For a score as iconic as The Walking Dead's, the series is only just now getting an official soundtrack, timed to the zombie drama's upcoming 100th episode.
Bear McCreary's genre-defying score will be released by Lakeshore Record and Sparks & Shadows digitally and on CD on October 20th and on LP October 27th, and IGN has a first-listen for one of its most important tracks, "The Governor."
"The sound of The Walking Dead has evolved many times over the course of the last 100 episodes, but never more radically at one moment than it did with the introduction of 'The Governor’s Theme,'" McCreary said in a statement to IGN.
"The low-end synths that had been a very subtle background texture before were suddenly pushed to the forefront, and the score would never be the same. From this track onwards, the score would become increasingly seared by electronic textures. Our characters were never the same after they encountered this terrifying man, so I think its fitting his music had a permanent effect on the music of the show."
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Bear McCreary's genre-defying score will be released by Lakeshore Record and Sparks & Shadows digitally and on CD on October 20th and on LP October 27th, and IGN has a first-listen for one of its most important tracks, "The Governor."
"The sound of The Walking Dead has evolved many times over the course of the last 100 episodes, but never more radically at one moment than it did with the introduction of 'The Governor’s Theme,'" McCreary said in a statement to IGN.
"The low-end synths that had been a very subtle background texture before were suddenly pushed to the forefront, and the score would never be the same. From this track onwards, the score would become increasingly seared by electronic textures. Our characters were never the same after they encountered this terrifying man, so I think its fitting his music had a permanent effect on the music of the show."
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