Topic: Ultimate Alliance Gets Ultimate Composers

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A trio of them have set the score for the upcoming Marvel mash-up.

ACTIVISION’S MARVEL: ULTIMATE ALLIANCE SCORES AWARD-WINNING COMPOSERS    

Santa Monica, CA – August 29, 2006 – Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:  ATVI) announced today that award-winning composers Chance Thomas (Peter Jackson’s King Kong, Lord of the Rings series), Cris Velasco (God of War) and Mark Griskey (Best of LucasArts Original Soundtrack) have scored the upcoming, critically-acclaimed Marvel™:  Ultimate Alliance video game.  The trio has produced over 50 minutes of original music for Marvel:  Ultimate Alliance, including arrangements for multiple game levels, the in-game cinematics and the Super Hero™ and boss battle themes.    

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is Raven Software’s highly anticipated action/RPG that allows players to create their Marvel dream team from the largest roster of Super Heroes ever in an epic quest that will determine the fate of Earth and the Marvel Universe.  With over 140 popular Marvel characters and a playable cast of more than 20 Super Heroes, including Spider-Man, Wolverine, Blade and Captain America, gamers will embark on a dangerous journey across exotic terrain and well-known comic book locations like Atlantis, the Shield Heli-Carrier and the Skrull home world in an attempt to defy Dr. Doom and the world’s most notorious Super Villains.    

Marvel:  Ultimate Alliance will be the first Super Hero game available this fall for all next-gen gaming systems.  Additionally, the game will be available for current-gen consoles, handheld and PC platforms, and carries a “T" (Teen – Mild Language, Violence) rating by the ESRB.