RED STEEL™ 2 FEATURES WILD WEST MEETS ASIA FUSION ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE BY TOM SALTA

Award Winning Composer Creates Gun-Slinging, Sword-Swinging Soundtrack for
Ubisoft’s Action Fighting Video Game on Nintendo
Wii™

New York, March 17,
2010 – Renowned composer Tom Salta has written and
produced an original musical score for Red Steel™ 2,
Ubisoft’s new first-person action title developed exclusively for the Nintendo
Wii™ and designed with full Wii MotionPlus™ integration. In Red Steel
2, the player becomes a swordsman who finds himself in a remote mixed
metropolis in the middle of the American desert, where Eastern and Western
cultures collide. To reflect this adventurous new setting in Red Steel
2, Salta composed an action-packed ‘Wild West’ guitar-driven score blended
with evocative Asian music influences. Developed by Ubisoft Paris, Red Steel
2 is scheduled for release on March 23rd, 2010.

"Tom Salta is an
extremely
versatile composer and delivers a unique and dynamic soundtrack for Red

Steel 2," said Isabelle Ballet, music supervisor for Red Steel 2.

"He has crafted various music styles including mixing blues guitars with

traditional Asian instruments to produce an energetic, hybrid score that

motivates and immerses players in the action. We can’t wait to share
this
experience with everyone!"

 

For the Red
Steel 2
score, Salta enlisted the virtuosic guitar performances of veteran
studio
musician Steve Ouimette and recorded various instrumentalists for
Chinese
percussion, Shakuhachi, Fue, Pipa, harmonica and violin. Salta
previously scored
the original Red Steel soundtrack that received numerous
accolades for
its vibrant musical palette, including IGN’s Wii Award for Best Original

Music.

 

Red Steel 2 is
a
revolution in the action-fighting genre, taking full advantage of the
capabilities of the Wii MotionPlus™ accessory. Your movements are
faithfully
replicated on-screen, putting the emphasis on swinging, shooting and
fun! With
the ability of the Wii MotionPlus to sense the strength of a swing, you
will
literally be able to make an impact on your adversaries through power
and
precision. For more information on Red Steel 2, please visit www.redsteelgame.com.

 

About
Ubisoft:

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is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive
entertainment
products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and
diversified
line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has teams in 28 countries
and
distributes games in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is
committed to
delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers.
For the
2008-09 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,058 million Euros. To
learn
more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

 

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Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Red Steel, Ubisoft and the
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