The upcoming arcade-style shooter game, Bodycount will come with a blood pumping fast“Hybrid Soundtrack” aimed at maintaining the intensity in the game while gamers engage in it.

The team at codemasters, which took-over the development from the game from Stuart Black, has hired composer Mick Kiely to create an original soundtrack to match the setting of the game. The tea aims to make sure that the game lives up to its standards.

Kiely has been hired to create an 80's arcade style soundtrack that mixes in a full orchestra and ethnic instrumentation with modern electronica styles. He used a 60 piece orchestra, Asian wind instruments, and African battle rhythms from Ghana tribes.

James Slavin, Lead Audio Designer for Bodycount at Codemasters Guildford said, “It has been an absolute pleasure working with composer Mick Kiely on this project. His inventive melodic ideas mixed with the care and attention to instrumentation and structure has created something unique that lifts the game and adds wonderful colour to the overall soundtrack.”

Kiely is popular for his compositions for television shows, that can be seen on seen on ITV and RTE. He expressed happiness for his participation in the Bodycount project. He described the Codemasters’ vision for the game as inspiring from the very beginning.