Originally released in 1994 Burn:Cycle was the first ever video game to have an orchestral soundtrack. Philips were the first company to employ a film music composer to score a game soundtrack : Simon Boswell.
Burn Cycle is a Philips CDi adventure video game from 1994 that incorporates full motion video. The game's star, Sol Cutter, is a computer hacker and small-time data thief whose latest steal at the beginning of the game comes with a nasty sting. The Burn Cycle virus has been implanted in his head and has given him a two-hour realtime deadline to find a cure before his brain deteriorates completely. The player must guide Sol out of Softech and into the Televerse in order to find his cure. Various obstacles and games stand in his way, and there is the overarching realisation that Burn Cycle has been planted by someone with malicious intent. Finding this within the time limit completes the game.
Time Out Magazine -
'If you’re a movie fan you’ll certainly know his music: Simon Boswell is one of the UK’s finest living soundtrack composers.'
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