Power Glove (band)

Not to be confused with the American video game metal band Powerglove.
Power Glove
Background information
Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres Synthwave, electronic
Website powergloveaudio.com
Members
  • Michael Dudikoff
  • Michael Biehn
(Jarome Harmsworth and Joel Harmsworth)

Power Glove are an Australian electronic music and synthwave duo from Melbourne, Victoria. They provided the soundtrack to the 1980s-influenced retro-futuristic video game, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (April 2013). The soundtrack met with critical acclaim.[1][2]

History

Power Glove were formed in Melbourne as the electronic music, synthwave duo (under pseudonyms) of Michael Biehn and Michael Dudikoff.[3] In reality, the duo consists of brothers Jarome and Joel Harmsworth.

The duo's music gained widespread attention with the track "Hunters" featured in the 2011 Canadian independent film, Hobo with a Shotgun and the track "Vengeance" was used in the 2012 film, The ABCs of Death. Their first extended play, the four-track EP 1 (aka So Bad), was released in January, 2012. Tracks by the group have appeared in various artists' compilation albums.[4][5]

The duo provided the soundtrack to Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (April 2013), which is a 1980s-influenced retro-futuristic video game.[6] Michael Langley of CraveOnline website described that Dean Evans of Ubisoft contacted the group and asked if they would create the soundtrack to the game.[6][7]

Since releasing their second EP, EPII in 2015 the duo has scored the Blood Dragon themed iteration of the Trials video game series, Trials of the Blood Dragon which was released in June, 2016 by Ubisoft.[8]

Discography

EPs

Original soundtracks

References

  1. "GameInformer.com". www.GameInformer.com. 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  2. "Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Original Soundtrack Review". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  3. Triple J Unearthed. "POWER GLOVE". Triple J Unearthed. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  4. "Miami Cannibal Massacre | PLAYMAKER Ent". Playmaker.bandcamp.com. 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  5. "iTunes - Music - Futurecop! Presents We Are the Future by Various Artists". Itunes.apple.com. 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  6. 1 2 Langley, Michael. "FarCry 3 Blood Dragon Scores Original Soundtrack". CraveOnline. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. Aziz, Hamza (4 November 2013). "Good news: There will be a Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon OST". Destructoid. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  8. "Trials of the Blood Dragon (Original Game Soundtrack) by Power Glove on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
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