Tom Salta
| Tom Salta | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Born | Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Genres | Film, television, advertising and most notably video games |
| Occupation(s) | Recording artist and soundtrack composer |
| Website | tomsalta |
Tom Salta is an American recording artist and soundtrack composer. He has composed soundtracks for many popular video game titles, including Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 & 2, Cold Fear, Red Steel and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. Salta's score for Red Steel received an award for "Best Original Score" in IGN's Best of 2006 awards. Salta works in multimedia including film, television, advertising and most notably video games.
Tom Salta is also the man behind the Atlas Plug moniker, and released his first album, 2 Days or Die, in February 2005.
To fully immerse players in the Prince's new adventure, Salta composed and produced a score that captures the essence and spirit of the original Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and supports the new story and gameplay of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands with a contemporary world music aesthetic. The score features performances recorded with percussionist Bashiri Johnson, vocals by world music singer Azam Ali and vocals by international recording artist Judith Bérard, as well as world music and middle-eastern instrumentation such as doubek, kora, khangira, bowhammer cymbalom, lakota slide, walimba, ney, duduk and custom-made instruments.
For Red Steel 2, Ubisoft’s new first-person action title developed exclusively for the Nintendo Wii and designed with full Wii MotionPlus integration, Salta composed a 'Wild West' guitar-driven score blended with Asian music influences. He enlisted the guitar performances of studio musician Steve Ouimette and recorded various instrumentalists for Chinese percussion, shakuhachi, fue, pipa, harmonica and violin. Salta's contemporary and traditional Japanese musical score for the original Red Steel, Ubisoft’s exclusive first-person action title for the Nintendo Wii, won IGN's Wii Award for Best Original Score.
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