Sumthing Else Music Works Announces Release of the Original Soundtrack CD for the Xbox Video Game Halo 2.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- From the Most Anticipated Game of the Year Comes the Most Anticipated Soundtrack Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents Halo(R) 2: Original Soundtrack Volume One. The highly anticipated soundtrack will be released on November 9 to US retail outlets through Nile Rodgers' Sumthing Else Music Works label www.sumthing.com. Taking center stage on the Halo 2: Original Soundtrack CD are the new symphonic compositions by Martin O'Donnell Martin O'Donnell (Also known as "Marty") is an American musical composer who is well known for his work on musical pieces for video games from Bungie Studios such as the Myth series, Oni, and the Halo trilogy. and Michael Salvatori Michael Salvatori is an American composer, best known for his collaboration with famed composer Martin O'Donnell for the soundtrack to the Halo series and Oni. He is lesser known than his companion O'Donnell, but nevertheless he has been a predominant force to composing the score , the composers behind the best-selling Halo(R): Combat Evolved soundtrack. Nile Rodgers Nile Gregory Rodgers (born September 19 1952 in New York City) is a prolific and influential musician, composer, arranger, guitarist and music producer, and co-founding member of the seminal multi-platinum hit R&B band Chic , the album's producer said, "Visualize a giant orchestra with Martin O'Donnell as the composer and all the artists and musicians contributing as players in the grand symphony that is called Halo." The soundtrack also includes all new compositions from some of today's most exciting rock bands, including "Blow Me Away" by Breaking Benjamin, "Connected" by Hoobastank and "The Odyssey" by Incubus incubus (ĭng`ky  bəs), lascivious male demon said to possess mortal women as they sleep and to be responsible for the birth of demons, witches, and deformed children. ; which serve to fulfill the ultimate vision of Marty O'Donnell's epic orchestral score. Commenting on their music for Halo 2, Ben Burnley of Breaking Benjamin said, "Halo is my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. all-time game. As a band we play it all the time while on tour. It's like a dream being able to contribute music to the game and soundtrack." "Blow Me Away" is now available on www.nilerodgers.com and the new MSN Music MSN Music was an online music store managed by Microsoft, and was accessible using either a web browser or within Windows Media Player. It was created by Microsoft in 2004 to compete with Apple's iTunes Music Store, though its sales in comparison are still negligible. site, www.music.msn (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). .com. MSN Music provides music fans with an easy, comprehensive service for discovering and downloading legal, digital music. Incubus' Guitarist Mike Einziger Mike Einziger (born June 21, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is the multi-instrumentalist, co-writer and guitarist of the alternative rock band Incubus, as well as his own side project band, Time Lapse Consortium. added, "Halo is the only video game that ever inspired us to write a song. Now if we could only stop playing Halo, we might actually be able to write another one!" Producer Nile Rodgers has also contributed by writing, performing and co-producing the track "Never Surrender" in collaboration with renowned songwriter, artist and remixer, Nataraj. This exclusive cut as well as the "Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix" includes masterful guitar work by acclaimed rock guitarist Steve Vai. "These players each have the unique ability to improvise and embellish Martin O'Donnell's ideas," stated Rodgers. "Therefore we are all 'Connected'--hence the original composition provided by Hoobastank as the bonus track--because they are contributors to the overall Halo symphony repertoire." About Bungie Bungie was founded in 1991 with two goals: to develop games that combine brilliant technology, beautiful art, intelligent stories and deep gameplay, and then sell enough of those games to achieve the real goal of total world domination “World conquest” redirects here. For other uses, see World domination (disambiguation). The concept of world domination (sometimes world conquest) has long been a popular theme in both history and fiction. . Over the past 10 years it produced games like the "Marathon Trilogy" and the first two "Myth" games, hailed as classics by critics and gamers around the world. "Halo: Combat Evolved," its latest game, has achieved phenomenal success on the Microsoft Xbox(R) video game system. More information on Bungie can be found at http://www.bungie.net. About Xbox Xbox (http://www.xbox.com) Microsoft's future-generation video game system that delivers the most powerful games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Xbox is now available in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Japan, Europe and Australia. About Nile Rodgers Award winning record producer Nile Rodgers is one of the most prolific music producers in history. Nile's production accomplishments include such diverse artists as Diana Ross, Madonna, David Bowie, Duran Duran, The B-52's, David Lee Roth, Grace Jones, Mick Jagger and many more. Records produced by Nile Rodgers have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. As a founding member of the perennial Rhythm & Blues dance band Chic, Nile co-wrote many of their big hits including "Le Freak" and "Good Times", as well as "We Are Family" for Sister Sledge. In addition to records, he has also scored or produced music for numerous films including "Coming to America", "Thelma and Louise", "The Flintstones", "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Rush Hour II" as well as a variety of television shows and commercials. Nile is a board member of several organizations including the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS NARAS National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy awards) NARAS Navigation Aids, Radar and ARPA Simulation (UK maritime course) ). About Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc. Nile Rodgers started Sumthing Else Music Works (SEMW SEMW Sumthing Else Music Works (record label) ) as a nationwide record label and creative outlet for independent artists and unique musical projects. Through its affiliated company, Sumthing Distribution, SEMW prides itself on its ability to rapidly and effectively deliver to the marketplace many innovative products. In view of the successes of its previous game soundtrack releases, the Company is now considered the leader in this newly emerging musical genre. Accordingly, SEMW has bolstered its commitment to enhancing game players' overall experience by acquiring many new titles to complement its current catalog of releases. Benjamin Burnley and Breaking Benjamin Appear Courtesy of Hollywood Records. Incubus Appears Courtesy of Epic Records/Immortal Records by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing. Hoobastank Appears Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Here is a list of artists signed to The Island Def Jam Music Group. 0-9
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