Game composers create album to benefit Sweet Relief charity

By Stephany Nunneley

A charity album feature original music titles such as Mass Effect, Dead Space, Bioshock and others, has been compiled to benefit the Sweet Relief organization, which supports career musicians having trouble paying the bills and such due to illness, age, or disabilities.

Called Novum Initium, the album features the following 18 tracks:

• “Lionheart” – Sam Hulick (Mass Effect)
• “Adagio Coda” – Brian Tyler (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3)
• “Adrenaline” – Jason Graves (Dead Space)
• “Awakened” – Otto Cate (MAG) & Aubrey Ashburn (Dragon Age)
• “Underwood” – Inon Zur (The Lord of the Rings: War In The North)
• “The Maelstrom” – Singlefrequency & Chad Seiter (Legend of Zelda25th Anniversary Symphony)
• “Shadows And Light” – Trevor Morris (Army of Two)
• “Chrysalis” – Neal Acree (World of Warcraft)
• “Trouble In Chinatown” – Tom Salta (Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands)
• “Dancing Outtakes” – Garry Schyman (BioShock)
• “Versailles” – Ed Lima (Doom 3)
• “Consequence” – Neil Goldberg (Shift 2: Unleashed)
• “Lacus Turbatus” – Gerard Marino (God of War)
• “Espionage” – Mark Griskey (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
• “House Of The Vine” – Mick Gordon (Shift 2: Unleashed)
• “The Left-Hand Path” – Cris Velasco & Sascha Dikiciyan (Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine)
• “Bullseye” – Christopher Lennertz (Medal of Honor: European Assault) & Timothy Wynn (Red Faction: Guerrilla)
• “I’m With You” – Jack Wall (Mass Effect™) & Cindy Shapiro (Myst III: Exile)

Co-produced by Sam Hulick, Novum Initium can be purchased via digital download over on Bandcamp, CDBaby, Amazon, and iTunes.

Physical copes can be purchased on ebay, with each featuring autographs from all artists.

Thanks, G4.