Players of 'Shift 2 Unleashed', the new video racing game released this month, will be treated to a soundtrack produced with the help of a University of Chichester lecturer.
Music department senior lecturer Dr Stephen Baysted has recently completed work on the music score and sound design for the game, which is produced by Electronic Arts and Slightly Mad Studios.
The game, released worldwide on 1 April, features a unique, ground breaking score concept, according to Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing for Electronic Arts. He said: “EA 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.
“The composers tapped into chart topping songs from 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.”
Stephen worked with Grammy award winning composer Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Clash of the Titans), games industry legend Charles Deenen, and Grammy award winning film music producer Steve Mclaughlin amongst others to transform popular music tracks into an epic cinematic score.
A number of other exciting projects are also on the horizon for 2011 and beyond after announcing his film, TV and games composition activities are being represented worldwide by The Max Steiner Agency in Hollywood.
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