Tom Salta
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Tom Salta, from Norwalk, Connecticut
, USA, is a recording artist and soundtrack composer. He has composed soundtracks for many popular video game titles, including Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 and 2, Cold Fear
, Red Steel
and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. Salta's score for Red Steel received an award for "Best Original Score" in IGN's Best of 2006 awards.
Salta works in multimedia including film, television, advertising and most notably video games. Salta has garnered widespread acclaim for his distinctive, produced scores featured in popular franchises such as R.U.S.E., PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS Wii, RED STEEL 1&2, TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON ADVANCED WARFIGHTER 1&2 and TOM CLANCY'S H.A.W.X 1&2. Recording under the artist name “Atlas Plug”, tracks from his album 2 Days Or Die grace many television shows on ABC, CBS, MTV, NBC as well as national commercials. His Atlas Plug music can also be heard in the soundtracks to games such as CRACKDOWN, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT and PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 3. Salta's orchestral music for Hollywood movie trailers and promos includes TOY STORY 3, HARRY POTTER, SPIDER-MAN, ASTRO BOY, and CORALINE. Prior to his composing career, Salta toured with and worked on releases by a diverse array of artists such as Peter Gabriel, Junior Vasquez, Everything But The Girl, Deep Forest, Mary J. Blige and Sinead O’Connor.
To fully immerse players in the Prince's new adventure, Salta composed and produced a score that captures the essence and spirit of the original PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME and supports the new story and gameplay of PRINCE OF PERSIA THE FORGOTTEN SANDS with a contemporary world music aesthetic. The score features performances recorded with percussionist Bashiri Johnson, vocals by world music singer Azam Ali and vocals by international recording artist Judith Bérard, as well as world music and middle-eastern instrumentation such as doubek, kora, khangira, bowhammer cymbalom, lakota slide, walimba, ney, duduk and custom-made instruments.
For RED STEEL 2, Ubisoft’s new first-person action title developed exclusively for the Nintendo Wii and designed with full Wii MotionPlus integration, Salta composed a 'Wild West' guitar-driven score blended with Asian music influences. He enlisted the guitar performances of studio musician Steve Ouimette and recorded various instrumentalists for Chinese percussion, Shakuhachi, Fue, Pipa, harmonica and violin. Salta's contemporary and traditional Japanese musical score for the original RED STEEL, Ubisoft’s exclusive first-person action title for the Nintendo Wii, won IGN's Wii Award for Best Original Score.
The anthemic military-themed orchestral scores for TOM CLANCY'S GRAW 1&2 fuse electronic sounds into the score to capture the hi-tech aesthetic of the games for which he was nominated for “Best Video Game Score” at the MTV Video Music Awards. To enhance the exhilarating experience of TOM CLANCY'S H.A.W.X 1&2, the air-combat game series set in the world-renowned Tom Clancy video game universe, Salta composed the adrenalized and emotionally-charged live orchestral / electronic hybrid scores to emphasize the games’ cutting-edge technology, devastating firepower and intense dogfights. Salta’s anthemic orchestral scores for the TOM CLANCY franchise captured the attention of the US Marines and subsequently he was assigned to create the music for the Marine Corps' latest recruitment commercial entitled "America's Few." Most recently Salta composed the live-action trailer for TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON FUTURE SOLDIER and the atmospheric, tension gripping military score for Ubisoft's innovative WWII real-time strategy game R.U.S.E.
moniker, and released his first album, 2 Days or Die
, in February 2005.
Making of Anaconda 2 Cinemax
All Music Branding for KTLA The WB Television Network affiliate
Joan of Arkadia CBS
Open Water Trailer (TV) Lion's Gate
Third Watch NBC
Shrediquette Indie
US Open Commercials ESPN
Volvo S40 World-Wide TV Commercial
Bertolli National Commercial Bertolli
Johnny Zero Warner Brothers
America's Next Top Model UPN
Punk'd MTV
Verticle Zoo 2004 Indie
1-800 Missing Lifetime
The Discovery Channel Wild Discovery Main Theme
Cher Believe - "The Power"
Whitney Houston Whitney: the Greatest Hits - "How Will I Know"
Peter Gabriel While the Earth Sleeps
Kathy Troccoli Love Has a Name
Original Soundtrack - Malcom in the Middle Flak's - "Round Window"
Deborah Gibson Deborah
Various Artists WCW (World Championship Wrestling) "Mayhem - the Music"
Flak Round Window
Christian Davis Angel (Remix)
38th Parallel Turn The Tides
Dru Hill Tell Me
Junior Vasquez I am Thin and Gorgeous
Julio Iglesias Jr. One More Chance
Point of Grace Rarities and Remixes - "Faith Hope and Love"
Original Soundtrack Welcome to Woop Woop
Various Artists Let's Roll: Together in Unity Faith and Love
Sinead O'Connor
Everything But The Girl Missing (Remix)
Sascha If You Believe (Remix)
Meja How Crazy are You (Remix)
Wes Awa Awa
Kristine W. Feel What You Want (Remix)
Emer Kenny Golden Brown (Remix)
Ceredwen The Gates of Annwn (Remix)
Gary Barlow Love Won't Wait (Remix)
QED "Hardly a Day", "So It Is", "Unaware", "Epilogue (Hardly a Day Part 1)"
Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the city is 85,603, making Norwalk sixth in population in Connecticut, and third in Fairfield County...
, USA, is a recording artist and soundtrack composer. He has composed soundtracks for many popular video game titles, including Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 and 2, Cold Fear
Cold Fear
-Reception:The game received mixed or average reviews. Review aggregator Metacritic indicates that the Xbox version of the game received a score of 71 out of 100, a 68 out of 100 for the Playstation 2 version and a 66 out of 100 for the Windows version....
, Red Steel
Red Steel
Red Steel is a first person shooter video game published by Ubisoft for Nintendo's Wii console. It was developed by the Ubisoft Paris studio and was unveiled in the May 2006 issue of Game Informer. It was released on November 19, 2006 in North America, the date of the first Wii launch...
and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. Salta's score for Red Steel received an award for "Best Original Score" in IGN's Best of 2006 awards.
Salta works in multimedia including film, television, advertising and most notably video games. Salta has garnered widespread acclaim for his distinctive, produced scores featured in popular franchises such as R.U.S.E., PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS Wii, RED STEEL 1&2, TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON ADVANCED WARFIGHTER 1&2 and TOM CLANCY'S H.A.W.X 1&2. Recording under the artist name “Atlas Plug”, tracks from his album 2 Days Or Die grace many television shows on ABC, CBS, MTV, NBC as well as national commercials. His Atlas Plug music can also be heard in the soundtracks to games such as CRACKDOWN, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT and PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 3. Salta's orchestral music for Hollywood movie trailers and promos includes TOY STORY 3, HARRY POTTER, SPIDER-MAN, ASTRO BOY, and CORALINE. Prior to his composing career, Salta toured with and worked on releases by a diverse array of artists such as Peter Gabriel, Junior Vasquez, Everything But The Girl, Deep Forest, Mary J. Blige and Sinead O’Connor.
To fully immerse players in the Prince's new adventure, Salta composed and produced a score that captures the essence and spirit of the original PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME and supports the new story and gameplay of PRINCE OF PERSIA THE FORGOTTEN SANDS with a contemporary world music aesthetic. The score features performances recorded with percussionist Bashiri Johnson, vocals by world music singer Azam Ali and vocals by international recording artist Judith Bérard, as well as world music and middle-eastern instrumentation such as doubek, kora, khangira, bowhammer cymbalom, lakota slide, walimba, ney, duduk and custom-made instruments.
For RED STEEL 2, Ubisoft’s new first-person action title developed exclusively for the Nintendo Wii and designed with full Wii MotionPlus integration, Salta composed a 'Wild West' guitar-driven score blended with Asian music influences. He enlisted the guitar performances of studio musician Steve Ouimette and recorded various instrumentalists for Chinese percussion, Shakuhachi, Fue, Pipa, harmonica and violin. Salta's contemporary and traditional Japanese musical score for the original RED STEEL, Ubisoft’s exclusive first-person action title for the Nintendo Wii, won IGN's Wii Award for Best Original Score.
The anthemic military-themed orchestral scores for TOM CLANCY'S GRAW 1&2 fuse electronic sounds into the score to capture the hi-tech aesthetic of the games for which he was nominated for “Best Video Game Score” at the MTV Video Music Awards. To enhance the exhilarating experience of TOM CLANCY'S H.A.W.X 1&2, the air-combat game series set in the world-renowned Tom Clancy video game universe, Salta composed the adrenalized and emotionally-charged live orchestral / electronic hybrid scores to emphasize the games’ cutting-edge technology, devastating firepower and intense dogfights. Salta’s anthemic orchestral scores for the TOM CLANCY franchise captured the attention of the US Marines and subsequently he was assigned to create the music for the Marine Corps' latest recruitment commercial entitled "America's Few." Most recently Salta composed the live-action trailer for TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON FUTURE SOLDIER and the atmospheric, tension gripping military score for Ubisoft's innovative WWII real-time strategy game R.U.S.E.
Atlas Plug
Tom Salta is also the man behind the Atlas PlugAtlas Plug
Tom Salta writes electronic and orchestral music for films, video games and TV shows. Atlas Plug is his solo project. Salta has made the music for video games such as Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Red Steel and H.A.W.X....
moniker, and released his first album, 2 Days or Die
2 Days or Die
2 Days or Die is an album that was released on February 12, 2005 by Atlas Plug. The album was originally released only as a digital release , and later on CD....
, in February 2005.
Video games
| Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, also referred to as Halo: Anniversary, or Halo: CEA, is a first-person shooter video game set in the Halo universe and is an enhanced remake of Halo: Combat Evolved. Microsoft announced the game along with Halo 4 at their Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 press... |
Microsoft Studios |
| R.U.S.E. | Ubisoft |
| Tom Clancy's: HAWX 2 | Ubisoft |
| The Agency | Sony Online Entertainment |
| Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands (Wii, PSP, DS) | Ubisoft |
| Red Steel 2 | Ubisoft |
| Tom Clancy's: HAWX | Ubisoft |
| Tom Clancy's: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher 1 & 2 | Ubisoft/Red Storm |
| Crackdown | Microsoft |
| Red Steel | Ubisoft/Nintendo |
| Full Auto 2: Battlelines | Sega |
| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | Namco |
| Kim Possible | A2M |
| Cold Fear | Ubisoft |
| Project Gotham Racing 3 | Microsoft |
| Still Life | Microids |
| Need for Speed Underground 2 | EA |
| MLB 2006 | Sony |
| Theme to Ghost Recon 2 (co-writer) | UbiSoft |
| Sprung (for Nintendo DS) | UbiSoft |
| Get on Da Mic | Eidos/A2M |
| Rallisport Challenge 2 | Microsoft |
| Street Racing Syndicate | Namco |
| Movie Studio Party | Ubisoft |
TV and film
- Toy Story 3 (Web Trailer) Disney Pixar
- Astro Boy (Film Trailer) Summit Entertainment
- Coraline (Film Trailer) Focus Features
- Traitor (Film Trailer) Overture Films
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Film Trailer) Warner Bros.
- DOA (Film Trailer) Constantin Film
- The DaVinci Code - Featurette: Making of and Promos Sony
- The Last Mimzy (Film Trailer) New Line Cinema
- Arthur and the Invisibles (TV & Movie Trailers) Weinstein Co.
- 2006 Winter Olympics NBC
- Derailed (Movie Trailer) Miramax
- Making of Spiderman 2 HBO
Making of Anaconda 2 Cinemax
All Music Branding for KTLA The WB Television Network affiliate
Joan of Arkadia CBS
Open Water Trailer (TV) Lion's Gate
Third Watch NBC
Shrediquette Indie
US Open Commercials ESPN
Volvo S40 World-Wide TV Commercial
Bertolli National Commercial Bertolli
Johnny Zero Warner Brothers
America's Next Top Model UPN
Punk'd MTV
Verticle Zoo 2004 Indie
1-800 Missing Lifetime
The Discovery Channel Wild Discovery Main Theme
- Latin Access NBC
- Infinity Q45 National TV/Radio Commercial
- GMC National TV/Radio Commercial
- CFDA Awards (Committee of the Fashion Designers of America) CFDA Awards Show Theme - Televised
Records and artists
- Atlas Plug (Solo Album) "2 Days or Die"
Cher Believe - "The Power"
Whitney Houston Whitney: the Greatest Hits - "How Will I Know"
Peter Gabriel While the Earth Sleeps
Kathy Troccoli Love Has a Name
Original Soundtrack - Malcom in the Middle Flak's - "Round Window"
Deborah Gibson Deborah
- Moonchild
- Primer 55 Introduction to Mayhem
- Tommy Page Ten Till Midnight
- QED Mobius
- Philippe Saisse Halfway Till Dawn
Various Artists WCW (World Championship Wrestling) "Mayhem - the Music"
Flak Round Window
Christian Davis Angel (Remix)
38th Parallel Turn The Tides
Dru Hill Tell Me
Junior Vasquez I am Thin and Gorgeous
Julio Iglesias Jr. One More Chance
Point of Grace Rarities and Remixes - "Faith Hope and Love"
Original Soundtrack Welcome to Woop Woop
Various Artists Let's Roll: Together in Unity Faith and Love
Sinead O'Connor
Everything But The Girl Missing (Remix)
Sascha If You Believe (Remix)
Meja How Crazy are You (Remix)
Wes Awa Awa
Kristine W. Feel What You Want (Remix)
Emer Kenny Golden Brown (Remix)
Ceredwen The Gates of Annwn (Remix)
Gary Barlow Love Won't Wait (Remix)
QED "Hardly a Day", "So It Is", "Unaware", "Epilogue (Hardly a Day Part 1)"
- David Charvet Leap of Faith - "It's Alright"
- Arthur Baker Breakin'
- 38th Parallel Turn The Tides - "Clouded", "Who am I", "You are My God", "Wither"
- Various Artists Let's Roll: Together in Unity, Faith and Love - "I Believe"
Television
- 2006 Winter Olympics2006 Winter OlympicsThe 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
- Joan of ArcadiaJoan of ArcadiaJoan of Arcadia is an American television fantasy/family drama telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi , who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given. The series originally aired on Fridays, 8-9 p.m...
- Third WatchThird WatchThird Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
- Punk'dPunk'dPunk'd is an American hidden camera/practical joke reality television series that first aired on MTV in 2003 and was created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher. It bore a resemblance to both the classic hidden camera show Candid Camera and to TV's Bloopers...
- Latin Access
- 1-800-Missing1-800-MissingMissing is a Canadian-American crime drama television series based on the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU book series by Meg Cabot...
(Known as Missing in season 2)