Music
Jade Raymond, producer of Assassin's Creed said "For Assassin's Creed we wanted the score to capture the gruesome atmosphere of medieval warfare but also be edgy and contemporary." The musical score was composed by Jesper Kyd in 2007. Six tracks were made available online to those who have purchased the game; a password was given to people to insert at the soundtrack section of the Ubisoft website. Several tracks are also available to listen to on Kyd's MySpace and his official website. The released tracks as a whole have the archaic Latin chorus and dark orchestral music, while the track "Meditation Begins" features a kind of Saltarello with a very ominous, dark, ambient overtone with men whispering in Latin. The atmosphere in these tracks is what Jesper Kyd is known for and is effective in situ. The soundtrack is available from various online music stores.
| Assassin's Creed Soundtrack | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |
| 1. | "City of Jerusalem" | 3:11 | |
| 2. | "Flight Through Jerusalem" | 3:39 | |
| 3. | "Spirit of Damascus" | 1:31 | |
| 4. | "Trouble in Jerusalem" | 4:04 | |
| 5. | "Acre Underworld" | 3:24 | |
| 6. | "Access the Animus" | 9:34 | |
| 7. | "Dunes of Death" | 1:46 | |
| 8. | "Masyaf in Danger" | 3:43 | |
| 9. | "Meditation Begins" | 2:47 | |
| 10. | "Meditation of the Assassins" | 3:43 | |
| 11. | "The Bureau" | 3:12 |
While the song "The Chosen (Assassin's Creed)" by Intwine featuring Brainpower was made contributing to the game, it was not featured in the game nor its soundtrack. Other songs that were used in previews and trailers such as "Teardrop" by Massive Attack and "Lonely Soul" by UNKLE also aren't present on the soundtrack.
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