[Vitirr]

Apparently Alkimia Interactive has announced on Twitter that Kai Rosenkrank (KaiRo), the original composer of the Gothic series is back for the Gothic remake.

There is also a reddit post in which a user has posted some tidbits about the game and its soundtrack disclosed by Kairo himself during the Gamescom.

I think his return to the Gothic world is great news. I consider the Gothic soundtraks as some of the most memorable I've heard and one of the reason the games are so atmospheric, and the adventuring so legendary. I hope he can extend and refine his own work here.

 

[Pladio]

Still waiting for him to finish his Kickstarter promises ...

 

[JDR13]

Oh hell yes.

I just became considerably more interested in this remake.

 

[Couchpotato]

Still waiting for him to finish his Kickstarter promises ...

I competently forgot about that kickstarter. Thanks for reminding me.

 

[danutz_plusplus]

Best news from that reddit thread is that they'll try to get the original voice actors when possible. So maybe, just maybe, we'll get Diego's voice actor. But re-recording the dialogue sounds weird. I assume the script will also suffer changes.

 

[Couchpotato]

Meh I'm not hung up on that sorry. It's a remake not a remaster. They shouldn't try to emulate and copy everything 1:1 from the classic as it's been over thirty years.

I don't envy the developer as the game surely has a ton of fanboys that will hate every thing they change. I'm fine with changes as it's a remake not a remaster.

So please don't listen to them and make the game you want to make.

 

[JDR13]

Best news from that reddit thread is that they'll try to get the original voice actors when possible. So maybe, just maybe, we'll get Diego's voice actor. But re-recording the dialogue sounds weird. I assume the script will also suffer changes.

Not sure why they would want to do that tbh. The original games were 20 years ago, so getting the same voice actors would be incredibly difficult, and having just some of them would seem strange imo.

 

[DArtagnan]

If the music is anything like Gothic 3 - that's a plus.

 

[Maylander]

Oh snap, this increased my interest dramatically. One of the best things about the Gothic series is the atmosphere, and a large part of that is the music.

 

[Gorath]

Not sure why they would want to do that tbh. The original games were 20 years ago, so getting the same voice actors would be incredibly difficult, and having just some of them would seem strange imo.

He's talking about the German voice actors. The fanbase really liked them.

 

[JDR13]

He's talking about the German voice actors. The fanbase really liked them.

Wouldn't the same thing still apply though? It's great if they can actually get them, but the amount of time that's passed makes me skeptical.

 

[DArtagnan]

As long as the actors they get fit their parts, I'm happy.

I have no issue with them mixing old and new, either. I never thought the voice acting in Gothic was particularly good, though.

But it was a time where having full voice acting in and of itself was special - so it didn't really matter.

 

[Morrandir]

Still waiting for him to finish his Kickstarter promises ...

I competently forgot about that kickstarter. Thanks for reminding me.

I also forgot and still don't remember (or never knew). Which one was it?

 

[Pladio]

I also forgot and still don't remember (or never knew). Which one was it?

Kai Rosenkranz is making a new album: »JOURNEY HOME«

I wrote orchestral game music for "Gothic" and "Risen". Now, after 5 years, I want to make music again: A personal and heartfelt album.

www.kickstarter.com