Shift 2 unleashed

The roar of the engine, the rumble of the exhaust, the screech of the tires – these sounds help draw players into the world of SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED™
to deliver this year’s most authentic racing game.  Audio is as
important an aspect of the entertainment experience as gameplay and
visuals but it’sthe game’s incredible score that transforms it from a
racing game to an epic experience. To accomplish this, EA has enlisted
some of the world’s top composers and alternative music’s top bands to
expand, enhance and re-imagine ten tracks to create the SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED
soundtrack. The composers tapped into chart topping songs from Rise
Against, Hollywood Undead, Escape The Fate, The Bravery, Anberlin, 30
Seconds To Mars, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot, Biffy Clyro and Jimmy
Eat World to create the soundtrack.

SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED
features a completely new style of soundtrack that uses sonic themes to
engage the player and represent the driver’s battle. Each composer was
tasked with using the emotional themes of the game to create a
cinema-level score.

“This is a totally unique approach to
videogame scores,” said 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.”

Composers:
·         Ramin Djawadi, best known for his Grammy-nominated score for IRON MAN, his Emmy-nominated score for PRISON BREAK, and score for EA’s 2010 Medal Of Honor
·         Troels Folmann, a  British AcademyAward winning film, trailer and game composer , known for scoring hundreds of film trailers and TV promos
·         Heavy Melody Music, whose team has created original music for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Super Bowl TV commercials and many other games
·         Stephen Baysted, has scored numerous racing games including Need for Speed SHIFT
·         Mick Gordon, the AudioGang award-winning composer behind Need for Speed World and Need for Speed SHIFT.

Artist	Song
30 Seconds To Mars	Night Of The Hunter
Anberlin	We Owe This To Ourselves
Biffy Clyro	Mountains
The Bravery	Ours
Escape The Fate	Issues
Hollywood Undead	Levitate
Jimmy Eat World	Action Needs An Audience
Rise Against	Help Is On The Way
Stone Temple Pilots	Take A Load Off
Switchfoot	The Sound (John M. Perkins Blues)