She felt working with the audio director was “increasingly challenging”
The composer behindCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s soundtrack is leaving her job, citing artistic differences with the military shooter’s audio director. Ina statementposted to her Twitter account, Sarah Schachner expressed regret that work on the soundtrack by producer Mike Dean would not get to be heard by players. Dean collaborated with Schachner on the score for the previous Modern Warfare game.
The composer credited Dean as “a part of the creative vision for the album” along with mixer Frank Wolf. “We have soundtrack masters in hand from Mike which unfortunately you will never get to hear,” she said. Schachner acknowledged the rest of Modern Warfare 2’s audio team, and said she felt a responsibility to “remain authentic” in her work on the game’s soundtrack.
Many of you have been asking about the MWII soundtrack release.Here is my statement regarding that:pic.twitter.com/UEqgpCTjUg
I’ve reached out to Activision Blizzard for comment on Schachner’s departure.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is out now and available onSteamandBattle.netfor £60/$70/€70.
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