investigation. Basically, an “investigation theme” plays during your search and the song only finishes when you have collected all relevant pieces of evidence. One of the highlights of the gameplay, and the main subject of this edition of The Musical Box, is the crime scene investigations.ĭuring crime scene investigations, the player is surprised by a subtle, but very clever, use of music. You play the role of Detective Cole Phelps, and you need to do everything that detectives do: analyze crime scenes, find clues, interrogate suspects, chase fugitives and, of course, fight. Noire is an open-world police investigation game. Keep reading to understand how this happens. The music not only permeates gameplay, it literally helps the player with the investigation. The developers also did a tremendous job with the implementation. The jazz soundtrack, carefully composed by Andrew Hale and Simon Hale, greatly enhances the mood of that particular period in U.S.
At the very least, this crime investigation offering developed by Team Bondi and Rockstar gifted the industry with groundbreaking facial motion capture technology and a beautiful, digital version of L.A. Noire raised the bar for many technical aspects of videogames.
The Musical Box #11: Musical Cluesĭespite the many controversies surrounding its development, it’s hard to deny that L.A. They were originally published on Podquest and Gamasutra in the early 2010s. The Musical Box features 30 articles focusing on game music production and implementation.