'Potter' composer records game soundtrack

Hollywood music composer Tom Salta, whose previous work includes the music for Harry Potter trailer 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix' , has recorded the soundtrack for Ubisoft's forthcoming action game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2.

The award-winning composer recorded the track with the Hollywood Studio Symphony in Calfornia at a venue normally used to record music for motion pictures.

Manu Bachet, music supervisor for the game at Ubisoft, said, “Our goal on the sequel was to match the same high quality level as the acclaimed Tom Clancy’s GRAW1 soundtrack. However, Tom Salta exceeded our expectations and has brought Tom Clancy’s GRAW2 score to the next level, guiding the whole orchestra and choir performance to beautifully balance the thin line between emotion and violence - right where the magic happens.”

Bachet added, "For Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, Salta has written a more aggressive and expressive original score to enhance the game’s intensive action and memorable, dramatic scenes, with only a few select motif references taken from the anthemic musical score of the first outing."

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 will be released for Xbox 360, PSP and PC on March 9. A PlayStation 3 version is planned for release in June.