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RUMOR: Ashif Hakik, composer of Sly 1 and Crash Nitro Kart, has passed away

Hero of Legend

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The source right now seems to be Tomm Hulett from Wayforward who I'd have to assume knew him personally:



Some will remember him for composing the original Sly Cooper and Crash Nitro Kart, as well as Tomba 2 and Fantavision as the tweet above says.

He did some amazing pieces and the beat/percussion was absolutely stellar, like this track from Sly:



I was actually reminded of him today when the Mark Mothersbaugh, who helped compose the Crash and Jak series, is composing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.

RIP Ashif. :(
 
Wrestleman

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I've seen someone else who would know's personal Facebook post that seems to corroborate it.

Ashif had been having a real rough time of it off and on for years, from what I understand. The last year or so he had seemed to be doing better, and had become more active on Twitter. He seemed taken aback by how much people liked his music, but seemed to be coming around to it. RIP
 
stinkyguy666

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It's tragic, CNK was my favorite post-Naughty Dog Crash soundtrack. Rest in Peace.

Hero of Legend said:
I was actually reminded of him today when the Mark Mothersbaugh, who helped compose the Crash and Jak series, is composing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
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minor nitpick, but Josh Mancell did the Crash/Jak soundtracks himself, as far as I'm aware Mark didn't do anything
 
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Hero of Legend

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BubbleButt64 said:
It's tragic, CNK was my favorite post-Naughty Dog Crash soundtrack. Rest in Peace.



minor nitpick, but Josh Mancell did the Crash/Jak soundtracks himself, as far as I'm aware Mark didn't do anything
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Why was he commonly credited for those games then? He worked on Rugrats which definitely has a similar vibe at times (with the xylophone usage).
 
Undrey

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No way! I just watched an interview with him a few months ago. Hope this isn't true.
 
stinkyguy666

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Hero of Legend said:
Why was he commonly credited for those games then? He worked on Rugrats which definitely has a similar vibe at times (with the xylophone usage).
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Wrestleman said:
He's essentially credited because Josh worked at his production company Mutato Muzika and he was Josh's boss. But Josh Mancell composed Crash and Jak entirely.
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yeah basically this ☝️

Don't feel bad though you're not the only one to fall into this trap of mis-crediting it to Mark, apparently it happens to Josh a lot

 
Undrey

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This might be true. Here's the interview I watched, the comments seem to corroborate this:


Rest in peace. His soundtracks for both CNK and Sly were the soundtracks for a lot of peoples' childhoods, and for good reason.
 
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Kard8p3

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Man..Sly 1's soundtrack was amazing and I had no idea he worked on it. That game series was a huge part of my childhood. I take it he only worked on sly 1?

Rest in Peace.
 
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