But in the days and weeks following The Rev’s funeral, amid tears and laughter as they comforted one another with tales of their late brother, M., guitarists Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance, and bassist Johnny Christ realised that they had to complete the album they’d written with The Rev as a tribute to his memory and a life lived without fear, without brakes and without regret. For a time, the idea of continuing as a band seemed unimaginable. For the singer and his bandmates, a band so close they say they’re practically family, the death of drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan on December 28 was heart-breaking and utterly devastating, a tragedy which tore their world apart and left them with a thousand unanswered questions. However, when the vocalist sat down in January to work upon lyrics for the other 10 songs on the album, there was only one theme he wanted to address. He envisaged the song as the beginning of a dark, emotional concept album, though he hadn’t yet worked out exactly what the plotline of said album should be. Shadows wrote the lyrics to Nightmare, the opening track on Avenged Sevenfold ’s fifth album. “To spice things up a little more, Alan’s old-time buddy and literary agent Barry Wheeler has become the manager of the game’s seminal rock-band Old Gods of Asgard – expect a brand new single to be included with the game!” Häkkinen exclaimed.This is the original Kerrang! review of Nightmare from 2010. If you liked that part of the first game and the song that played during the sequence, you’re in luck as the fake rockers are making a comeback in American Nightmare One particularly neat set piece in Alan Wake had the protagonist defending the stage as a fictional rock band called the Old Gods of Asgard performed. “Music played an important role in the original Alan Wake and we’ve carried that tradition over to American Nightmare with an exceptionally strong selection of original and licensed songs”, said Oskari Häkkinen, the guy in charge of Franchise Development at Remedy. “Having already worked with Remedy on their previous Alan Wake title we were more than happy to continue our relationship with them and I believe that our combined ability to select and supervise moody tracks for Remedy’s upcoming action-adventure will result in a better gameplay experience.” said Andreas Olsson from EMI. Licensing music for games can sometimes be a difficult legal process, but Remedy benefited from a strong partnership with EMI Music Publishing group. Alan Wake: American Nightmare will be part of Microsoft’s XBLA House Party 2012 promotion, which begins February 15th. For the standalone XBLA game, American Nighmare Remedy Entertainment continues the trend of licensing strong music by featuring the breakout single from British rock outfit Kasabian – “Club Foot”.
Not only did the soundtrack composed by Petri Alanko support the creepiness of the eponymous novelist’s time in the woods, but each episode ended with a sometimes very recognizable song from well-known musician’s like Roy Orbison and Nick Cave, including the final credits backed with “Space Oddity” by David Bowie.
One facet of Alan Wake which worked superbly was the music. Music from real bands continues to infect the horror-themed world of Alan Wake.
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