Sunday 27 January 2013

Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls Composer Passes Away

French Canadian composer Normand Corbeil -- known in gaming for his soundtrack for the PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain -- has passed away after battling with pancreatic cancer. He was 56 years old.

Word comes from NeoGAF (via Polygon), which spotted this thread on a cancer support forum. The thread was reportedly started by Corbeil’s son, Laurent Bastien Corbeil.

Corbeil, born in Montreal, Quebec on April 6, 1956, was a well-known Quebecois composer with an extensive resumé. In addition to his work on Heavy Rain, he was also working on the score for Quantic Dream’s next PS3 exclusive, Beyond: Two Souls. It’s unclear if Corbeil was also connected to Quantic Dream’s still-unconfirmed next generation PlayStation game, presumably named Singularity.

We’ve reached out to Sony -- the publisher of Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls -- for official comment, and will update if and when we hear back. In the meantime, our thoughts and kindest regards go out to the Corbeil family.

Colin Moriarty is an IGN PlayStation editor. You can follow him on Twitter and IGN and learn just how sad the life of a New York Islanders and New York Jets fan can be.


Source : ign[dot]com

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