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Gunzilla Games Announces Grammy Award Winner Lorne Balfe as Composer for the Off The Grid soundtrack

Lorne Balfe’s Off The Grid original game soundtrack is now available 

Frankfurt, Germany, September 6th, 2024 - Gunzilla Games, the AAA game studio behind the highly anticipated cyberpunk-style battle royale Off The Grid, announces Grammy Award winner Lorne Balfe as Composer of the Off The Grid soundtrack. Lorne’s compositions set the foundation of Off The Grid’s rich audio score, including the game’s main theme “Welcome To The Island”. The original game soundtrack, Off The Grid, is now available to stream. Off The Grid will be released on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S this year. The decorated musician has a celebrated track record in film and video game composition including winning a Grammy for his work on The Dark Knight in 2009. Lorne joins a highly experienced team of industry professionals working on Off The Grid which includes Gunzilla Games’ Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director and producer Neill Blomkamp. 

Speaking on his work on Off The Grid, Lorne Balfe said, Working with Neill is always a great adventure and having him in the gaming industry is a great asset to the gamers. He is visionary and constantly wants to push your musical boundaries. Off The Grid offers an experience you can truly get lost in.”

As Gunzilla Games prepares for the launch of Off The Grid, the original game soundtrack Off the Grid is now available on all music and streaming platforms.

“Lorne’s celebrated career adds to the incredible team working on Off The Grid,” said Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Neill Blomkamp. “As we look to launch the next evolution of multiplayer AAA gameplay, Lorne’s soundtrack will supplement the immersive audio score.”

A highly acclaimed and experienced composer, Lorne has 172 composer credits across movies, TV and games including Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One, Black Widow and The LEGO Batman Movie. In the gaming sphere, Lorne has composed the soundtracks for titles including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed III, Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Beyond: Two Souls, all of which received nominations for Best Original Music from the BAFTA Games Awards.

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About Gunzilla: 
Founded in 2020, Gunzilla Games is the independent AAA video game developer and publisher behind the revolutionary new battle royale game Off The Grid, and its underlying gamer-first ecosystem and blockchain GUNZ; in three metropolitan locations: Frankfurt, Germany (HQ); Kyiv, Ukraine; and London, UK. The company is helmed by CEO Vlad Korolov and CSO Alexander Zoll. Gunzilla is built on the desire to innovate and push the limits of the games industry.   

 Gunzilla’s formidable team of talent comes from a variety of industry-leading studios and publishers (Ubisoft, Electronic Arts (EA), THQ, etc.) as well as Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and producer Neill Blomkamp, Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder.

The Gunzilla Leadership team includes well-known industry professionals like Timur Davidenko, Chief Technology Officer (Far Cry, Warface, and Crysis), David Nicholson, Executive Producer (Halo Wars 2), Dmitriy Markov, Technical Director (Metro Exodus, ARKTIKA.1), Volodymyr Savin, Audio Director (Cut the Rope, Metro Exodus, HBO’s Chernobyl series), Petr Cherkes, Design Director (The Last of Us, Uncharted 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic), Krasimir Nechevski, Animation Director (Adam, Book of the Dead), Nikolas Gekko, Lead Art Director, (Call of Duty: WWII, Halo Infinite, Destiny) and Kiran Pulicheri, Technical Art Director (Control, Far Cry 6).