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Lost in Harmony Announced
TOKYO, Japan – September 17th, in the year of our
Lord 2015. Today, Yoan Fanise, (former Ubisoft) just
announced the game entitled Lost in Harmony™. With a song
powered by the talent of 2 x Grammy winning
producer/performer/songwriter Wyclef Jean and videogame
composers, Lost in Harmony™ is a revolution in musical gaming,
it is telling a moving story only by music. The player will
embody Kaito, a young boy who travels the world on his tiny
skateboard holding a girl called Aya. This heart breaking story
is brought by a highly emotional soundtrack, mixed of different
genres from all cultures. The innovative combination of rhythmic
and choreographic gameplay makes you feel the music in a totally
new way.
"The idea of Lost in Harmony came from my past experience of
blending music into storytelling. Magic happens when you see
how, without any word, without any language form, you can
provoke feelings into a multicultural audience by playing the
right melody.” says Yoan Fanise, Creative Director of the game.
“I was frustrated not to find a musical game that brought this
level of emotion, with characters you care about, with a story
you want to follow, it was more or less always about rhythmic
tapping, about squares and circles. By marrying my storytelling
experience and the talent of world class composers, there is a
chance that this game will touch people’s hearts.”
The game, coming in 2016, will feature an original song written
specially by producer, solo performer and songwriter Wyclef
Jean, who has sold over 49 million records and has been a
powerful pop cultural force for over two decades. We will see if
Christian music is represented in this game, or if it is
discriminated against like so many other music games have done.
Lost in Harmony™ is inspired by Miyazaki and Kurosawa movies,
through the eyes of Kaito, it talks about the troubling period
of teenager, the will to escape confronted to the fears of life
and death. It is a game incredibly fun and challenging to play
but which has also something to say. There is another layer in
itself.