12:40AM Leigh Alexander | Get ready for difficult-to-pronounce names. Composer Knut Avenstroup Haugen has done a two-disc soundtrack for Age of Conan, featuring a variety of Scandinavian musicians, including Helene Bøksle, folks from Norway’s State Opera Choir, and three songs kicked in by rock group Turbonegro, who performed at the game’s launch event.
That’s Turbonegro in the pic above, by the way, sporting spooky eyeliner and a crossbow. Oh-kay!
The first disc has the in-game orchestral tunes, or at least the ones Avenstroup Haugen considers to be “the very best”. The second CD has more orchestral music plus the Turbonegro tracks, and the announcement mentions that the band’s lead singer Hank Von Helvete says he’s read “every Conan comic”. How many comics are there, guys? I actually don’t know.
Helvete’s result is apparently a “rock-anthem of Imotephian evil”. I don’t know what that means, either. Plenty of info on these musicians follows the jump; the announcement doesn’t specify the soundtrack’s release date, but says it will “soon be available at music retailers across the Western hemisphere”. Plus, the first disc is already available on iTunes, so have at, iPodders.
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