Red Steel
Original
Soundtrack
Now
Available
Worldwide On
iTunes®, CD
Album
Available In
Stores May
29
Tom Salta's
Award-Winning
Video Game
Score
Released as
Ubisoft's
First
Digital
Download
Soundtrack
New York,
May 21st,
2007 –
Composer and
music
producer Tom
Salta today
announced
his
award-winning
music
soundtrack
for Red
Steel™ is
now
available at
iTunes®
music stores
worldwide
and will
also be
released to
retail on CD
by Persist
Records /
Sumthing
Distribution
on May 29.
Renowned for
his
versatility
and prolific
writing
styles,
Salta’s
highly
acclaimed
kaleidoscopic
musical
score
immerses
gamers in
the unique
gunplay and
swordplay
actions set
in
modern-day
Japan. The
Red Steel
Original
Soundtrack
marks the
first
Ubisoft
video game
music score
to be
released as
a digital
download.
“We’re
really happy
to make this
possible,
especially
with Tom’s
spectacular
work on Red
Steel,” said
Didier Lord,
Executive
Director of
Ubisoft
Music. “It’s
an important
move as it
will be
Ubisoft’s
first
soundtrack
released on
major
digital
distribution
channels –
the first of
many to
come!”
To ensure
the
authenticity
of the
game’s
soundtrack,
Salta
arranged and
recorded
traditional
live
Japanese
instrumentation
such as
Koto,
Shamisen,
Shakuhachi
and Taiko
performed by
expert
Japanese
musicians
including
the
specialist
percussion
group
Taikoza. The
score also
features
performances
from
conservatory-trained
Japanese
opera
singers and
renowned
violinist
Lili Haydn.
In order to
reflect the
diverse and
Western-influenced
soundtrack
of
fashionable
Tokyo, Salta
further
embellished
the
soundtrack
with a wide
spectrum of
music styles
– such as
orchestral,
electronic,
rock, hip
hop, dance,
easy
listening,
jazz, lounge
and Japanese
pop – that
truly
embrace the
game’s
cinematic
story and
vibrant
locations.
The Red
Steel
soundtrack
received
numerous
accolades
for its
unique
approach and
vibrant
musical
palette,
including
2006 Best
Original
Score from
IGN, who
commented,
“The
selection
not only has
a richness
and
definition
often
lacking in
video games,
but the
compositions
are catchy
and
memorable
too.” In
this Wii
exclusive
game,
players
master both
the ancient
art of the
Katana and
the
sophisticated
technology
of modern
firearms,
taking
advantage of
the emotion
and
innovative
gameplay
possible
only with
the
remarkable
Wii Remote™
and Nunchuk™
controllers.
Tom Salta’s
other video
game credits
include the
original
score for
Tom Clancy's
Ghost Recon
Advanced
Warfighter®
2, which
features a
dynamic,
emotional
music
soundtrack
recorded
with the
Hollywood
Studio
Symphony and
Choir. He
also penned
the score
for the
first game,
Tom Clancy's
Ghost Recon
Advanced
Warfighter®,
which was
nominated
for Best
Video Game
Score at the
2006 MTV
Video Music
Awards.
Recording
under the
artist name
Atlas Plug (www.atlasplug.com),
Salta is
currently
working on
the
follow-up to
his highly
acclaimed
debut solo
album, 2
Days or Die.
For more
information
on Tom Salta,
visit
www.tomsalta.com.
For more
information
on Red
Steel,
please visit
the official
website at
www.redsteelgame.com.
About
Ubisoft:
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leading
producer,
publisher
and
distributor
of
interactive
entertainment
products
worldwide
and has
grown
considerably
through a
strong and
diversified
lineup of
products and
partnerships.
Ubisoft has
offices in
21 countries
and sales in
more than 50
countries
around the
globe. It is
committed to
delivering
high-quality,
cutting-edge
video game
titles to
consumers.
Ubisoft
generated
sales of 680
million
Euros for
the 2006-07
fiscal year.
To learn
more, please
visit
www.ubisoftgroup.com.
About Wii:
Nintendo's
new system,
Wii,
features a
controller
designed to
be used with
either one
hand or two
- a first in
the video
game
industry.
When picked
up and
pointed at
the screen,
the Wii
Remote gives
a
lightning-quick
element of
interaction,
sensing
motion,
depth,
positioning
and
targeting
dictated by
movement of
the
controller
itself.
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Ubisoft
Entertainment.
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