TWISTED METAL:
Music Produced by chuck e. myers
Score Composed and Performed by chuck e. myers, tom hopkins, and lance lenhart
Game of the Year:
Winner Game of the year all game platforms and game of the year for Sony PSX:
1996 Video Game Buyers Guide
Winner Best SoundTrack of the year all game platforms:
“From the dark, sadistic version of a Christmas tune, to the wild electric guitar solos and the pumpin’ techno tracks, Twisted Metal’s soundtrack is a thing of pure musical genius. Not only is the music great on its own, but it really fits the action on the screen. Too many games match explosions and actions to sappy elevator-pop jingles. Not Twisted Metal! We can’t wait to see, and hear, what Twisted Metal 2 has in store – oops, we weren’t supposed to say that…Anyway this is one you’ll want to take out and listen to on your audio CD player!”
Game Players, December,1995
Sound Rated 10 – “The musical score is also mind-boggling: It changes depending on what’s happening in the game. For instance, one minute you’re cruising along the river bed to a subdued hard rock ballad. You’ve finally gotten away from those loonies and you can relax and regroup your thoughts, right? Wrong! All of a sudden the music changes to a full orchestral, ‘You will die now’ soundtrack-…”
Jim Loftus, Ultimate Gamer, December 1995
“Grandiose, gloomy, pseudo-orchestral music. It’s very suspenseful and absolutely spot-on.”
Doug Bauer, Sony Reviews
Runner Up, Best Playstation Game
Game Players, December, 1995
” Soundtrack filled with great original theme music…well orchestrated that fits well with the game.”
Mike Salmon, Game Players, January 1996
Video Game of the Year –
Electronic Gaming Monthly
“The soundtrack is filled with great original theme music… Well orchestrated original music that fits perfectly with the game. Explosions and crashes are CD-quality sweetness.” Rating 10
Game Players, Jan 1996
“SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies’ ‘Twisted Metal’ has been named Game of the Year in the 1996 Video Game Buyer’s Guide from the editors of EGM!”
Salt Lake Tribune, Dec 12, 1995
“From the dark, sadistic version of a Christmas tune to the wild electric guitar solos and pumpin’ techno tracks, Twisted Metal’s soundtrack is a thing of pure musical genius. Not only is the music great on its own, but it really fits the action on the screen.”
Game Players, Dec 1995
“Cool metally rock stuff.”
Music rating: 86 CVG, 1996
“In the end, with it’s crazy characters, thunderous music and sound effects, and it’s break-neck speeds… Twisted Metal really pulls you.”
Playstation Interactive, 1995
“I don’t care what my fiance says, I’m gonna have this play during our fn’ wedding..”
