Paul McCartney Working With Bungie

[The Wooster]

Paul McCartney Working With Bungie

Former Beatle, Paul McCartney, may be writing music for Bungie's upcoming Marathon revival.

McCartney, or "Macca," as he's known to the UK press, announced that he was working on music for an unnamed game back in January. Today, he uploaded the image to the right to his Twitter and Facebook accounts, then tweeted the following:

"I'm really excited to be working on writing music with Bungie, the studio that made Halo."

That's a fairly vague statement, and it isn't clear if it's connected with the project McCartney mentioned back in the beginning of the year.

According to a contract that came to light during the publisher's drawn-out legal slugfest against former Infinity Ward developers, Activision has signed on Bungie to produce an unnamed science-fiction shooter franchise. The document also revealed that the developer is working on a new Marathon title, the first new installment in the series since 1996's Marathon Infinity.

Though known mostly for his pop-writing chops (and, as of late, his well-documented divorce) McCartney's solo career includes numerous classical and electronica albums. It's really not too hard to imagine him scoring a videogame.

Source: Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151116965733313&set=a.488766413312.281294.182736663312&type=1]

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[Mr.Mattress]

Whatever it is, I'm kind of exited about it.

 

[thomaskattus]

Well you cannot go wrong with hiring one of the best songwriters in rock music history.

 

[Mysten]

It was a very special Bungie Day indeed.

 

[Rule Britannia]

Sounds cool. I hope it works out well

 

[Harbinger_]

Well you cannot go wrong with hiring one of the best songwriters in rock music history.

Too bad they didn't hire one of the best songwritiers in rock music history in my opinion.

 

[Awexsome]

McCartney and Marty working in collaboration...

This soundtrack just might cure cancer.

 

[theLadyBugg]

Definitely excited about this -- and the fact that Paul McCartney's music career has now been going strong for what? Five decades? All of the thumbs up!

 

[saintdane05]

I will buy this just to hear the music now.

 

[Kae]

Well Halo always did have an excellent Soundtrack, so it seems like Bungie games will continue to have that, nice to hear that regardless of how this Marathon game turns out I have something to look forward to.

 

[Lunar Templar]

while on the one hand, I'm sure this will make the sound track awesome, as SIR Paul McCartney (don't be busting rank on him) is a living legend in the music world


on the other, there was my initial reaction of 'that seems like such a waste of talent'

 

[Imthatguy]

Frank Klepacki > any possible game soundtrack composer.

Just sayian bro.

 

[mad825]

Eh, I highly doubt that he's going to be any better than Nobuo Uematsu.

 

[Raven's Nest]

Well it's too bad it'll suck. Who the hell has enjoyed anything from this bloke since the Beatles? Hans Zimmer macca ain't....

 

[saintdane05]

Well it's too bad it'll suck. Who the hell has enjoyed anything from this bloke since the Beatles? Hans Zimmer macca ain't....

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I'm just going to let those songs speak for themselves.

 

[Ignatz_Zwakh]

New Marathon title!?!?!? Ah bollocks, makes me wish I had a Microsoft console or a gaming computer.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

This can only lead to glorious things.

 

[SecondPrize]

That's great, more importantly, the fucks wrong with the UK press? Macca? This guy is likely directly responsible for setting the mood that created many of these bastards or their parents and they're gonna get familiar with him? For shame.