![]() ![]() ![]() Tilman Sillescu and his composing team ensure musical coherency between the song and the rest of the soundtrack by using the song’s primary melody as the score’s main theme. And they would be forgiven for such a reaction, given the patchy artistic history that the inclusion of more or less pop-inspired songs into game or film soundtracks has - sometimes it works, more than often enough it doesn’t and the songs just feel tacked on. In all likelihood, not every soundtrack enthusiast rejoiced when it was announced that the soundtrack for Paths to a Kingdom would include a theme song. However, to the joy of soundtrack collectors, the score for the game was released some months later as a more complete 27 track digital download on iTunes and Amazon. The game’s physical limited edition contained the score on a CD with 20 tracks. Ultimately, no less than eight composers were involved in the creation of the score.īefore delving into the musical details of the soundtrack, a word about the availability of the score and its different incarnations. The album’s opening song “Hero Within” provided the score’s main theme, around which Dynamedion’s composers then went on to craft the remainder of the soundtrack. However, some new musical elements were introduced into the score: a full choir was added for several tracks, and the soundtrack would include a number of songs, composed by British-Latvian singer/songwriter Kariina Gretere. More positive news was the fact that German game music production company Dynamedion was drafted again to provide the soundtrack, just as with the previous two Settlers titles. Soon after the launch, users worldwide experienced problems connecting to the servers, often rendering the game unplayable. Unfortunately, it was marred by Ubisoft’s attempt at integrating DRM into its titles, requiring the user to be constantly connected with the Ubisoft servers when playing the game, even in single-player mode. ![]() Marking the most recent entry in the perennially popular The Settlers franchise, Paths to a Kingdom: Paths to a Kingdom was released in early 2010, to generally more positive reviews than its predecessor. The Settlers -Path to a Kingdom- Original Soundtrack ![]()
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