Afrika's main theme sounds Indiana Jones-ish

by Majed Athab { Jul 7th 2008 at 11:30PM }

Afrika is a safari sim hitting Japan in late August. While we haven't heard much about the game recently, we have heard sounds from the game -- the main theme to be exact. Coming from ScoringSessions, this video shows composer Wataru Hokoyama leading an orchestra on Afrika's title music. It sounds rather Indiana Jones-ish in lieu of what we'd expect to hear; like, uh, say something out of The Lion King.

Still, it's a good track, and, no, the video has no sights of Africa ... just sights of Hollywood where the music was recorded. If you want to check out more on Afrika, you can hit up the official Japanese site. A North American release has yet to be announced.

[Via MultiplayerBlog]

Tags: afrika, rhino, scej, soundtrack

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

doc j @ Jul 7th 2008 11:51PM

It is a great fanfare. It sounds like Indiana Jones because Indiana Jones has great fanfare.

I think it is safe to say this guy borrows liberally from John Williams :)

Great person to emulate though, I like it a lot.

xrich @ Jul 8th 2008 12:06AM

sounds great...im gonna import this if it doesnt get a US release...

OAKside @ Jul 8th 2008 12:28AM

That was fantastic, has me excited for Afrika! Now for some high-quality/bitrate compression on that BD,

chimaera9 @ Jul 8th 2008 1:29AM

It doesn't sound very African, I agree. Though I'm glad it doesn't sound like Lion King, it sure could use some polyrhythms to at least hint at an African flavor. This music sounds more fitting for Drake from Uncharted flying off in a plane to some adventure, rather than roaming around Africa in a jeep shooting pictures of the wildlife. It's a great score, but not something I'd associate with Africa.

seasidebaz @ Jul 8th 2008 1:33AM

That sounds COMPLETELY Pokemon!

Now hurry up Sony, I want Pokemon Snap 2 in the UK ;)

catoblepa @ Jul 9th 2008 8:19AM

I wouldn't say "Indiana Jones-ish", but I think it's clearly a shameless copy of another John Williams theme, Superman. Not bad at all.

Ptrack_Git @ Jul 8th 2008 3:15AM

Hate to go off topic but 2.41 is live! NOW!

Brian Spence @ Jul 8th 2008 7:57AM

This game is totally off my radar now that it's not coming to Europe. I live in the US, but if it's not going worldwide, that shows zero faith that they have in their own product. Isn't it coming out, like, next month? And we still don't know what the game IS???