#MX VS ATV REFLEX SOUNDTRACKS SERIES#

To avoid brain rot, please skip this soundtrack in favour of superior mainstream-targeted racing soundtracks such as Forza Motorsport 3 or Driv3r instead. The soundtrack just about sets the pace for the gameplay, but fails to offer any powerful or engaging moments as a stand-alone experience due to its sheer repetitiveness. While Raymond Harrera is a versatile musician, it is a pity that he took such a restricted and thoughtless approach here, perhaps partly at the request of the client. Good metal music is more than the collection of rhythm guitar riffs and drum beats featured here. Yet while these features are enough to stop me from pressing вЂskipвЂ™ on my Winamp, theyвЂ™re certainly not sufficient to make me toggle вЂrepeatвЂ™. TheyвЂ™re driven by rhythm guitars like practically every other track on the soundtrack, but feature richer timbres and more anthemic melodies overall. Though Robert CoteвЂ™s two tracks are continuous with 3volutionвЂ™s riff-based contributions, Dave Lowmiller brings a little more variety with his two tracks, вЂњDevilвЂ™s SwingarmвЂќ and вЂњMachined from BilletвЂќ. вЂњHoleshotвЂќ undergoes a more extensive development than the rest and even incorporates a brief electric guitar solo, while вЂњAccelerateвЂќ allows vocals to take centre stage in an adequate yet gimmicky heavy metal imitation. There are a few tracks that differ from the rest of the soundtrack. This brings little variety to the race courses in the game and is extremely tedious on the 45 minute soundtrack release. Unfortunately, the sheer majority of the rest of the soundtrack by 3volution follow suit, the only major change being the riffs repeated on tracks вЂњNac NacвЂќ and вЂњTerrainвЂќ. By a minute in, the track begs stand-alone listeners to press вЂskipвЂ™ and will also bore game players with its tame development. While the opening rhythm guitar riffs grab oneвЂ™s interest, it is underwhelming how they develop into nothing and instead repeat ab nauseum, and the drum work by Herrera is equally mind-numbing. Unfortunately, вЂњPressure PlateвЂќ is entirely uninspiring for stand-alone listening. This track and its many successors like it thus provide serviceable and functional background music in the game. The overdriven guitars, especially, seem to capture the sounds of roaring motorcycle engines in a derivative yet entirely effective way. Yet this aggressive riffs and rapid beats seem perfect for capturing the intensity and dirtiness of offroad racing gameplay. Like practically all additions to the soundtrack, the track is completely dominated by repeating rhythm guitar riffs and rapid drum kit beats, with little melody or development to speak of.

Right from the opener вЂњPressure PlateвЂќ, the soundtrack plunges listeners into the action with a hard rock performance. The artist managed to suitably match the gameplay with a range of instrumental rock tracks, but unfortunately produced one of the most repetitive and uninspiring stand-alone soundtrack experiences while doing so. The music for this title was principally composed and performed by Raymond Harrera, whose colourful career includes roles as a game sound producer through 3volution and a drummer for the heavy metal bands Fear Factory and Arkaea.

#MX VS ATV REFLEX SOUNDTRACKS SERIES#

ATV series of racing games at last in 2009, dedicated to the latest instalment вЂReflexвЂ™.

Mx vs atv reflex soundtracks