BioShock Scores A-Team Composer

The man behind such TV and film classics as The A-Team and Revenge of the Nerds III and VI, Garry Schyman, is producing the soundtrack to 2K Games' upcoming watery shooter, BioShock.

Schyman, who has also done games work for the likes of Destroy all Humans and Voyeur, will bring music that Schyman's reps tell us is "at times chillingly ominous and at other times deeply beautiful and poignant". They would say that, of course, but from what we've seen of BioShock so far it does nothing if not ooze atmosphere, so we'll give Schyman his props.

Emily Ridgway, audio director at Irrational Games, seems pretty taken with him too, saying, “Garry Schyman’s work for us was incredible from the start in every possible aspect. From his ability to produce and compose amazingly unique orchestral recordings, all the meanwhile perfectly accommodating the peaks and troughs of game development, Garry really deserves all the praise he gets for the BioShock soundtrack and then some.”

Garry himself seemed pretty pleased about the whole thing, too, saying “BioShock is a composer’s dream project; I have never been offered such a unique palette to write for. I really pushed myself to create a score that truly complements the extraordinary experience of BioShock and Irrational Games supported me all the way. I even had the opportunity to write a solo piano work in the style of late Rachmaninoff!”

For a taste of what Schyman's bringing to BioShock, have a look at this video, then when you're done check out SPOnG's dedicated BioShock page.