Gaming News - May 2003

Los Angeles, CA (May 5, 2003) - NCsoft Corporation announced today that Bill Brown is writing the musical score for Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle.

From NCsoft:

Lineage II, currently in development, is the exciting prequel to the hit online role-playing game, Lineage. Brown composed the music for well-known game titles such as Rainbow Six, C&C: Generals and Ghost Recon. He also wrote powerful orchestral scores for Oliver Stone’s film Any Given Sunday and Ali, directed by Michael Mann.

NCsoft will showcase a new video sequence from Lineage II at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the world’s biggest electronic game trade show, May 14 – 16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The video will provide a preview of the musical concept Brown is creating for Lineage II and will be shown in the NCsoft booth in South Hall, #1024.

Brown, who believes that creating an affinity to game players on a spiritual level as well as a physical, mental, and emotional level is of the utmost importance, explained his decision to write the score for Lineage II: “It’s an important opportunity for me to write an epic fantasy soundtrack on a scale that I have never experienced before, and I was deeply impressed by not only the game environment but also the original animation and graphics.” Asked about the musical concept for Lineage II, Brown noted, “Never before has a role-playing game been set in such a mysterious atmosphere, so, I tried to make the music bring out this mood as much as possible.”

Lineage II preserves and builds on the strengths of its predecessor, Lineage. With the addition of highly developed 3D graphics, an upgraded level of freedom and community set-up functions, the game is expected to set a new course for massively multiplayer online gaming in the future.

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