“Audio is as important an aspect of the entertainment experience as gameplay and visuals but it’s the game’s incredible score that transforms it from a racing game to an epic experience,” boasts EA. “To accomplish this, EA has enlisted some of the world’s top composers and alternative music’s top bands to expand, enhance and re-imagine ten tracks to create the Shift 2 Unleashed soundtrack.”
The composers tapped into songs from artists such as Rise Against, Hollywood Undead, Escape The Fate, The Bravery, Anberlin, 30 Seconds To Mars, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot, Biffy Clyro and Jimmy Eat World to create the soundtrack.
“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.”
Track list
| Artist | Song |
| 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) |
Composers
• Ramin Djawadi, best known for his Grammy-nominated score for IRON MAN, his Emmy-nominated score for PRISON BREAK, and score for EA’s 2010 Medal Of Honor
• Troels Folmann, a British AcademyAward winning film, trailer and game composer , known for scoring hundreds of film trailers and TV promos
• Heavy Melody Music, whose team has created original music for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Super Bowl TV commercials and many other games
• Stephen Baysted, has scored numerous racing games including Need for Speed SHIFT
• Mick Gordon, the AudioGang award-winning composer behind Need for Speed World and Need for Speed SHIFT.
Developed by the award-winning Slightly Mad Studios (which features some prime South African development talent), Shift 2 Unleashed will be available on 31 March in South Africa and the EU region for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
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