Initially focused on creating an "experimental" score, Mancell found that, when scoring the eighth level, Hog Wild, he finally found the sound that fitted Crash. "Hog Wild was such a turning point, especially in terms of the feedback I was getting on the music," he continues. The Hog Wild music was more … I don’t want to say Universal, as a pun … but it was more comical. "That was when I started to see what the game was looking like: you’re playing a cartoon, you’re a character in a cartoon. Mancell would work on Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot: Warped and Crash Team Racing, as well as Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II and Jak 3.

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2024 14:52 UTC