was puzzled to see "rollcage II" soundtrack a few years ago with drum & bass from artists that i liked but it was songs in the store that i picked it up in. from a second-hand store i never visit to as they never get any good stuff even in terms of other type of items. i sort of remembered the first game but i never really played it or noticed that it's soundtrack was chock full of drum & bass, breaks and big beat.
i'm gathering that the drum & bass tunes were deemed the most popular and psygnosis struck a deal with moving shadow, who had a few tunes featured on the first game. they gave them a set of exclusives and it gave them exposure for the artists as the game sold fairly well and is considered a good game. not that usually matters to me as in most of the games i play, i have the music turned of or muted and have on my own tunes.
from omni trio's side there are two tracks and one is called "penetration" isn't what you expect from omni trio at all. i don't like it since the bassline is annoying and it sounds like it's trying to be a dom & roland or ed rush/no u-turn type track and i think it fails at it. the other cut is "secret life" which much more in line with robert haigh/omni trio's general output which i am a fan of.
granted i like his music more when the drumbreaks are chopped up more but his sense of melodic elements is tops. this operates with a fairly standard pacey twostepper with a crisp snare and the combination of smacking drums, lovely keys & pads along with a near-legato bass is fantastic.
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Psygnosis had plans to make Rollcage into another Wipeout, but the gimmick of the game (drive over all surfaces!) didn't quite catch on the same way. Still, if you're gonna do "Wipeout, but different", you need a slamming electronic soundtrack, but different. D'n'B, then.
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