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The soundtrack from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 21-minute featurette Olaf’s Frozen Adventure will be released by Walt Disney Records on 3 November, 2017, ahead of the featurette.

Olaf’s Frozen Adventure opens in front of Disney-Pixar’s original feature Coco in US theatres on 22 November 2017.

Disney’s featurette introduces four all-new original songs written by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson (Between the Lines), and a score by Christophe Beck, who was behind the score for 2013’s Oscar-winning feature Frozen.

The featurette welcomes back to the big screen the celebrated cast and characters from Frozen, including Josh Gad as unforgettable snowman Olaf, Idina Menzel as Elsa, Kristen Bell as Anna, and Jonathan Groff as Kristoff.

Emmy-winning filmmakers Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters said that the music helped shape the story in unexpected ways. “Music has always been a hallmark of Disney Animation, especially the world of Frozen,” said Deters. “So we’re thrilled to include four new songs to help tell our story.”

“Kate and Elyssa have such a sense of fun and enthusiasm,” added Wermers-Skelton. “The songs really capture the spirit of Olaf and his holiday endeavour.”

The featurette/soundtrack’s original songs include Ring in the Season, The Battle of Flemmingrad, That Time of Year and When We’re Together. The soundtrack also includes Olaf’s Frozen Adventure score suite by Beck, the traditional version of The Ballad of Flemmingrad, plus bonus tracks with instrumental/karaoke versions of each new song.

Olaf’s Frozen Adventure soundtrack list:

1. Ring in the Season – performed by Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel and Josh Gad
2. The Ballad of Flemmingrad – performed by Jonathan Groff
3. Ring in the Season (Reprise) – performed by Idina Menzel
4. That Time of Year – performed by Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell and cast
5. That Time of Year (Reprise) – performed by Josh Gad
6. When We’re Together – performed by Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Jonathan Groff
7. Olaf’s Frozen Adventure score suite – composed by Christophe Beck and Jeff Morrow
8. The Ballad of Flemmingrad (traditional version) – performed by Jonathan Groff
9. Ring in the Season – [Instrumental Karaoke Mix]
10. That Time of Year – [Instrumental Karaoke Mix]
11. When We’re Together – [Instrumental Karaoke Mix]

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The second annual B.C.-India Partnership Summit brought over 150 government and private sector stakeholders together to discuss collaborative opportunities in digital media and entertainment.

Hosted by the Canada-India Business Council, in collaboration with Creative BC, the Asia Pacific Foundation, and the B.C. Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology, the event was a resounding success and resulted in stronger professional relationships between India and British Columbia.

Among the attendees were the consul general of India in Vancouver, the Canada-India business council president, as well as many B.C. companies, educational institutions, business associations, visiting Indian delegates, and South Asian community members.

This year the summit focused on the province’s creative industries sector. The bulk of B.C. exports to India traditionally stems from the natural resource sectors, however as B.C.’s fifth-largest trade partner, India has recently expanded interests to include film, television, and other digital media trade opportunities.

One of the most exciting developments to come from the spirit of collaboration between B.C. and India is the establishment of a Vancouver headquarters for Mumbai-based Zee Studios, the first Indian broadcaster to set roots in Vancouver. The production company will employ a local team to oversee their creation of global content for television. A complimentary program by Vancouver Film School (VFS) will continue to grow the skilled workforce in the field; VFS announced they will be setting up an institute with a six month feeder program in Mumbai, Maharashtra after which the students will continue on to the production programs at Vancouver campus. VFS is also planning to launch programs in India that will lead students to be absorbed in the industry in India (VFX, gaming, animation and sound design). Trade and Invest BC is a sponsor of the Summit and has recruited several business delegates from India to attend.

The inaugural summit in 2016 addressed infrastructure and clean technology needs to support India’s Smart Cities mission. Significant relationships were established at the event and continue to grow. Companies in British Columbia are gaining traction in India, as BC clean technologies are now being considered alongside Indian and other foreign solutions for projects addressing water and waste management and power consumption in India. The academic realm is also involved, with universities and colleges looking at innovative ways to share technical skills with the youth of India.

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With the surging popularity of celebrity games in India, more studios are looking to encash on this phenomenon.

The concept of celebrity games, much like movie-based games revolves around the notion that the game would already gain quite the visibility given the name of the celebrity already present. While movie-based games generate a lot of buzz around the movie’s release, celebrity games can have more consistent user-base in the long run.

JetSynthesys, a digital entertainment and gaming company based out of Pune and having joined the celebrity-game bandwagon recently, already has two titles to its name.

The first game they launched was ‘Being Salman’ in association with Bollywood actor, Salman Khan, last year. It has been launched under the banner of PlayIzzOn, the game publishing arm of the company.  Since then, they have been working on their next game. Titled ‘Sachin Saga’ the game is in collaboration with the legendary cricketer himself.

Recently it organised a media invite for a tech-showcase session of the  celebrity game ‘Sachin Saga Cricket Champions’ featuring the master blaster – Sachin Tendulkar.

The session delved into the details on the technology behind the game that promises a console quality experience on a mobile device. The event took place recently at The Garage, Lower Parel, Mumbai.

Motion capture technology has been used to used to capture Sachin’s shots with the help of the legendary cricketer himself. The other characters in the game have not been captured with this technology. The makers of the game explained that the game portrays the entire journey of Sachin starting from the age of 16 till the last match of his international career. Also, a lot of effort has been apparently made to highlight the historical facts attached to the game like the name of the country, pitch condition, year, historical data et cetera.

The company released a prelude to the game at the beginning of this year, which was a 2:2:2 (two player, two over, two minute) batting game, where players across the globe could compete in real time.

Currently, the game proposes a single-player experience only, however multiplayer options are expected to be launched soon.

Here’s the official description of the game from the company:

“Get ready to play as the legendary master blaster himself in all his glory! Hit shots the way he did, in iconic matches that he led to victory and in authentic stadiums with real world conditions. We put you in Sachin’s shoes to live and experience the cricketing adventure of god himself.

Choose from over a 100 cricketers and build your dream team. Compete on the leaderboard in timed events and chase the dream to become the ultimate cricket champion and meet Sachin himself.”

The game reportedly sports motion captured iconic shots from Sachin Tendulkar himself to add to the feel of the gameplay. Apart from this, the game also will be hosting multiple ‘Time Limited Events’ every month where a player, with his aggregated team can compete with others and climb up the leaderboard.

Winning leaderboard events also has a premise to help you win goodies signed by the Master Blaster himself.

Some of the big names from the company like JetSynthesys vice president products and marketing Roopak Nair were present at the event. With the pre-registrations for the game already underway, the game is expected to be launched on 16 November, 2017 with all its active content.

The game can be played by swiping it to left or right and accordingly the batting action is performed. At the conclusion of the event, their team welcomed everyone to play the game for themselves.

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