May 26, 2009
Sumthing Else Music Works
Announces Release of Resident Evil 5 Original Soundtrack
Featuring Music Composed by Kota
Suzuki, Hideki Okugawa, Akihiko Narita and Seiko Kobuchi
Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc.,
through its licensing relationship with Capcom®, proudly presents Resident Evil
5 Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score from the new generation
of the fear-inducing video game series. The Resident Evil 5 Original Soundtrack
3-CD set is released today to retail through Sumthing Else Music Works. The
physical CD is distributed by Sumthing Distribution and the digital release is
available on Sumthing Digital and iTunes®.
The Resident Evil® series has sold
over 40 million units since the original game was released in 1996 and has
spawned a multi-million dollar trilogy of films from Sony Pictures. Winning
numerous awards and widespread positive reviews, Resident Evil® 5 is one of the
most talked about and critically acclaimed games of the year. Game Informer
honored Resident Evil 5 with "Game of the Month" status and an impressive 9.5/10
review score while PlayStation: The Official Magazine rated Resident Evil 5 with
a perfect five-out-of-five score, remarking that "RE5 takes the co-op experience
to a new level and reinvigorates the survival horror genre in the process." Lead
Composer Kota Suzuki: "As the look of the game has changed from the previous
series, I spent many hours trying to figure out how to approach it with music.
We tend to relate horror with darkness, but this time the game takes place in
Africa with a blazing hot sun." I contemplated on how I could stir the player’s
emotion by music embodying two opposite elements? After much trial and error,
the director came up with a key phrase ‘panic horror.’ And from there, I put my
focus on panic-stricken music for the players. In fact, I did often get panicky
while playing this game myself. I wonder what your experiences will be?"
Co-producer and series veterans Jun
Takeuchi (Lost Planet®) and Masachika Kawata (Resident Evil® 4 Wii Edition,
Resident Evil®: Umbrella Chronicles) unleash an unprecedented level of fear for
the new generation in Resident Evil 5, the sequel to one of the highest-rated
videogames in history according to Metacritic.com and Gamerankings.com.
Delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control, Resident Evil 5
brings new fans to the series across the globe. For more information on Resident
Evil 5 please visit
www.residentevil.com.
For more information on Sumthing
Else Music Works and its complete catalog of video game soundtracks, please
visit www.sumthing.com
and
www.sumthingdigital.com.
