Jesper Kyd versus Lorne Balfe

Jesper Kyd has been the long-running composer to the Assassin’s Creed OSTs.  On Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, this task was shared with composer Lorne Balfe.  Balfe will be taking on the duties solo-style for reasons I am not privy to, nor does that matter.  People have been apparently concerned that this will significantly affect the experience in Assassin’s Creed.

But I need to emphasize that the duty was shared for AC:R.  Nearly half the OST was done by Balfe.  So, for those of you who are concerned that the feelings and sensations brought by Kyd’s contributions are long gone, and AC3 is going to be awful in that respect, I want to emphasize no it won’t.  If you’ve played AC:R, you already know!

I think it’s because the initially released OST only included Kyd’s tracks.  However, if you go here to Amazon.com, you can see the AC:R OST in its complete format.

Frankly, when having the chance to listen to the entire thing, I’m more impressed with Balfe’s largely orchestral and haunting vocal tracks than Kyd’s more ethnic pieces.

Guys, the main theme of AC:R was Lorne, not Kyd.

Assassin’s Creed is a powerful experience of emotion and action, of victory and defeat, and Kyd brought that every time… except I wonder if he just ran out of steam by AC:R.  I love Jesper Kyd.  I have his album, Ultimatum, even.  For those of you freaking out about Kyd leaving and Balfe taking the job solo, relax.

Balfe did the trailer music for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.  He has stood in partnership many times with Hans Zimmer.  He’s worked on projects such as The Dark Knight Rises and The Dark Knight, Sherlock Holmes (both movies), and even Iron Man.  This is a guy who knows his stuff.
Listen to this video courtesy of a user over on youtube.  Balfe!