, but he said to us, ‘No, I can’t do this for that money.’ It was overpriced. “After the success of Metal Gear Solid, Hideo said, ‘Ok, we have a budget, maybe we can hire a Hollywood composer.’ We went to Media Venture (now known as Remote Control Productions), Hans Zimmer’s studio. Muranaka contributed to the score of the first chapter (in particular to the song The Best is Yet to Come) along with a sound team that also included Takanari Ishiyama, Gigi Meroni, Kazuki Muraoka, Lee Jeon Myung and Hiroyuki Togo. It was the producer who revealed it Rika Muranaka in an interview granted to.
The designer and his team approached Hans Zimmer, who, however, was not convinced due to a monetary offer deemed insufficient. The unforgettable soundtrack of Harry Gregson-Wiliams still echoes in the memories of players who were lucky enough to play Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, yet the story could have gone very differently: in the beginning, Hideo Kojima intended to hire Hans Zimmer, but in the end he had to “settle” for Williams.Īfter the commercial success of Metal Gear Solid, which brought Konami a lot of money, Hideo Kojima thought of hiring a big name for the soundtrack of the sequel.
