Jack's Hoose Music Joins Bowie, Garbage & Blink 182 on Soundtrack

March 14th. Jack's Hoose Music, the leading producer of original music for interactive media, is joining artists such as David Bowie, Blink 182, Garbage, Weezer, Papa Roach and Herbie Hancock on the soundtrack of Amplitude a new game for the Sony PlayStation 2 released later this month.

Amplitude is an innovative music-based game which challenges players to build and remix songs by triggering different components such as bassline, vocals, guitar, etc. all in time to the rhythm of the track. The sequel to the critically acclaimed Frequency, Amplitude builds on this concept by offering a wide range of musical styles and genres, a number of multiplayer modes and uniquely, incorporates the PlayStation 2's online gaming capabilities, allowing players from all over the world to compete against each other in an online jam and submit their favourite remixes into an international community of players, remixers, games fans and DJ's.

Ged Grimes, the founder of Jack's Hoose and one of the most highly respected figures in the world of music production, created the track, which appears in the game under the pseudonym "Game Boyz". Ged was one of the founding members of Scots pop band "Danny Wilson" who enjoyed global success with hit records such as "Mary's Prayer" and "The Second Summer Of Love". Since launching the company in 1997, Ged has grasped new opportunities to provide music for the games industry and this now forms a major part of the company's business.

"The vision for Jack's Hoose Music has always been to make people think about music in a different way," says Ged. "Our vast experience in the record and games business, coupled with the sound capabilities of consoles such as the PS2, has allowed us to be at the forefront of music-driven interactive entertainment. Within a game you have the opportunity to make the soundtrack truly interactive and have it respond to the player's actions. Sony created the rhythm style game with titles such as Parappa The Rapper and have taken it to entirely new levels with games such as Frequency and Amplitude. We are delighted to have been able to contribute to such an exciting new game."

"Sony has really pulled out all the stops to create a powerful and eclectic range of artists for Amplitude" he says. "This is an ideal game for us to be featured in, as it allows us to create new interactive entertainment experiences for music and gaming fans alike".

At Jack's Hoose Music, Ged makes extensive use of broadband and web technologies to bridge the physical gap between California and Scotland. "By using these tools, location is becoming less relevant and it has levelled the playing field with our US-based competitors. At the end of the day, we believe it comes down to the quality of our work, our expertise in producing music for different digital media and a positive global outlook which attract the biggest and best projects to Jack's Hoose Music. We had what Sony were looking for and I'm thrilled with the result."

Amplitude is released by Sony in March 2003.

About Jack's Hoose Music
Jack's Hoose Music is an independent music production company providing superb quality digital audio content for all types of interactive media. Our diverse range of clients include:
"Computer Games Developers and Publishers
"Film Producers and Directors
"Record Labels
"TV Production Companies
"New and Established Recording Artists
"Radio Producers
"Web Developers
"Advertising Agencies
"And more...
The company was founded by Scottish composer and producer, Ged Grimes. Ged is a highly respected figure in today's recording industry and has been writing, producing and performing music for over 18 years. The company has worked with a wide range of clients from across the worlds of interactive entertainment and broadcast media including the BBC, ITV, Warner Brothers, Sony, BMG, RCA, Mushroom, Virgin and Infograme US. Jack's Hoose Music is part of the Interactive Tayside initiative.

Interactive Tayside is a partnership between public, private and academic sectors to develop and promote Tayside's digital media industry.

Facts about Interactive Tayside:"There are currently over 200 digital media companies in the area that are supported by the Interactive Tayside campaign.

"The digital media industry consists of the following sectors - Computer games and electronic entertainment, Communications technology, Software development, Graphic design, Publishing, Interactive Music and New Media.Scottish Enterprise Tayside - who devised the Interactive Tayside campaign - are investing £4 million over four years to grow and support a fast-moving industry which employs over 1500 people in Tayside and boasts an annual turnover of over £100 million.
"The initiative is a key element in the national Creative Industries Strategy launched by Scottish Enterprise last year announcing a £25 million investment for the sector.
"The Interactive Tayside initiative has been funded by Scottish Enterprise Tayside with support from European Funding through the Eastern Scotland European Partnership.