Heavenly Sword

[Lestrade]

The eu.playstation.com forum members have the opportunity to put questions to two members of the amazing production team of Heavenly Sword, Andy Serkis (voice of King Bohan and dramatic director) and Nitin Sawhney (Music producer)

Submit your questions by replying to this thread before Friday 22 June 2007 and your questions may be put to them. Look out for our review of what Andy and Nitin had to say in response to the questions from the official forum members.

In case you haven’t heard of Heavenly Sword, Andy Serkis or Nitin Sawhney here is a little information to wet your appetite…

Heavenly Sword combines emotionally driven drama and stunning visuals with a ground-breaking free-style combat system.

The release of this game will create a fantasy world where the movie style, direction and theatrical score will have the heart pounding as much as the unique fighting and real time Artificial Intelligence.

Andy Serkis
His most memorable and critically acclaimed roles have been Gollum in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy and Kong in the 2005 version of King Kong. In both films he provided the voice and movements for the CGI characters.

Serkis has played over 30 other roles in film and television productions throughout his career. One of his earliest feature film appearances was alongside Sacha Baron Cohen in The Jolly Boys Last Stand.

The PS3 game Heavenly Sword see’s Serkis star as King Bohan, providing the voice and basis for his in-game face. Serkis also acts as the dramatic director on the project.

Nitin Sawhney – Music
Prior to 2007, Sawhney had released seven critically acclaimed and award-winning albums. He has established himself as one of the most sought after producer/composers of his generation and has worked extensively in the areas of film, theatre, contemporary dance and video games

His album Prophesy, released in 2001, went on to win a MOBO Award, an EMMA and the BBC Radio 3 World Music Award. He is currently producing music for Heavenly Sword on PS3.

Now that you have read this see what ingenious questions you can think up for the two before Friday 22 June 2007.

For more on Heavenly Sword check out eu.playstation.com or the official site heavenlysword.eu

[LSDAR3Y]

Cool My Question: EA Games have said that their current games are using around 20% of the PS3's potential. How much potential do you think you have made use of in Heavenly Sword?

[JohnnyCullenBUP]

My question.

Andy: Would you rate the game as one of your most accomplished projects alongside Lord of The Rings or King Kong?

Nitin: With the music in the game, do you look for insperation such as that to the famous Hollywood composer Harry Gregson Williams, who has done scores to the Metal Gear Solid series since MGS2 or that of a composer off the movies or TV such as that of 24's Sean Callery?

Thanks guys

[[p2gamester]]

This evening I will be taking the bets on who is going to post approximately 3 dozen questions. edit: No mentioned prizes...2 dozen questions then.

[[jumpguy]]

Ok, here is my one. Would you think Heavenly Sword is a good introduction to this genre of game?

[[p2gamester]]

Hack 'n' Slash is a new genre?

[BennyBoosh]

Andy: Specifically, what was it that got you jumping in on the video game market and with such a prominent role? Nitin: How do you decide on what type of tempo and style of music to fit with the varying emotions and battles in the game and whether your approach to this is special for Heavenly Sword?

[solidpython]

Andy: How different is it working in the games industry to the film industry?

[[jumpguy]]

Hack 'n' Slash is a new genre?Who said it was new?

[[BorisTheSecond]]

His most memorable and critically acclaimed roles have been Gollum in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy and Kong in the 2005 version of King Kong. In both films he provided the voice and movements for the CGI characters. He provided the voice for Kong?