Season 2 of Netflix’s critically acclaimed animated series arcane It will be accompanied by a soundtrack released by Virgin Music, a division of Universal Music Group.
Riot Games – Manufacturer League of Legendsa popular multiplayer online game arcane On Thursday (August 22), the two companies announced that the company has partnered with Virgin to release the second season soundtrack this fall. The show’s second season is scheduled to be released on Netflix in November.
Virgin will distribute the album worldwide except in China, where it will be distributed by Riot Games’ parent company. Tencent.
The soundtrack for the show’s first season was a huge commercial success. theme song, imagine a dragon‘ enemyreaching first place advertising billboardof Popular music player Ranked No. 2 on the U.S. charts rock music chart.
Published by UMG endoscope and Children’s Corner, enemy Remained on the Billboard charts for 54 consecutive weeks alternative play and ranked in the top ten on dozens of other charts around the world. has accumulated more than 3 billion Flow globally.
The complete soundtrack is published by Virgin and Riot Games and has accumulated over 5.6 billion Has been streaming since its release in November 2021. American original album chart, currently there are 12.3 million monthly listeners Spotify Alone.
The show itself was a commercial and critical success. The series was Netflix’s most-streamed show globally in the three weeks following the release of new episodes in late 2021, and ranked among the top 10 most-watched shows on Netflix in 87 countries.
The show received five nominations Emmy Awardswinning four of them, including best animated show – Make arcane The first video game adaptation to win in this category.
“Each song is a true collaboration between the show’s creators, our in-house music team and some of the world’s greatest artists – many of whom play and love our games League of Legends intellectual property”.
Maria Egan, Riot Games
“At Riot, we believe the world can build on the power of music, and through arcane This vision is fully realized through the show’s completely original score. Maria Eganglobal head of music at Riot.
“Each song is a true collaboration between the show’s creators, our in-house music team and some of the world’s greatest artists – many of whom play and love our games League of Legends Intellectual property,” she added.
“After the record-breaking success of Season 1’s music, we were even more ambitious for Season 2’s OST and needed a global team to support us. Jacqueline Saturn and Virgin Music Everyone at Virgin Music Group is the best in class and we are delighted to be collaborating on this groundbreaking project.
Jacqueline SaturnVirgin Music Group’s president of North America and executive vice president of global artist relations said Riot Games “are experts in creating hugely impactful moments with fan bases around the world – first in gaming and now in entertainment and music.
“Virgin Music Group, with local experts in over 30 countries around the world, is ideally suited to work with Maria and the Riot Music team to excite fans around the world for this exciting acoustic album.”
Music has been an integral part of people’s lives for a long time League of Legends IP and Riot Games have been leaders in creating virtual music performances.
“Riot Games are experts at creating hugely impactful moments among global fan bases – first in gaming and now in entertainment and music.”
Jacqueline Saturn, Virgin Music Group
League of Legendsone of the most famous multiplayer online games since 2009, and incorporates musical performances into its events, including K-pop stars new jeans 2023 World Championships.
Riot has partnerships with the music industry outside of Virgin Music Group, including a partnership set to launch in 2023, bone cementRiot also has a global publishing management deal with the company.
In 2020, Riot signed a streaming media service agreement with Spotify and became Spotify’s official audio streaming partner League of Legends E-sports events.global music business
