4. Have A Fitting Soundtrack
Whilst music-composition may not be the first thing people think of when it comes to creating a game, its role in telling a story cannot be understated. The Arkham series has been gifted with two brilliant composers in Nick Arundel and Christopher Drake, both veterans of music composition in regards to superheroes. Other titles often dont place a great focus on their respective soundtracks, but the opposite is the truth when it comes to Arkham. Navigating the twisting halls of Arkham Asylum is made evermore unnerving when complimented by Arundels orchestral and synth-based compositions, and like other features of the Arkham series, its undeniably Batman in nature. Not many comic-book game titles possess memorable soundtracks akin to their film counterparts, but a good soundtrack can transform a game into being far more cinematic and epic in scale than in absence. Its high time that publishers and developers started employing grand scores in their works, or if it works for a character, a soundtrack comprised of different artists.
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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
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