The soundtrack for Electronic Arts upcoming Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will be released on February 7, 2012 on digital media sites like iTunes, Amazon, and SumthingDigital.com. The score was created by veteran composer Grant Kirkhope, who also created the music for games like Perfect Dark and Goldeneye.
“Reckoning was a huge undertaking, as I knew from the start the scale of the game was going to be BIIIIIIIG!,” said Kirkhope. “I wanted to make sure it was strong thematically so that the player could make real associations with characters and places; I’ve always tried to do this with all the games I’ve worked on. There’s a good two and a half hours’ worth of full orchestral score in Reckoning ranging from huge boss fights to smaller ensemble pieces for dungeons and cities. I wanted the score to have a dark fairytale kind of feel that was full of magic and danger at every turn just like the game. The team here at Big Huge Games created such a beautiful looking world that it was such a pleasure to score!”
