GWX menu music question

Hartmann · 11-09-07, 07:17 PM

What is the music that sound with the game menu while playing the movie ??.
could be possible know from where it was taken ??

thanks

Pablo · 11-09-07, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Hartmann

What is the music that sound with the game menu while playing the movie ??.
could be possible know from where it was taken ??

thanks

Hi!

The music is "Hanging" from the movie Plunkett and MacLeane, composed by Craig Armstrong.

Pablo

Myxale · 11-10-07, 05:57 AM

I thought it was "Escape" by Mr. Armstrong!:hmm:

mrbeast · 11-10-07, 12:15 PM

Actually it is the Hanging from Plunkett and Macleane. Escape sounds similar but is a more upbeat track, both execellent pieces of music. I liked them so much I managed to dig out a copy of the sound track from my local HMV store, it only cost me £5 too! For what is an ok, slightly crumby 90's 'Lad' film the soundtrack is surprisingly mature and well done, much more gravitas than the film would suggest.

I think it was an very good choice the GWX team made to use it, perfectly suits the mood of SH3. Sets the atmosphere up well, something which many games fail to with their intros (or lack of) and menu screens.

The SH4 intro is a masterpeice if you ask me, one of the best I've ever seen.

Capa · 11-10-07, 01:36 PM

I have Plunkett & Macleane and never would have thought that track was on it. The film is more or less black comedy. I like the song but prefer the original SH3 music, Hanging is really overly intense and powerful which doesn't particularly fit in with U-boat atmosphere IMO. If SH3 was an epic, then maybe.

Kpt. Lehmann · 11-10-07, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Capa

I have Plunkett & Macleane and never would have thought that track was on it. The film is more or less black comedy. I like the song but prefer the original SH3 music, Hanging is really overly intense and powerful which doesn't particularly fit in with U-boat atmosphere IMO. If SH3 was an epic, then maybe.

With respect Capa, I disagree completely.

Enigma broken... resulting in long patrols seeing nothing but the water as shipping was routed well around you....

Mounting losses with lessening returns...

Loss of U-boat bases in the Med and then in France...

Three out of four U-boatmen didn't come back... (An un-sustainable casualty ratio.)

Many boats disappearing on their first patrol...

Query after query by BdU trying to contact lost boats...

Constant discovery and attacks by an opponent whose skills and technology increased more rapidly than countermeasures could be employed... instead of depth charging you to force you down... they would stay as long as it took to run you out of air.

Younger and younger crews...

Constant bombing raids on hometowns...

By the end, they stopped wishing their crews "good-luck" and would say instead... "Just come back alive."

No more bands and nurses... no parties... just survival and thinning hope...

I think "Hanging" fits perfectly.

The U-boat war was a doomed venture... and the crews certainly figured that out as time went on.

The happy times were short lived. Even in the first months of the war... 12 percent of the U-boat combat force were lost.

I think "Hanging" fits perfectly.

No offense intended.

11-09-07, 07:17 PM	#1
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	GWX menu music question What is the music that sound with the game menu while playing the movie ??. could be possible know from where it was taken ?? thanks __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

11-10-07, 05:57 AM	#3
Myxale Admiral Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: PQ AN 25 Posts: 2,178 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	I thought it was "Escape" by Mr. Armstrong!:hmm: __________________ SH3+GWX SH5+WoS Still Sailing....still Deep

11-10-07, 12:15 PM	#4
mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Actually it is the Hanging from Plunkett and Macleane. Escape sounds similar but is a more upbeat track, both execellent pieces of music. I liked them so much I managed to dig out a copy of the sound track from my local HMV store, it only cost me £5 too! For what is an ok, slightly crumby 90's 'Lad' film the soundtrack is surprisingly mature and well done, much more gravitas than the film would suggest. I think it was an very good choice the GWX team made to use it, perfectly suits the mood of SH3. Sets the atmosphere up well, something which many games fail to with their intros (or lack of) and menu screens. The SH4 intro is a masterpeice if you ask me, one of the best I've ever seen. __________________

11-10-07, 01:36 PM	#5
Capa A-ganger Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 76 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have Plunkett & Macleane and never would have thought that track was on it. The film is more or less black comedy. I like the song but prefer the original SH3 music, Hanging is really overly intense and powerful which doesn't particularly fit in with U-boat atmosphere IMO. If SH3 was an epic, then maybe.