Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots [Import, Soundtrack]

Harry Gregson-Williams (Composer), Nobuka Toda (Composer), Shuichi Kobori (Composer), Kazama Jinn (Composer), Yoshitaka Suzuki (Composer), Jackie Presti (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00172RME2
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,092 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese 2008 release of 2 CD soundtrack to famous video game, 'Metal Gear Solid'. This release corresponds to the game software release on June 12, 2008. Sony.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A-MAZING, June 14, 2008

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This review is from: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (Audio CD)

This is one of the best soundtracks I have heard in a while, and that includes movie soundtracks. If you are a fan of The Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum soundtracks, written by the brilliant British composer John Powell, you will absolutely love this one. It's in the same vein. 2 hours and 20 minutes of intense action-packed music marked by tribal drumming and eerie overtones will have you on the edge of your seat, be it at your desk or on the highway doing triple digits. Not for the faint of heart! This can safely be filed under "Buy or die."

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Legend ends., July 10, 2008

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This review is from: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (Audio CD)

Although quite expensive for a soundtrack, I decided to buy this anyway. And luckily, I wasn't disappointed. Two cds of high quality music. The music being as dramatic as the game itself.

But I don't think this kind of music is for everybody. You have to like this sneaking -kind of music to really appreciate this soundtrack.

The music itself is influenced by couple of Hollywood movies. For example, if you liked soundtrack from gladiator, you will like the "love theme". If you liked the guitar playing from "The Man on Fire" -soundtrack, you'll also like "Old Snake" track.

I recommend this to all MGS fans. You can live the atmosphere of MGS4 while being away from your PS3:)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid but somewhat disappointing finale, July 5, 2011

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FlashBack (Princeton, WV) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (Audio CD)

First and foremost, the packaging:
This 2-disc set comes in a rather boring DVD case that will look out of place with the rest of your MGS soundtracks. The external art is minimalist at best, with only a grayed-out picture of Old Snake on the cover, plain black non-series font text on the spine, and the Kojima logo and legal info on the back. The discs themselves are no better with nothing but the same gray close-up of Snake. The set does come with a nifty "12-page" booklet that details the track list, specific artists on each track, and select lyrics for two songs on the set (Love Theme and Here's to You). Notice the quotations around "12-page?" That's because the left page of each spread is completely blank!

Now for the music itself:
It's important to note that this is not the soundtrack that comes packaged with the Limited Edition of the game. However it does contain all the tracks from that disc and many more. This particular entry in the series struggles to find its own identity. Where the soundtracks for MGS 1 & 3 had very distinct tones throughout, this album falls into the same trap as that of the 2nd game: searching for a balance between the traditional series music and attempts to reinvent it. The result is a hit-and-miss OST that's worthy of the game itself but never truly carves out its own place in series history. That's not to say there aren't some real gems. Harry Gregson-Williams' "Old Snake" and "Gekko" are enjoyable enough to stand on their own, and "Metal Gear Saga" is the perfect final version of the series' main theme. But the real highlights come from the Japanese composers. "Laughing Octopus" is appropriately haunting, and songs such as "Atonement" strike the right emotional tones. On top of that, the set's bonus tracks highlight the music from actual gameplay moments rather than just cutscenes. The track list follows:

Disc 1
01 Old Snake
02 Love Theme
03 Gekko
04 Haven Troopers
05 BB Corps
06 Drebin 893
07 Vista Mansion
08 Laughing Octopus
09 Breakthrough
10 Endless Pain
11 White Blood
12 Call Me Hal
13 Midnight Shadow
14 Paradise Lost
15 Great Escape
16 Desperate Chase
17 Raging Raven
18 Confrontation
19 Mobs Alive
20 Violent Ceasefire

Disc 2
01 Next-Gen Control
02 Crying Wolf
03 One More Reboot
04 Sin
05 Atonement
06 Infinite Loop
07 Everything Ends
08 At Dawn
09 Screaming Mantis
10 Guns of the Patriots
11 No Place to Hide
12 Sorrow
13 Full Circle
14 Everything Begins
15 Father & Son
16 Metal Gear Saga
17 Here's to You
BONUS IN-GAME BATTLE TRACKS
18 War Zone
19 A Rebellion Rests
20 The Hunter
21 The Hunted
22 Forced Hand
23 Under Curfew
24 Unmanned Army
25 Cold Memories
26 For Liberty
27 Surrounded

In summary, this OST is a worthy entry in the storied legacy of Metal Gear, but buyers shouldn't expect anything ground-breaking.