8-Bit Rebellion! (soundtrack)

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8-Bit Rebellion!
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ReleasedApril 26, 2010 (2010-04-26)
Recorded2009–2010
Genre Video game score
Length30:54 (Original list)
33:23 (Track list with "Blackbirds" video)
29:14 (Hi - res track list)
Label Warner Bros., Machine Shop
Producer Mike Shinoda
Linkin Park chronology
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Album
(2009)
8-Bit Rebellion!
(2010)
A Decade Underground
(2010)

8-Bit Rebellion! is the soundtrack album for the online video game of the same name, consisting of songs recorded by American rock band Linkin Park. [1] It was released on April 26, 2010 via Warner Bros. and Machine Shop and produced by Mike Shinoda. This is the fourth soundtrack released by the band. The previous soundtrack Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Score , released on June 12, 2009 in the UK and June 23, 2009 in the United States, was a collaborated film score album with music composer Steve Jablonsky for the 2009 Transformers sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen .

Contents

Composition

The soundtrack contains the 8-Bit remix/instrumental of some songs by the band recorded for their previous studio albums, such as Hybrid Theory (2000), Meteora (2003), and Minutes to Midnight (2007) with exception for the songs "Qwerty" from Linkin Park's sixth LP Underground EP LP Underground 6.0 (2006), "New Divide" from the second Transformers original motion picture soundtrack Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Album (2009), and many songs recorded separately for the soundtrack which are not actually a song, after the eighth track. The unreleased studio recording of "Blackbirds" was released for the soundtrack separately as a song to be unlocked by playing the game.

The soundtrack also includes the original songs from their three previous studio albums, known as the "hi - res" (hi-resolution) for the soundtrack. Mark Wrong is the additional musician from tracks nine to twelve on the soundtrack's original track listing.

Track listing

The game includes 8-Bit and original versions of their major songs:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Step Closer" (8-Bit) Linkin Park 2:40
2."Crawling" (8-Bit)Linkin Park1:50
3."In the End" (8-Bit)Linkin Park2:17
4."Faint" (8-Bit)Linkin Park2:26
5."QWERTY" (8-Bit)Linkin Park2:49
6."Hands Held High" (8-Bit)Linkin Park2:47
7."No More Sorrow" (8-Bit)Linkin Park3:43
8."New Divide" (8-Bit)Linkin Park2:51
9."Apartment Theme" (Bonus)Linkin Park, Mark Wrong0:49
10."Boss Theme" (Bonus)Linkin Park, Mark Wrong3:11
11."Mall Theme" (Bonus)Linkin Park, Mark Wrong0:53
12."Pre-Boss Theme" (Bonus)Linkin Park, Mark Wrong1:39
13."Blackbirds"Linkin Park2:59
Total length:30:54
Music Video
No.TitleLength
14."Blackbirds" (video)3:14
Total length:33:23
Hi - res list
No.TitleLength
1."One Step Closer"2:35
2."Crawling"3:29
3."In the End"3:38
4."Faint"2:42
5."QWERTY"3:21
6."Hands Held High"3:53
7."No More Sorrow"3:41
8."New Divide"4:28
9."Blackbirds"3:27
Total length:29:14

After beating the game and stopping PixxelKorp, the player unlocks a previously unreleased recorded song, titled "Blackbirds" along with its official music video. It can be listened to in the online video game. [2] This song is also available on the iTunes Deluxe Edition of Linkin Park's fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns (2010).

Personnel

Linkin Park(for the Hi - res list)

Additional Personnel

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References

  1. Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion! trailer
  2. "Linkin Park 8 Bit Rebellion Announcement « Mike Shinoda's Blog". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2014-01-12.