Thursday, July 16, 2009

BanjoKazooie Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack Arrives

Sumthing Else Music Works announced today that the Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack will be released tomorrow to retail outlets and digital stores. The soundtrack features musical compositions by Robin Beanland (Killer Instinct, Conker's Bad Fur Day), Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie) and David Clynick (Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark Zero).


SUMTHING ELSE MUSIC WORKS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF BANJO-KAZOOIE: NUTS & BOLTS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Original Music by Robin Beanland, Grant Kirkhope and David Clynick

New York - June 29th, 2009 - Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents Banjo-Kazooie™: Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score from the third installment of the Banjo-Kazooie series developed by Rare Ltd. The soundtrack album be released on June 30th to retail outlets through Sumthing Else Music Works www.sumthing.com, and will be available for digital download on Sumthing Digital www.sumthingdigital.com and iTunes®.

Famed game developer Rare Ltd. has revived one of its most beloved and successful franchises exclusively on Xbox 360. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts embraces new and old fans alike, as the famous bear and bird duo return in stunning high definition for a unique adventure of epic proportions.

The Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack features original musical compositions by Robin Beanland (Killer Instinct, Conker's Bad Fur Day), Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie) and David Clynick (Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark Zero).

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts brings an entirely new experience to the console and takes the franchise to a whole new innovative level of enjoyment. High-definition graphics, user-created content and online gameplay are just three of the many advances people of all ages and skill levels will discover as they embark on their adventure. For more information on the game please visit www.banjo-kazooie.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.


About Rare

Founded in 1985 and based in the United Kingdom, Rare Ltd. is one of the world's leading video game developers and has masterminded some of the most popular video games in history, including multimillion-dollar sellers "GoldenEye," "Perfect Dark," "Banjo-Kazooie" and the "Donkey Kong Country" series. From 2005 to 2006, Rare released "Perfect Dark Zero," "Kameo: Elements of Power" and "Viva Piñata" for Xbox 360. Rare continues to entertain the world with the releases of "Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts" and "Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise". For further information visit www.rare.co.uk.


About Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc.

Since its creation in the late 1990's by the world-renowned song writer, musician and record producer, Nile Rodgers, Sumthing Else Music Works has become the acknowledged industry leader in licensing and distributing video game soundtracks. Possessing full in-house services worldwide, from retail marketing and sales through physical and digital distribution, Sumthing is partnered with the world's leading video game developers and publishers including BioWare, Bungie Studios, Capcom, Crytek, Eidos Interactive, Epic Games, Gearbox Software, Microsoft, Mistwalker, Rare, SEGA, Silicon Knights, Sony Computer Entertainment and Ubisoft. Their catalogue of titles includes the best selling video game soundtrack of all time, Halo 2: Volume One, as well as award-winning titles including: Resident Evil 5, Street Fighter IV, Halo Wars, Halo Trilogy, Gears of War 2, Fable II, Too Human, Brothers In Arms, Crysis, Advent Rising, Fable, Gears of War, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 Volume Two, Halo 3, Hitman: Blood Money, Hitman: Contracts, Jade Empire, Kameo: Elements of Power, Mass Effect, Red Steel, Unreal Tournament 3 and many others.

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