Kelly Bailey has left Valve?

Half-Life Series
#1

Guess what guys! It looks like Kelly Bailey, the main composer of HL soundtrack, is no longer working at Valve. I’m really concerned about the future of HL series now. I just can’t imagine any HL game without Bailey’s music.

check this forum for more info: https://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1781962

EDIT:
For anyone interested in Bailey’s departure from Valve, check out this interview with Mike Morasky: https://www.podcast17.com/interviews/audio/mike-morasky/

The discussion about Kelly Bailey starts at 00:26:10.

#2

Bummer. Maybe he’ll still do the music as a contractor.

#3

https://www.ripten.com/2011/03/07/beloved-half-life-sound-designer-and-face-of-gordon-freeman-has-left-valve/

He actually left Valve some time ago already. L4D and TF2’s composer will take over his position however.

#4

Awwww. I hate to see him go, he did some of Valve’s best music.

#5

it is sad news for HL

#6

He was 1 of 4 people who Freeman was modeled after. A composite face for a model that was never even used. (Ok, well, except for the concept art)

#7

when I got my first phone I had hl2 track34 as my ringtone

#8

He was working at Valve since the very beggining. They should at least made some announcement, so the fans would know about this. Just like they did with Robert Culp. (Yeah, I know it’s different, because he died, but still - RIP Robert Culp)

#9

They should hire Joel Nielsen to replace him.

#10

Damn shame, half-life had some great music.

#11

That’s probably why Episode 2’s music was so bad comparatively.

#12

hmm… well he DID compose the music for ep. 2 too. Maybe he was used to the gritty man made/ empty building theme like HL1-HL2 ep.1? I wouldn’t know until it came straight from the horses… err Freeman’s mouth, but I doubt he wants to speak about it. I really liked all the VALVe soundtracks equally, could turn out for the better for the audio department there.

#13

EP2’s soundtrack was the best. What the hell is wrong with you?

#14

Not that the songs were bad individually (I won’t argue that they ROCKED), but they were all so similar that they all blended into a mush, and I kinda got tired of it.

#15

EP2’s had no soundtrack. What the hell is wrong with you?

#16

Thank god. Better off that way.

#17

Damn shame. He was a musical genius. I listen to Vortal Combat from EP2 daily, it makes life sound awesome.

Valve won’t settle for anyone below a comparison of his talent, tho, so I’m not worried ^^

#18

Left 4 Dead and TF2 have soundtracks far superior to that of Half-Life.

#19

Superior how? The HL soundtrack fits the game very well. You can’t know if the new guy is able to make music that fits as well.

#20

Also, the Left 4 Dead soundtrack was basically just 100 variations of the same tune.

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