''Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head: Volume 02'' is the second production-based (fourth overall)

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by the American electronic rock artist,

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. It is the second album in the '' Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head'' series.

Production

''Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 02'' is a production based album intended for film, TV, and video game licensing. It was released in Chapters, similarly to ''

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'', but in just three Chapters. The first two Chapters were released as Limited Edition CDs as well and not just as digital downloads. The album has been work in progress since 2009. The full album was released on July 24, 2012.

Release

Chapter 01

A four-minute excerpt of the track "Adrift on Celestial Seas" was released on

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on March 1, 2010 as part of Klayton's "Fixtape" mix. The four-minute excerpt of "Adrift on Celestial Seas" is the last track on the fixtape. No other track list for the album had been mentioned (except for one other song: "The Wings of Icarus") until June 4, 2010, when he mentioned the rest of the track listing: "Pulsar" and "The Sentinel". On June 10, 2010, Klayton released the first Chapter of the album, containing 4 songs.

Chapter 02

Initially, two songs had been mentioned to be on Chapter 02, namely "Senorita Bonita" of which a demo version was released with the

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and "Earth Scraper". The tracks "Earth Scraper", "Empyrean" and "Heart-Break" were later revealed on Position Music's website and they were released on the Groupees website on October 26, 2011, in a

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charity event. Chapter 02 was officially released on February 14, 2012. Those who took part in the Celldweller Hot Topic T-shirt contest received an exclusive free download code before the official release date. On March 2, 2012, an additional ''SVH Vol. 2'' song, "Elara" was released as a single.

Chapter 03

On May 29, 2012, Klayton stated that he had wrapped up "the 4th new '' oundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 02' track" in addition to those released on the first two Chapters. He has also stated that he plans to make 3 or 4 more tracks for the final CD which implies that Chapter 03 is the final Chapter. On June 29, 2012, Klayton announced that the full album can be expected around "August/Sept" and "it's 18 tracks deep, over 65 minutes." On July 13, 2012, Klayton released a new song, "First Person Shooter" from the upcoming ''SVH Vol. 02'' album as a single. The release date of the full album was also announced. On July 19, 2012, the cover art of the full ''SVH Vol. 02'' album was revealed. The album was released on July 24, 2012, but for digital download only as the CDs did not ship until August 21.

Track listing

Personnel

Celldweller

Klayton Klayton Albert (born Scott David Albert; June 17, 1969) is an American multi-instrumentalist from New York City who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Klayton has led several bands and has performed under a variety of stage names sin ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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, bass,

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songwriting A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

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, mixing,

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, mastering, programming

Additional personnel

* James Dooley - orchestration on "The Wings of Icarus" * Tyler Bacon - licensing

Artwork and packaging

* Nicolas Thureau - artwork and layout for Chapter 01 *

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- artwork for Chapter 02 *

Josh Viola Joshua "Josh" Viola is a science fiction/fantasy/ horror writer best known for Denver Moon, The Bane of Yoto and his publishing company Hex Publishers. He is a 2021 Splatterpunk Award nominee (Psi-Wars: Classified Cases of Psychic Phenomena) a ...

The Bane of Yoto ''The Bane of Yoto'' is a thirteen-time award-winning science-fantasy novel by Josh Viola (creator) and Nicholas Karpuk, first published in June 2012 by music label FiXT Music owned by electronic rocker Klayton of Celldweller. Logline: When a ...

and Aaron Lovett - artwork for "First Person Shooter" single * Erica Schaub - artwork design and layout design * Craig Shields - digital photo manipulation * Miranda - Elara model * Karen - Elara wardrobe * Christina Travis, Jillian Johns - hair/makeup * Chuck Wheeler - album photos

Licensing

* "The Wings of Icarus" was used in the ''

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'' movie trailer in the '' Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'' "The Secret Life" trailer and in '' America's Next Top Model Cycle 16'' Episode ''

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'' at the ''

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'' fashion show. * "Earth Scraper" was used in the '' Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' "Combat Trailer", in the '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' trailer and in the '' Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'' "The Secret Life" trailer. * "ShutEmDown" was used in the '' Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'' movie trailer in a '' John Carter'' TV spot and in the trailer of '' Now You See Me''. * "Pulsar" was used in the video game '' Asphalt 8: Airborne'' as one of the menu songs.

References

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