Cabalgando la ola del éxito del extravagante espectáculo de música clásica Video Games Live, EMI Classics ha reunido sus fuerzas con las de los creadores del show (las fechas de los conciertos en España son aún por confirmar) para producir un nuevo concepto de álbum compuesto por las mejores bandas sonoras de videojuegos como TetrisÒ, HaloÒ y World of Warcraft.
El disco ha sido lanzado el pasado mes de octubre y ya está disponible para descarga en itunes. Mientras tanto se ha metido entre los mejores 10 discos de la Classical Crossover Chart de los Estados Unidos, donde se ha adelantado en ventas a artistas de casa como Katherine Jenkins y a clásicos del legendario Pavarotti.
‘Video Games Live: Greatest Hits Volume One’ incluye las bandas sonoras de algunos de los más grandes títulos de videojuegos jamás producidos, entre los cuales HaloÒ, World of WarcraftÒ, Kingdom HeartsÒ and MystÒ, solo para nombrar algunos.
Grabado y mezclado en los famosos estudios de grabación de Abbey Road en Londres, los compositores de bandas sonoras para videojuegos e padres de Video Games Live, Tommy Talarico y Jack Wall, han hecho participe del proyecto
el celebrado talento de la Slovak National Orchestra, mejor conocido como el “pianista de los videojuegos” – Martin Leung.
La directora de Marketing de la EMI Classics, Elizabeth Chew, dice de Video Games Live – Greatest Hits Volume 1:”Este álbum demuestra la creciente importancia de la música al interno del mundo de los videojuegos y ha creado una fuerte enlace entre los amantes de los videojuegos y los apasionados de música en general”.
El álbum ya está disponible para la descarga en www.itunes.com
Para mas informaciones acerca de Video Games Live, contacten con Claudio Branno (email: bananenbar@gmail.com) o visiten la web de Video Games live.
Notes to editors:
Video Games Live: Greatest Hits Volume One’ Tracklisting
1. Kingdom Hearts®
KINGDOM HEARTS © Disney. Developed by Square-Enix Co., Ltd. “Kingdom” written by Utada Hikaru.
Orchestrator: Kaoru Wada
2. Warcraft® Suite
Composer: Jason Hayes
Orchestrator: Benoît Grey
3. Myst® Medley
Myst® theme composed by Robyn Miller
Gallery Theme composed by Tim Larkin (BMI)
Myst® III Main Theme and Myst® IV Main Theme composed by Jack Wall (ASCAP)
Orchestrator: Steve Zuckerman
4. Medal of Honor™ (LIVE)
“Operation Market Garden” from Medal of Honor: Frontline™ published by Electronic Arts, Inc.
Composed and orchestrated by Michael Giacchino
Recorded Live in Brazil, South America
5. Civilization IV Medley
Composer: Christopher Tin (BMI)
Orchestrator: Christopher Tin
Alto solo: Nathania Reid
Tenor solo: Ron Ragin
Soprano solo: Nicole Bonsol
Choir: Stanford Talisman
6. Tetris® Piano Opus No. 1
Tetris® is a trademark of The Tetris Company and Blue Planet Software
Tetris® theme (Music A) originally adapted and arranged from the Russian folk song “Korobeiniki”
Piano Arrangement: Martin Leung
Performed by Martin Leung
7. God of War™ Montage (LIVE)
Published by Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
Composer: Gerard Marino
Recorded Live in Brazil, South America
8. Advent Rising Suite
Composers: Tommy Tallarico, Michael Plowman, Emmanuel Fratianni, Laurie Robinson
Orchestrated by Emmanuel Fratianni and Laurie Robinson
9. Tron Montage
Composer: Wendy Carlos
Orchestrated and adapted for Video Games Live by David Kates
Synthesizers programmed and performed by Matt Robertson
10. Halo® Suite
Composers: Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori
Orchestrated by Emmanuel Fratianni, Laurie Robinson, Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori
Guitars: Tommy Tallarico, Steve Vai, Chris Kline and Marcus Henderson
Voiceover: Cindy Shapiro
11. Castlevania® Rock (LIVE)
Castlevania® series owned and published by Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd.
Composers: Kinuyo Yamashita (Castlevania®), Club Kukeiha (Castlevania® III) and Michiru Yamane (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night®)
Arranged by Tommy Tallarico
Guitars: Tommy Tallarico and Dweezil Zappa
Keyboards: Martin Leung
Drums: Joe Travers
Bass: Peter Griffin
Recorded at Plaza Calafia Bullring – Mexicali, Mexico
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