Stewart Copeland (The Police) Returns with New Main Theme Music for
the Spyro Reignited Trilogy Just in Time to Celebrate the Franchise’s 20th
Anniversary
New In-Game Feature Allows Nostalgic Fans to Seamlessly Switch
Between Original and Remastered Soundtracks in Game!
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 19, 2018--
Spyro soared in to Comic-Con® International: San Diego with news that’s
sure to get fans fired up! Activision, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), and Toys For Bob announced
today the return of Stewart Copeland (The Police) to the Spyro
franchise. Copeland, the series’ original composer, revealed a clip of
the new
soundtrack main theme featured in Spyro™
Reignited Trilogyto fansduring the Spyro:
Reigniting a Legend panel. Known as “Tiger Train,” Copeland’s new
intro reprises recognizable music motifs from the first three Spyro
games into a memorable, orchestral-rock journey.
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Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy lets players glide to new heights, unleash fire-breathing attacks, and explore lush environments filled with new detail like never before. Announced at San Diego Comic-Con, the game features the option for fans to switch between the original and remastered music at any point during their gameplay. Spyro Reignited Trilogy launches on Sept. 21! (Photo: Business Wire)
And the Spyro nostalgia beat doesn’t end there! Franchise fans can go
down music memory lane as the Spyro Reignited Trilogy
brings a new in-game audio feature that allows players to switch
between Copeland’s original and the newly remastered soundtracks.
Players can simply fly in to the “options menu” at any time during
gameplay, unleash their preferred nostalgic or scaled up groove, and
glide right back into the Spyro action without losing saved data.
“Creating new music for the Spyro Reignited Trilogy has
been incredibly fun and nostalgic for me,” said Stewart Copeland,
acclaimed musician (The Police), film score writer and composer. “Seeing
how the fans loved the original series and soundtrack was a very
heart-warming experience 20 years ago, and being able to revisit that
fun with the new game has brought things full circle. I can’t wait for
players to hear the new intro title track and enjoy the option to play
the remastered game to my original music when the trilogy arrives this
fall. ‘Tiger Train’ includes some of my favorite themes from the
original soundtrack, which I’m sure the Spyro faithful will
appreciate!”
Spyro Reignited Trilogy developer Toys for Bob was joined
today by Stewart Copeland; key members of Insomniac Games, including Ted
Price, Brian Hastings and Brian Allgeier, as well as Tom Kenny (the
voice of Spyro) and Michael John (producer at Universal Interactive
Studios on the original Spyro trilogy) to share their favorite
moments creating and remastering one of the most beloved trilogies in
video game history. During the panel, fans were also treated to a first
look at remastered gameplay footage from Spyro™ 2: Ripto’s Rage!
Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a dynamic gaming collection
that will have both veteran and new franchise fans “Spyro-ing” out of
control when it releases September 21, 2018. Players will feel the fully
remastered fire of the three original Spyro™ games that started the
phenomenon – Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage! and Spyro:
Year of the Dragon – complete with more than 100 levels,
fire-breathing attacks, lush environments, and Spyro’s zany cast of
characters all in HD graphical glory on PlayStation® 4, PlayStation® 4
Pro and the family of Xbox One devices from Microsoft, including the
Xbox One X.
Spyro Reignited Trilogy is available now to pre-order via
major retailers at a suggested retail price of $39.99. For more
information, please visit www.SpyroTheDragon.com;
follow @SpyroTheDragon
on Twitter and @Spyro on Facebook
and Instagram;
and subscribe to YouTube.com/SpyroTheDragon.
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