The Hitman: Blood Money Original Soundtrack, composed by Jesper Kyd, was released on May 20, 2006 by Sumthing Else and Eidos. The score was performed jointly with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and the Hungarian Radio Choir. It features Kyd's trademark ambience and dark, foreboding arrangements with the choral parts in deep brooding Latin.
In the composer's own words:
"It seemed like a natural choice to mix things up for the Blood Money score. After the electronic-driven score for Hitman: Codename 47, the orchestral Hitman 2: Silent Assassin score was a new direction for the sound of Hitman, although there are still a few purely electronic tracks in Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. For the third title, Hitman: Contracts, we wanted to go back to the games's roots and create an updated and more modern electronic score. So the Hitman series has a strong background in electronic music."The score was nominated for the "Best Video Game Score" award in the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, but lost out to Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. However, it did receive the "Xbox Game of the Year - Best Original Score" award from IGN.
| Track listing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |
| 1. | "Apocalypse" | 4:33 | |
| 2. | "Secret Invasion" | 5:06 | |
| 3. | "Before the Storm" | 2:40 | |
| 4. | "47 Attacks" | 2:12 | |
| 5. | "Hunter" | 6:21 | |
| 6. | "Action in Paris" | 3:10 | |
| 7. | "Amb Zone" | 3:56 | |
| 8. | "Night Time In New Orleans" | 3:17 | |
| 9. | "Vegas" | 6:28 | |
| 10. | "Club Heaven" | 5:52 | |
| 11. | "Invasion on the Mississippi River" | 4:15 | |
| 12. | "Rocky Mountains" | 2:41 | |
| 13. | "Day Light in New Orleans" | 4:43 | |
| 14. | "Trouble in Vegas" | 3:35 | |
| 15. | "Funeral" | 2:47 | |
| 16. | "Main Title" | 3:05 |
Additional music includes a rendition of Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria" (which has become the series' unofficial theme music) over the main menu, a rendition of "Tomorrow Never Dies" by Swan Lee over the end credits, the song "White Noise" by The Vacation in a club in the New Orleans level, as well as "Slasher" by Institute For The Criminally Insane in the 'Hell' nightclub.
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