Electronic Arts’ racing titles have been famous for their simulating acoustics and ambient sounds. As the company prepares to flag off the next Shift installment, it has roped in varied composers for infusing a medley of superior audio into the offering. The gaming giant has revealed that the Shift 2 Unleashed soundtrack will feature compositions by the likes of Ramin Djawadi, Troel Folmann, Stephen Baysted, Mike Gordon and Heavy Melody Music.
Boasting of a new style, this compilation employs sonic themes for supplementing drivers’ in-game battles. It has been carved out to sport emotional themes as well to offer a cinematic experience. With composers like Ramin Djawadi who has previously created acoustics of last year’s Medal of Honor and Heavy Melody Music, the upcoming game’s audio is expected to enhance the immersive experience derived by players.
“This is a totally unique approach to videogame scores,” remarked 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.”
With beats and musical notes holding the pulse of varied games, the publisher has brought the aforesaid names on board to craft background scores for this upcoming chapter. The assortment boasts of ten re-imagined tracks including Jimmy Eat World’s ‘Action Needs an Audience’, ‘Take A Load Off’ by Stone Temple Pilots and ‘Levitate’ from Hollywood Undead. The other songs in the roster comprise ‘Mountains’ by Biffy Clyro, ‘The Sound’ from Switchfoot’s collection and Anberlin’s ‘We Owe This to Ourselves.’
Shift 2 Unleashed has been scheduled to race into stores for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC across North America and Europe on March 29, 2011 and March 30, 2011, respectively.