high voice. This allows all the weapons being fired in any particular scene to harmonize and deliver a distinct sound for the game. Blacks sound was nominated for Best Audio at the 2006 BAFTA Video Games Awards, and won Best Art & Sound jointly with Burnout Revenge (another game by Criterion) at the 2006 Develop Industry Excellence Awards. The music for Black was composed by Chris Tilton, using a theme co-authored with Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino. It was recorded at the Newman Scoring Stage. Reception Blacks PlayStation 2 version received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Black received "favorable" reviews on both platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave the PS2 version all four eights, for a total of 32 out of 40. The Times also gave the game four stars out of five and stated: "As the entire game is played at fever-pitch, you soon find yourself looking forward to the next mission briefing, if only for a chance to catch your breath. The only mystery to Black is why there is no multiplayer mode, since such intense battle settings would make for great competitive bouts". The Sydney Morning Herald similarly gave it four stars out of five: "Little strategy is required for each stage, with abundant health packs and aggressive opponents of little intelligence. But there are many strategies and the use of cover is vital". Detroit Free Press gave the Xbox version three stars out of four and said: "The action is intense and the effects are splendid, though the un-reality applies also to the worlds in which you battle". However, The A.V. Club gave the game a C+, stating that it was worth playing for "six hours. Pretty good hours, but still, The A.V. Club can't stress that number enough"; and added "that was awesome for Doom, a free download with 16 extra maps available after registration. But 40 bucks for Blacks eight levels, with no multiplayer mode, and unlockable difficulty settings the only incentive to replay? The question is really whether renting this lovely oversized tech demo is worth a whole weekend". In 2013, IGN listed the game at 99 in the list of "Top 100 Shooters". Future In an interview, co-creator and designer Stuart Black revealed that plans for a sequel