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Sierra and Yahoo! are teaming up to present the debut of the original soundtrack for their upcoming The Bourne Conspiracy game tomorrow at Winter Music Conference 2008 in Miami, Florida. World-renowned trance DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold will be performing the soundtrack live in concert at Miami's Mansion club, along with members of the Florida Classical Symphony and a special appearance by hip hop artist Cee-Lo.
"It was a rewarding experience to score The Bourne Conspiracy video game — I have always been a fan of the series and the pace of the game is an ideal match for my musical tempo and style," said Paul Oakenfold. "I look forward to premiering the soundtrack during "The Bourne Sessions" at WMC."Yahoo! will be airing the event live tomorrow night at both Yahoo! Live and Sierra's own http://www.bournesessions.com/. As a big fan of Oakenfold's work, I will feel really bad on Wednesday when I realize I completely forgot about this.
Sierra Entertainment and Yahoo! to Debut Original Soundtrack by Award Winning Recording Artist Paul Oakenfold for Upcoming Video Game The Bourne Conspiracy(TM)Live World Premiere presented by Sierra and Yahoo! will feature Oakenfold, members of the Florida Classical Symphony, with Special Guest Appearance by Cee-Lo, at Winter Music Conference 2008
LOS ANGELES, March 24 /PRNewswire/ — Sierra Entertainment and Yahoo! today announced that they will debut part of an original soundtrack by world renowned DJ, remixer and producer Paul Oakenfold for Sierra's upcoming video game Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy(TM). The companies have partnered to present the world premiere of Oakenfold's score with "The Bourne Sessions," a live concert featuring Oakenfold and members of the Florida Classical Symphony, with a special performance by Atlantic recording artist Cee-Lo Green, at the 2008 Winter Music Conference (WMC) in Miami, Florida. "The Bourne Sessions" takes place at Mansion, one of Miami's newest super clubs, on March 25, 2008, with live webcasts by Yahoo! Live and through Sierra's The Bourne Conspiracy Web site.
Yahoo!, co-presenter of "The Bourne Sessions," will be broadcasting the event to viewers worldwide in several capacities:
— Yahoo! Live http://live.yahoo.com/ a new service from Yahoo! which
provides a social broadcasting experience, will air the event live on
March 25th from multiple perspectives so viewers can interact with each
other, in real-time. Sierra Entertainment is also partnering with
Yahoo! to broadcast live coverage of the event at
http://www.bournesessions.com/
— Yahoo! Music will air a fully produced, world broadcast premier of the
event via http://music.yahoo.com in late April
— Yahoo! will have the exclusive premier of Oakenfold's "Falling" music
video, featuring Cee-Lo
— Yahoo! Games will launch an exclusive, never-before-seen trailer of The
Bourne Conspiracy, on the day of the event
"We're thrilled to be co-sponsoring "The Bourne Sessions" event and to be able to bring the exciting content, music and action of The Bourne Conspiracy to viewers and fans all over the world," said Karin Gilford, GM of Yahoo! Entertainment. "By utilizing the different capabilities of Yahoo's programs, we can make sure that fans don't miss a beat.""It was a rewarding experience to score The Bourne Conspiracy video game — I have always been a fan of the series and the pace of the game is an ideal match for my musical tempo and style," said Paul Oakenfold. "I look forward to premiering the soundtrack during "The Bourne Sessions" at WMC."
Oakenfold's intense soundtrack features his distinct style of up-tempo music and adds another tremendous layer to the game's cinematography techniques, presentation and pacing inspired by the Bourne films. As an added feature to the game, players will be able to unlock original tracks scored by Oakenfold and play them on demand by completing levels and achievements.
Created in collaboration with Ludlum Entertainment, and with story and character development in conjunction with Bourne screenwriter Tony Gilroy, The Bourne Conspiracy is a companion to the blockbuster series with an original story that uncovers the details of Jason Bourne's past. The third-person action game, developed by High Moon Studios, blends hunter-prey game play through a seamless mix of hand-to-hand fighting, gunplay and dramatic escapes. The action in the game is designed around Jason Bourne's signature combat style, with a combat system co-designed by renowned Hollywood stunt choreographer and Bourne fight coordinator, Jeff Imada.
"The Bourne Conspiracy takes gamers beyond the standard licensed video game and into a distinctively original world full of intense action, unprecedented music and a visceral cinematic experience," said Al Simone, senior vice president, global marketing for Sierra Entertainment. "Paul's music drives the rhythm and soul of the energetic and immersive gameplay. The result sets a new bar for action titles and gives gamers an authentic Bourne experience."
For more information on the Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy video game, including screenshots and video trailers, please visit http://www.bournethegame.com.
Comments
Cool. I dig some of Oakenfold's gooves.
For those of you that also like that sort of sound, check out 'BT' (Brian Transeau).
Wow here in Miami? but if there's hip hop involved I have no interested in it.
I love Paul Oakenfold. Man I miss the old days of the after hours club. I don't do that sort of thing anymore...you know, I'm suppose to be more responsible.
Oakenfold alone is pretty awesome, but Cee-Lo Green is also worth more than a passing mention. You guys probably know him better as the singer from Gnarls Barkley. I'll probably also miss it, so can someone perhaps record it or something, as it seems a ton of us are gonna forget about it or not be around?
Oakenfold? Oooh, lessee hurr... Start -> Options -> Audio -> Music Volume -> left left left left left left >MUTED<
Fixed!
Oakenfold sucks and I own all his albums. His music is stuck in the 90's. Why couldn't they get someone like say BT or Paul van Dyk who still know what they are doing.
Hmmmm. He's no Amon Tobin or Jesper Kyd.
@Nickatiah: ... why do you own all of the albums of someone you say sucks? ^_^;
Finally a game-related event in Miami...too bad I'll be out of town :o(
@Nickatiah: Paul van Dyk > Oakenfold, but I still like them both.
The only Okenfold album i own is creamfields. All the other stuff of his i'v heard is just a remix of a current song or who just gets some current artist to sing on of his songs. And he looks weird...
BUT, im sure his soundtrack to the game will be good.
I'm always happy when I hear about one of these guys getting into the scoring business. Amon Tobin of course is my favorite. BT, Paul Oakenfold and Rob Dougan. Now I'm gonna go get my snack on.
Im more of a Paul Van Dyke guy but I can dig Oak. More power to em.
@FightingChance:
BT is fantastic, i've been listening to This Binary universe for the past year.
@Fukanzen:
Old BT is best. I don't like the new stuff as much.
I can't believe I'm excited about this game. Usually movie --> game adaptations turn me off. The gameplay for this looked great though.
@CaptLtrl: i dunno. whenever i listen to old BT i feel like im stuck in the 90's or something. not a good feeling.
@CaptLtrl:
This binary universe, I feel is fantastic. Though probably not for everyone. I can't remember the last time i've invested this much time into a single cd.
But hey any BT is good BT.
By "performing" I assume they mean "pushing buttons" and "a lot of head bobbing"?
He doesn't even wear a cool mask like Jin Saito. :P
This is pretty cool, one of my favorite DJs doing the score for a game that looks good. Its like when they announced that DJ Tiesto helped with the score from Granado Espada. Bet you didn't know THAT!
Malaysian version of Granado Espada, FTW!
Bourne X-stacy. uunnnss,unnnns,unnnnss,uuuunnnns,unnnss...bawowowowo....unnns...unnnnssss
Something tells me it won't be so dignified for the philharmonic orchestra to be on the same scene as CLAP-YUOR-HANDS-TOGHETER-FOR-MISTER-PAUL-OAKENFOLD-Paul Oakenfold.
Cool...I love Oakenfold
Oh good, a soundtrack by a non-soundtrack musician. This always turns out well.
*hums the theme to Goldeneye: Rogue Agent* OH WAIT, IT DIDN'T HAVE ONE. In fact, big surprise, the entire soundtrack's about as memorable and distinctive as the game itself.
Honestly, play that game and then try to care about this news. You won't be able to. It's muzak in every way possible.
You misspelled "Jokenfold."
Ugh, Jokenfold. And people are comparing the dumb Vandit and the metro BT aka "I use every instrument under the world and each is the best evar" (pick up an electronic music production mag and you'll see what I mean).
I wish some of the non-Trance DJ's would make it big. Richie Hawtin, Danny Howells, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, etc.
Its a bourne game why Oakenfold isn't Moby the obvious choice?
@ascully: You'd think huh? With Extreme Ways being the sorta theme song from 2&3? Ah well.
Seriously, when will someone hire Rob Dougan to do a soundtrack? He'd make a killer James Bond Theme.
Very Niiiiiice!!
@ascully: Agreed to the max. I was expecting Moby as well... (after all, Extreme Ways is a pretty damn awesome song)
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