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Late Goodbye is a song by the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall that appears in the 2003 video game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne[5] as well as on the band's debut album Signs of Life. [1] It was also the first single released from the album and reached rank 14 in the official Finnish single charts[3] as well as rank 1 on Radio Suomipop's Top 30 chart.[4]
The song Late Goodbye is based on a poem written by Sam Lake (written about a dream he had), writer for the Max Payne series of games.[citation needed]
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The guys from Remedy had heard our music before and asked us to write a song for the game. Happily we complied. Sam Lake sent me a poem he'd written some time ago, and said I could use whatever images the poem conjured up in my head, to write the lyrics. This was great since it really worked to inspire me. I sat on my kitchen floor that night, with my guitar, and wrote the song. |
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—Marko Saaresto on the story behind the song "Late Goodbye"
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[edit] Track listing
- "Late Goodbye" (Radio Edit) (03:18)
- "Late Goodbye" (03:47)
- "Late Goodbye" (Unplugged) (03:33)
- "Late Goodbye" (Piano Instrumental) (03:19)
- "Everything Fades" (03:09)
[edit] Awards and Nominations
[edit] Awards
| Year |
Award |
Title |
| 2004 |
Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G) Awards |
Best Original Vocal Song - Pop[6] |
[edit] Nominations
[edit] Max Payne 2
The song can be heard by the player at various times during the game:
- It is overheard playing through the headphones of the janitor cleaning the basement of Max's apartment. He also sings and hums along to the lyrics.
- It is played by a Cleaner on a piano in a room in the apartments where several Inner Circle members live.
- A Janitor in Max's apartment whistles the song, provided that the player does not attack him.
- Mona Sax sings it in the shower at her flat at the closed-down Address Unknown amusement park.
- Over the credits upon completion of the game.
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