{"id":160437,"date":"2025-08-20T06:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160437\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T06:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:48:31","slug":"phoenix-boys-choir-featured-in-video-game-soundtrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160437\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Boys Choir featured in video game soundtrack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/boyschoir.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/boyschoir.org\/\">Phoenix Boys Choir<\/a> are living every gamer\u2019s dream, being in the game. \u201cIt\u2019s surreal, it\u2019s amazing,\u201d said one boy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">For the past two years, the Phoenix Boys Choir worked on the soundtrack for the game \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/swordoftheseagame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/swordoftheseagame.com\/\">Sword of the Sea<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">With the game now released, Arizona\u2019s Family met up with the boys as they played it for the first time and heard all of their hard work. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s real cool. You\u2019re playing the game but you get to hear your voice in it. You get this sense of pride playing it,\u201d said one member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Herbert Washington, the artistic director for the choir, said a couple of years ago, a composer with ties to the <a href=\"https:\/\/giantsquidstudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/giantsquidstudios.com\/\">gaming company Giant Squid<\/a> reached out to them about doing this project. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">\u201cThe boys just went to town on this incredible opportunity,\u201d said Washington. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">About 40 boys, between 10 and 14 years old, were involved. \u201cThe soundtrack is unbelievable and yes, the boys are heard throughout the whole soundtrack,\u201d said Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Performing this music was not as easy as it may seem; sometimes they were given the music the day of recording. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">\u201cWe have been teaching the boys since 7 (years old) about how to take a piece of music and learn how to read it on your own without having assistance from a piano,\u201d said Washington. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">After hearing their singing in-game, this was an experience these boys won\u2019t soon forget. \u201cHearing yourself in a game that you\u2019re playing just makes you feel so proud,\u201d said one boy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The choir did get paid for this job. Sword of the Sea is out now for both PC and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-us\/games\/sword-of-the-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-us\/games\/sword-of-the-sea\/\">PlayStation 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. 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