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''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' is one of the few first-party Nintendo games to feature full voice acting. According to Troy Lund, the actor that portrayed Pit in the E3 2010 trailer, the game was initially planned to be dubbed by local Seattle-based talent like most Nintendo games, however, the production was far larger than anticipated and Nintendo of America decided to move it to Los Angeles<ref>http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/members/Troy-Lund/comments/</ref>. Voice over recording was ultimately done by Hollywood's [[wikipedia:Soundelux Design Music Group|Soundelux DMG]]<ref>Kid Icarus: Uprising Credits</ref>, and later known as Formosa Interactive<ref>http://www.formosainteractive.com/credits-video-games/</ref>. The voice cast was directed by [[wikipedia:Ginny McSwain|Ginny McSwain]]<ref>[http://www.ginnymcswain.com/resumeenlargemen.html Ginny McSwain: Online Resume]</ref>, a veteran voice director and Emmy Award winner. | ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' is one of the few first-party Nintendo games to feature full voice acting. According to Troy Lund, the actor that portrayed Pit in the E3 2010 trailer, the game was initially planned to be dubbed by local Seattle-based talent like most Nintendo games, however, the production was far larger than anticipated and Nintendo of America decided to move it to Los Angeles<ref>[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/members/Troy-Lund/comments/ Behind the Voice Actors: Troy Lund - Comments]</ref>. Voice over recording was ultimately done by Hollywood's [[wikipedia:Soundelux Design Music Group|Soundelux DMG]]<ref>Kid Icarus: Uprising Credits</ref>, and later known as Formosa Interactive<ref>[http://www.formosainteractive.com/credits-video-games/ Formosa Interactive: Credits - Video Games]</ref>. The voice cast was directed by [[wikipedia:Ginny McSwain|Ginny McSwain]]<ref>[http://www.ginnymcswain.com/resumeenlargemen.html Ginny McSwain: Online Resume]</ref>, a veteran voice director and Emmy Award winner. | ||
The original soundtrack was composed by well-known Japanese musicians such as [[wikipedia:Yasunori Mitsuda|Yasunori Mitsuda]], [[wikipedia:Motoi Sakuraba|Motoi Sakuraba]], [[wikipedia:Yuzo Koshiro|Yuzo Koshiro]], [[wikipedia:Masafumi Takada|Masafumi Takada]], [[wikipedia:Noriyuki Iwadare|Noriyuki Iwadare]], and [[wikipedia:Takahiro Nishi|Takahiro Nishi]], along with [[wikipedia:Hirokazu Tanaka|Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka]] who composed the original NES game's music and jingles.<ref>[http://www.wayorecords.net/kidicarus/en/ Wayô Records: Kid Icarus: Uprising Official Soundtrack]</ref> Most of the music in this game is performed by a live orchestra or real instruments, with few tracks using MIDI. A selection of the game's music was released on the Japanese Club Nintendo<ref>[http://club.nintendo.jp/present/itempop_p138.html Club Nintendo Japan: Kid Icarus: Uprising Music Selection] (Japanese)</ref>, and eventually a full official three-disc soundtrack was released in Japan by Sleigh Bells.<ref>[http://www.procyon-studio.com/sleighbells/index.html#partena SLEIGH BELLS: Kid Icarus: Uprising Official Soundtrack] (Japanese)</ref> | The original soundtrack was composed by well-known Japanese musicians such as [[wikipedia:Yasunori Mitsuda|Yasunori Mitsuda]], [[wikipedia:Motoi Sakuraba|Motoi Sakuraba]], [[wikipedia:Yuzo Koshiro|Yuzo Koshiro]], [[wikipedia:Masafumi Takada|Masafumi Takada]], [[wikipedia:Noriyuki Iwadare|Noriyuki Iwadare]], and [[wikipedia:Takahiro Nishi|Takahiro Nishi]], along with [[wikipedia:Hirokazu Tanaka|Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka]] who composed the original NES game's music and jingles.<ref>[http://www.wayorecords.net/kidicarus/en/ Wayô Records: Kid Icarus: Uprising Official Soundtrack]</ref> Most of the music in this game is performed by a live orchestra or real instruments, with few tracks using MIDI. A selection of the game's music was released on the Japanese Club Nintendo<ref>[http://club.nintendo.jp/present/itempop_p138.html Club Nintendo Japan: Kid Icarus: Uprising Music Selection] (Japanese)</ref>, and eventually a full official three-disc soundtrack was released in Japan by Sleigh Bells.<ref>[http://www.procyon-studio.com/sleighbells/index.html#partena SLEIGH BELLS: Kid Icarus: Uprising Official Soundtrack] (Japanese)</ref> | ||
