Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Season 03 Original Soundtrack by Nainita Desai Now Out

The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Season 03 Original Soundtrack with music by Nainita Desai is now available.

The 7-track album is available today, June 9, to stream HERE.

Inspired by the Mexican location, Nainita wanted to bring in sounds inspired by the region but not use traditional instruments from Mexico which would be too light in tone for this score.

Much of the score theme uses the Halldorophone, a hybrid electro-acoustic bowed string instrument that works with sympathetic drone strings and feedback. Each string has a dedicated pickup and it produces a cello type sound which has a unique sound.

It’s a far from traditional orchestral score, so to make it distinctive, she pulled back on some of the very treated organic sounds, so you hear the rawness of the instruments with a bit more clarity.

Nainita wanted to get more emotion into the music and therefore hear more of the acoustic melodic elements in a purer way as opposed to making it sound so very electronic.

In addition, she created action and tension suites with lots of gravitas to portray the high stakes of the game, leaning heavily on the contrast between distressed sounds and clear organic elements.

“I also brought in the LCO (London Contemporary Orchestra). Their aesthetic of experimentation is something that really suited the process of this project. We had 8 string players with an emphasis on the mid-lower end of the sonic spectrum to create a really dark sound.

Though all the ideas were pre-written before the sessions, we also allowed for some magic to happen where we recorded the main takes and then improvised in the studio utilizing extended string techniques, where we achieved a very gritty dry edgy sound.”

You can stream right here – https://open.spotify.com/album/2syqRHJYWDSjJV91P0EIRC

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