Hitman: Codname 47
Missed the mark
This was released around five years after the game's release together with the music of its successor, Hitman 2: Silent Assassins, as an original soundtrack and comprises twelve tracks. A nice gesture, which in my opinion far too few games received at the time. Well, in the days before Spotify and the like, a release always meant that the music had to be pressed onto a blank CD, packaged and marketed, but that's the way it is with art!
I can completely agree with that, which is why the songs don't really work for me overall. Many of the tracks sound more like a visit to an underground electro club or a scene in Blade Runner (Hitman Codename 47 [Extended Version]) rather than a narrative accompaniment to a game. Together with the uniformity of the music, this gives the album the feeling of a radio station from one of the early GTA-games. Only Hitman Codename 47 [Original Slow Version] triggers something in me because of its proximity to Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun ... albeit only briefly.
This review on deejay.de , meanwhile, speaks of a 'bubbling combination of ambient and cinematic music. [Kyd's] typical sound of big melodies and groovy electronic sounds can be clearly heard, especially in the hypnotic title track'. Even though I would underline the term 'hypnotic' in particular, this is not enough for me as a non-player of the game to get anything out of the score apart from some occasional groove along.
Nr. | Title | Interpret(en) | Ratings |
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01 | Intro | Jesper Kyd; Pierre Foldes | |
02 | Hitman Codename 47 [Extended Version] | Jesper Kyd | |
03 | Hong Kong Themes | Jesper Kyd | |
04 | Jungle Exploration | Jesper Kyd | |
05 | Dark Jungle | Jesper Kyd | |
06 | Hotel Themes | Jesper Kyd | |
07 | Harbor Themes | Jesper Kyd | |
08 | Hospital Themes | Jesper Kyd | |
09 | Hotel Music [Early Demo] | Jesper Kyd | |
10 | Rainforest [Early Demo] | Jesper Kyd | |
11 | Atmosphere [Demo] | Jesper Kyd | |
12 | Hitman Codename 47 [Original Slow Version] | Jesper Kyd |