Cue of the Week: Through the Desert

In addition to its core orchestral cues, Empire Earth II's score featured large number of atmospheric pieces with an ethnic flavor. These made for a great excuse to collaborate with some absurdly talented "world music" specialists, and write for some cool exotic instruments. This particular cue features a duduk (which I used elsewhere in the EE2 score to evoke the Mido east) as well as one of my favorite percussion instruments, the frame drum. I'm a sucker for pitched or semipitched drums, and if that's wrong, I don't want to be right.

Through the Desert