Monday 5 March 2012


THQ ANNOUNCES  DARKSIDERS IITMORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE BY COMPOSER JESPER KYD
 
BAFTA award-winning Danish composerJesper Kyd, renowned for his iconic musical scores in the Assassin's Creed and Hitmanseries, has crafted a thrilling original score for DARKSIDERS® II, the sequel to the critically acclaimed action/adventure title developed by THQ's in-house studio Vigil Games™. Kyd's emotionally dynamic score for DARKSIDERS II combines dark ethereal themes and melodic fantasy that enrich the player's cinematic journey through each of the game's unique realms.

Jesper Kyd commented, "DARKSIDERS II is an awesome game and one of the most fun and creatively satisfying projects I have scored. I had a blast working with the team at Vigil."

"It's been an absolute pleasure working with Jesper," said Jeremy Robins, Audio Director at Vigil Games. "He's an extremely talented composer and an avid gamer, who not only created an amazing soundtrack forDARKSIDERS II, but intuitively knew how to cater each composition to achieve maximum musical impact for players."

Darksiders II follows the exploits of DEATH, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a weaving tale that runs parallel to the events in the originalDarksiders game. This epic journey propels DEATH through various light and dark realms as he tries to redeem his brother WAR, the horseman who was blamed for prematurely starting the Apocalypse in Darksiders.

Darksiders II is scheduled to be available for console and PC on 26th June, 2012.

For more information on DARKSIDERS II visitwww.darksiders.com.

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