soundtracks,  video games

Age of Mythology

Year: 2002
Type: Original Soundtrack (OST)
Composer(s): Stephen Rippy, Kevin McMullan
Number of tracks: 17


Age of methodology

If I had been able to create the game of my dreams as a child, gods and legends surely would have been a part of it. I simply love the supernatural, the fantastic. Combined with wisdom and teachings, these stories always have a facet that goes beyond mere entertainment. So it's all the more surprising that I never played Age of Mythology , which transports the Age of Empires-gameplay into a mythological setting and lets us send centaurs, giants and famous heroes from the various cultures like Odysseus onto the field. However, I will probably not give it a go, because the leap to 3D means that the ravages of time, as with Empire Earth or Age of Empires III have not been kind to the graphics.

Be that as it may, this is not about the game but about the music. It comprises 17 tracks composed by Stephen Rippy and Kevin McMullan, all of which are in the vein of their Age-predecessors and definitely worth listening to. With the exception of Eat Your Potatoes , there are no real missteps. Connoisseurs of Age of Empires and Age of Empires II will recognize certain instrumentations, especially tracks such as Suture Self and Flavor Cats (In the Comfort Zone) waving overtly from the neighbouring table at a family dinner.

Newcomers can expect a nice mixture of low-fi ambient droning, heroic moods of departure (A Cat Named Mittens), cultural tropes such as The Ballad of Ace LeBaron and Behold the Great Science Fi (oriental) or In a Pile of Its Own Good (Far Eastern). All in all, a good continuation of the familiar, albeit a little experimentation beyond the reggae excesses towards the end (Gary’s Reserve (End Credits)) would certainly have been interesting. The only thing that can really be said is that Age of Mythology in terms of gameplay is something completely different from its siblings, but musically it can pass as a twin.


No.TitleArtist(s)Ratings
01A Cat Named MittensStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan44/5
02Eat Your PotatoesStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan22/5
03Chocolate OutlineStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan33/5
04Never Mind the Slacks and BashersStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan33/5
05Suture SelfStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan44/5
06Flavor Cats (In the Comfort Zone)Stephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan55/5
07(Fine Layers of) SlaysenfliteStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan33/5
08Hoping for Real BetternessStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan44/5
09Adult SwimStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan33/5
10The Ballad of Ace LeBaronStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan44/5
11In a Pile of Its Own GoodStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan33/5
12Behhold the Great Science FiStephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan33/5
13Have Yoo Met Her Thunder (Trailer)Stephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan33/5
14If You Can Use a Doorknob (Victory Theme)Stephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan44/5
15Ma'am...Some Other Sunset (Defeat Theme)Stephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan33/5
16Gary's Reserve (End Credits)Stephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan33/5
17Eat Your Potatoes [Quiet Mix]Stephen Rippy; Kevin McMullan22/5

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