As you remember the main theme for the original
Dragon Age: Origins was written specifically for the game by famous American rock band
30 Seconds to Mars and now the head of the EA music department,
Steve Schnur, has decided to slightly raise the standard and got a Grammy nominee for the game - a team called
Florence + The Machine. Guys play indie-pop, rock, soul, blues, and some related genres.
Specially for new game
Inon Zur remade their song
I'm Not Calling You a Liar where he brought into play all the power of symphony orchestra. A very famous guy -
Jack Joseph Puig - is responsible for mixing of the song. He has worked with many groups, some of the most famous are, perhaps,
U2, Rolling Stones, No Doubt and
Green Day. For his deeds he was awarded a Grammy, and now, and it's especially nice, he will devotes himself to the service of the video game industry. Naturally, the song will be exclusive
Dragon Age II and won’t be released separately from the game.
The
Dragon Age II soundtrack will be released very soon in the form of 3 albums. On March 8 will be available
12-track sampler (which is already in our database with demo tracks). Additional tracks will be released like two sets on April 12 and May 10 respectively. Those who pre-order
Dragon Age II Bioware Signature Edition, will take the music like a gift.
Truly male game is upcoming on truly female game, on March 8.
We hasten to share with you the names of nominees of
Hollywood Music in Media Awards. The ceremony will be held in Hollywood on November 18. Famous persons in the sphere of TV, cinema and – our lovely! - videogame music composing will be awarded there. You can satisfy your curiosity, reading the name list below – here, our heroes of stave:
Garry Schyman -
BioShock 2
Jesper Kyd -
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Jim Dooley - Epic Mickey
Knut Avenstroup Haugen -
Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer
Martin O'Donnell &
Michael Salvatori -
Halo: Reach
Petri Alanko -
Alan Wake
Ramin Djawadi -
Medal of Honor
Cris Velasco,
Mike Reagan,
Gerard Marino,
Ron Fish,
JJeff Rona -
God of War III
Tom Salta - -
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
We are very glad to find in this list such names as Petri Alanko and Ramin Djawadi, despite of their debut in this industry. Separate nomination is devoted to vocal composition from videogame, and there are only three pretenders for victory:
"God and Mankind" (
Godeater) Written by
Go Shiina / Performed by Go Shiina and the
Japanese Studio Orchestra, featuring
Donna Burke
"Things Will Never Be The Same" (Tap Tap Revenge 3) Written & Performed by
Hypnogaja
"With Hearts Sublime" (Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole) Written by
Winifred Phillips &
Winnie Waldron / Performed by Winifred Phillips
You may expect a hot battle between musical directors: not only
Simon Landry (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands) will fight for the first place.
Paul Gorman (Dante's Inferno) and
Steve Schnur (Medal of Honor) will keep him a company. And almost forgot, the last fighter - SCEA Music Team (God of War III).
We are tired to tape one more list apart, so, if you are interested in movie composers, you could find out the information on
official site of Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
