From the Press Release
Sumthing Else Music Works will release Jesper Kyd's original music score from season one of METAL HURLANT CHRONICLES, the English-language science-fiction television series based on the popular comics anthology 'Métal Hurlant,' also known internationally as 'Heavy Metal' magazine. Scheduled for a digital release on February 25, the official television soundtrack composed by BAFTA award-winning and Billboard/MTV VMA nominated composer Jesper Kyd (Assassin's Creed, Borderlands, Hitman) is now available for pre-order at Sumthing.com. The soundtrack will also be released on iTunes in North America and throughout Europe on February 25.
In the lineage of cult series such as The Twillight Zone, The Outer Limits and Tales From The Crypt, METAL HURLANT CHRONICLES is the science fiction live-action adaptation of stories from the eponymous world-renowned magazine that gave birth in the United States to Heavy Metal. From 1960s cold war drama to distant future, fantasy to medieval, METAL HURLANT CHRONICLES spans a wide range of self-contained stories linked together by an asteroid, called the 'Métal Hurlant', which passes close to the planet where each episode's story is taking place, thereby changing the outcome.
"I really enjoy working on multiple genres and Métal Hurlant provides a unique creative opportunity to score every episode with its own sound," says Jesper Kyd. "Since each story takes place in a different time (future/past) and on different worlds, the music style is always different from episode to episode. The element that ties them together is the science-fiction/fantasy genre which is present in all the episodes."
The first season of METAL HURLANT CHRONICLES (2012) stars Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), James Marsters (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis), Michael Jai White (Spawn), Darren Shahlavi (Arrow), Scott Adkins (Zero Dark Thirty), and Kelly Brook (Smallville). The series is currently showing in 22 countries across Europe.
Danish composer Jesper Kyd started writing music for visual media in the European 'demoscene'. At 19 he became part owner of a video game company which later evolved into IO Interactive, the studio behind the Hitman series and Freedom Fighters. Renowned for creating unique scores with a diverse array of live instrumentation and manipulated sounds, Kyd's soundtracks feature a mix of styles ranging from the iconic orchestral/electronic hybrid scores for the HITMAN series (BAFTA Original Music Award) and anthemic choral score for FREEDOM FIGHTERS, to his four evocative, brand defining scores for the history inspired ASSASSIN'S CREED series (ACII voted most popular theme music by fans in Ubisoft poll) and the post-apocalyptic themes of the BORDERLANDS series.
Kyd's credits include the faded Americana acoustic score for Microsoft's STATE OF DECAY, the fastest selling original game on Xbox Live Arcade, and the surreal fantasy score for the action-adventure DARKSIDERS II, created by comic book writer/artist Joe Madureira, which garnered numerous critic accolades including Entertainment Weekly's 'Most Played Best Songs of 2012,' Machinima's 'Top 5 Songs of 2012,' 'Best Video Game Score of 2012' and 'Top 10 Best Video Game Scores Ever' from Minnesota Public Radio.
His recent projects include the uplifting orchestral album 'LEGACY', the acclaimed follow-up to 'ULTIMATUM', recorded with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and nominated for 'Best Album' in the Trailer Music Awards 2013. Kyd is currently scoring several next generation video games as well as season two of METAL HURLANT CHRONICLES starring Michael Biehn (Aliens, The Terminator) and John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings), scheduled for broadcast across Europe in 2014. For more information on Jesper Kyd visit www.jesperkyd.com and Facebook.com/JesperKydFanPage.
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