''8-Bit Rebellion!'' is the soundtrack album for the online video game of the same name, consisting of songs recorded by American

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Mike Shinoda Michael Kenji Shinoda (; ja, 篠田賢治, Shinoda Kenji; born February 11, 1977) is an American musician, singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. He co-founded the rock band Linkin Park in 1996 and was the band's collaborative vocali ...

. This is the fourth soundtrack released by the band. The previous soundtrack '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Score'', released on June 12, 2009 in the UK and June 23, 2009 in the United States, was a collaborated film score album with music composer Steve Jablonsky for the 2009 ''

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'' sequel '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''.

Composition

The soundtrack contains the 8-Bit remix/instrumental of some songs by the band recorded for their previous studio albums, such as '' Hybrid Theory'' (2000), '' Meteora'' (2003), and ''

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'' (2007) with exception for the songs "Qwerty" from Linkin Park's sixth LP Underground EP '' LP Underground 6.0'' (2006), "

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" from the second ''Transformers'' original motion picture soundtrack '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ''– ''The Album'' (2009), and many songs recorded separately for the soundtrack which are not actually a song, after the eighth track. The unreleased studio recording of "Blackbirds" was released for the soundtrack separately as a song to be unlocked by playing the game. The soundtrack also includes the original songs from their three previous studio albums, known as the "hi - res" (hi-resolution) for the soundtrack. Mark Wrong is the additional musician from tracks nine to twelve on the soundtrack's original track listing.

Track listing

The game includes 8-Bit and original versions of their major songs: After beating the game and stopping PixxelKorp, the player unlocks a previously unreleased recorded song, titled "Blackbirds" along with its official music video. It can be listened to in the online video game. This song is also available on the iTunes Deluxe Edition of Linkin Park's fourth studio album, ''

A Thousand Suns ''A Thousand Suns'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on September 13, 2010, by Warner Bros. Records. The album was written by the band and was produced by Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick R ...

'' (2010).

Personnel

Linkin Park (for the Hi - res list) * Chester Bennington – lead vocals *

– vocals, rap vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, producer *

Brad Delson Bradford Phillip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the rock band Linkin Park.

– lead guitars * Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitars *

Joe Hahn Joseph Hahn (born March 15, 1977) is an American musician, DJ, director and visual artist best known as the DJ of the American rock band Linkin Park, doing the scratching, turntables, sampling, and programming for all seven of Linkin Park's ...

– turntables, sampling, programming * Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion Additional Personnel * Mark Wrong - instruments

References

External links

* {{Authority control Linkin Park albums 2010 soundtrack albums