Posts Tagged ‘soundtrack’
Halo 3: ODST soundtrack out on September 22nd
Halo is the kind of game that you either love or hate but one things for sure, the entire Halo franchise has beautiful music. Those who share the same views as me will be happy to hear that the official Halo 3: ODST soundtrack will be hitting store shelves on September 22nd.
The 2-disc Halo 3: ODST sound track will feature sounds from Marty O’Donnel and Michael Salvatori and is said to showcase the series’ new direction with ODST. Marty O’Donnell comments:
“I’m happy to be able to share all new compositions and recordings created for Halo 3: ODST. The music reflects the new mood, new heroes, and new story of the game. I worked with the Northwest Sinfonia for the orchestral recordings and also added some nice alto sax solos and some new guitar solos. The piano sneaks back in again a few times too, but I can’t seem to help that.”
To snag the soundtrack, just head over to www.sumthingdigital.com or grab it off iTunes on September 22nd.
via kotaku
Hans Zimmer scoring Modern Warfare 2 soundtrack
Hans Zimmer will be scoring the soundtrack for the upcoming Modern Warfare 2. Zimmer has a number of awards and nominations under his belt from the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and more.
More recently, the German composer has worked on The Dark Knight and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Modern Warfare 2 will be released on November 10th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
Read (Hollywood Reporter)
Capcom to release game soundtracks in North America
Capcom has revealed that it plans to release several soundtracks of its games in North America, soundtracks which have been previously available only in Japan.
Capcom plans to release soundtracks of the following games in the near future; Bionic Commando, Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Dead Rising, Dark Void, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and Spyborgs.
Release dates will be announced in the upcoming weeks, and the soundtracks will be available on iTunes as well.
Dawn of War 2 Soundtrack Released for Free
Today marks the release of the full soundtrack to Relic’s latest strategy title, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2. The download is FREE for all those who want to listen.
The soundtrack was composed by Doyle W. Donehoo and audio lead Jason Ross, with contributions by artist Noah Stacey and others.
You can grab the 20 track, 188MB soundtrack from major download sites, including Relic’s community site for the game.
Assassin’s Creed soundtrack available
Ubisoft has released the soundtrack of the popular stealth-action game Assassin’s Creed.
It features 11 tracks from the game, all from the world-renowned Danish game composer Jesper Kyd (known for the Hitman series and many other games), and is now available on Amazon for $7.99 and iTunes for $9.99.
Get The Soundtrack Of A Non-existent JRPG
Many genres and series get criticized for their predictability and lack of innovation; shooters, sports games, fighting games, you name it. Ever since Final Fantasy VII the JRPG genre has been somewhat cliche itself. Ever since then they’ve been filled with spiky-haired youths wielding impossibly oversized swords fighting against evil empires.
The soundtracks are often equally predictable/interchangeable. An enterprising individual has created his own soundtrack for a JRPG known as Ebben Flow, a fantasy adventure where rising water levels have submerged most of the world. The kicker is that this game doesn’t exist, but Kotaku reader Michael Chadwick created a fifteen-track soundtrack which you can download.
Halo Trilogy soundtrack hitting shelves tomorrow
Are you one of those people who needs to have absolutely every peice of Halo merchandise on the market? Well you better add another item to your list as it was recently made known that Sumthing Else’s 5-disc Halo soundtrack will hit store shelves tomorrow.
Included in the bundle are the original soundtracks from Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, both Halo 3 discs, and a DVD containing tracks from Halo Wars and all kinds of behind the scenes goodness.
Kotaku lets us know that Best Buy has the bundle up for pre-order at a none-too-high price of $34.99, a must have for any Halo fanatic.
Press release after the break
Gears of War 2 Official Soundtrack Gets Released
If you are the kind who loves having a CD of all the songs on your favourite game then you better get out to your favorite music store.
It was recently announced that the official soundtrack for Gears of War 2 has hit store shelves nationwide thanks to Sumthing Else Music Works. The soundtrack will feature all of the songs that will be included in Microsoft’s upcoming smash hit and was composed by Steve Jablonsky, who has also done work on movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Transformers.
According to Amazon, the soundtrack is currently retailing for $13.99. You can read more about it in the official press release, after the break.
Blizzard Soundtracks on iTunes
Bringing music to gamer’s ears, Blizzard today sent out word that a wide selection of music from its popular games have been released on iTunnn.
Much of the released music was previously only available through the games’ collector’s editions, or at special events such as the BlizzCon gaming convention. The soundtracks released today are: StarCraft, Diablo 2, Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade and Taverns of Azeroth.
The albums are available through a new Blizzard Entertainment hub page within the iTunes store. It also hosts BlizzCast podcast and various media from the studio’s upcoming games.
Additionally, the “Diablo 3 Overture” track has been released as a single and has been highlighted as a “Discovery Download”, making it free to download till this Tuesday.
Sims 2 Apartment Life Soundtrack Announced
EA today announced the soundtrack to The Sims 2 Apartment Life expansion pack. It includes music from groups such as Good Charlotte and newcomer Katy Perry to “add flavor to the adventure, fun and drama of close quarters of apartment living.” Other artists include Vanilla Sky, Ranetki Girls, Lola, Chromeo, Junkie XL and more.
The expansion itself is slated for launch on August 26 in North America and August 22 in Europe and Asian. Hit the jump for the full soundtrack listing.