BAFTA-winning and MTV VMA-nominated composer Jesper Kyd (Murderer’s Creed Valhalla, Warhammer 40K Darktide, TUMBBAD on Prime VIdeo) is scoring the unique restricted animated collection RAID: Name of the Arbiter, primarily based on the billion greenback cellular sport franchise RAID: Shadow Legends. Revealed March 13 at SXSW by international sport writer Pixel United and RAID creators Plarium, the collection will include 10 five-minute weekly episodes set to premiere on YouTube on Might 18.
“It has been so inspiring to work with producer Eric Rollman, showrunner Jay Oliva and government producer Nicholas Day, who can be Vice President of Inventive at Plarium,” mentioned Kyd. “They facilitated a very inventive atmosphere the place authentic music concepts have been embraced and inspired. RAID is a wealthy and colourful universe so it was nice enjoyable to attain these beloved characters from the sport, bringing them further depth and serving to to deliver them alive via thematic music for the animated collection. For the recording, it was additionally an honor to work with the Budapest Scoring Orchestra and Choir who introduced a very passionate efficiency to this music which options the choir predominantly all through the rating.”
Recognized for scoring blockbuster online game franchises together with Murderer’s Creed, Borderlands, Darksiders, Hitman, State of Decay and Warhammer, Kyd has acquired high honors for Finest Authentic Rating from the BAFTAs, Critics’ Alternative Movie Awards (India), Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Recreation Audio Community Guild in addition to nominations from Billboard, CNN, MTV Video Music Awards and the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. He was additionally honored with the Nile Rodgers World Creators Award at Canadian Music Week for his modern and distinctive physique of labor.
The sport RAID: Shadow Legends has rapidly develop into one of many quickest rising assortment RPGs with over 75 million downloads throughout all platforms exceeding $1 billion in lifetime revenues. The turn-based fantasy sport provides over 700 collectable champions throughout 15 completely different factions. With this new collection, RAID followers can look ahead to studying the origins of a few of their favourite champions, uncovering surprises all through the collection that tie to in-game rewards, and a number of other different collaborations that ship an immersive expertise connecting the sport and the collection.
The animated collection takes place on the planet of Teleria, a land seemingly deserted by its gods, torn by warring factions locked in ceaseless battle. The central character — pulled from the sport’s core lore — is an historical guardian referred to as the Arbiter who’s looking for a path to return to the world. She should summon a group of unlikely champions to mild the spark that may solid down the darkness.
RAID: Shadow Legends is out there to obtain on iOS and Android cellular units, in addition to PC via the Microsoft Retailer or the Plarium Play platform. Keep updated with Plarium’s developments by following @PlariumGames on YouTube, @Plarium on Instagram and /Plarium on LinkedIn.
