Heavy Rain Composer Passes Away at 56 After Battle with Cancer
by January 28, 2013 @ 10:19 am
It’s a sad day in the gaming industry today. As reported on 8bitflix, Composer Normand Corbeil passed away at the age of 56 yesterday. The musical mind behind Heavy Rain was battling Stage IV pancreatic cancer.
Corbeil was most recently working on the soundtrack for Beyond: Two Souls, developer Quantic Dreams’ upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive. In addition to his work in video games, the composer provided soundtracks for several movies dating back to the 1980s.
For his work in Heavy Rain, Corbeil managed to win a BAFTA Award and an AIAS Award. Both were well deserved, as Heavy Rain‘s soundtrack was one of the most consistently lauded aspects of that game.
On behalf of eXophase, our thoughts go out to Corbeil’s loved ones.
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