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| Shift 2 Unleashed Soundtrack as an emotional Journey |
Thursday, 24.03.2011 |
 In addition to our last  newspost about the Soundtrack of Shift 2 Unleashed, we want to go more into detail of the composition of the soundtrack and its composers.
The few songs (see below), that have been announced, were re-mixed into different variations to create a completely new style of soundtrack that uses sonic themes to engage the player and represent the driver's battle. Each composer was tasked with using the emotional themes of the game to create a cinema-level score.
"This is a totally unique approach to videogame scores," said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing for EA. "We’ve brought together some of the most cutting-edge composers from various film, TV, trailer and gaming backgrounds in entertainment to re-imagine the music of ten absolutely distinctive bands and sonically encapsulate the driver’s emotional journey."
EA got Ramin Djawadi on board, who might be best known for his Grammy-nominated score for Iron Man, but he did also the music for Clash of the Titans, Prison Break and the videogame Medal Of Honor 2010.
Along with Djawadi the British Academy Award winner Troels Folmann, a film, trailer and game composer, can chip in with his knowledge and experience of scoring hundreds of film trailers and TV promos.
Additionally the Heavy Melody Music, whose team has created original music for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Stephen Baysted, who has scored numerous racing games including NFS Shift and Mick Gordon, the AudioGang award-winning composer behind NFS World and NFS Shift are working on the Shift 2 Unleashed soundtrack as well.
Below you can find again the list of the songs, that were the basis for the soundtrack in Shift 2:
30 Seconds to Mars - Night of the Hunter
Anberlin - We Owe This To Ourselves
Biffy Clyro - Mountains
The Bravery - Ours
Escape The Fate - Issues
Hollywood Undead - Levitate
Jimmy Eat World - Action Needs An Audience
Rise Against - Help Is On The Way
Stone Temple Pilots - Take A Load Off
Switchfoot - The Sound (John M. Perkins Blues)
 Preorder Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed at Amazon.co.uk!
Preorder Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed at Amazon.com!
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