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You're listening to "The Oh of Pleasure"(by Ray
Lynch & Tom Canning) from Grand Theft Auto IV music, from
Ray Lynch's Platinum album, .
| SOUND FAMILIAR? It should -- if you're a Grand
Theft Auto IV player! The king of all videogames for
some time now, Grand Theft Auto (GTA) has become equally
notable for its absolutely primo in-game soundtrack,
and in-game radio stations. And The Oh of Pleasure
is featured on GTA's radio station, "The
Journey", along with more "ambient/chillout
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 If
you'd like your own copy of The Oh of Pleasure,
you can download it now from ITunes
or Amazon.com.
BETTER STILL: Get and chill out to an entire
album's worth of that same Ray Lynch ambience ...
including (you gotta hear this one!) .
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AND HOW'S THIS FOR COOL: Grand Theft Auto
IV players are able to download songs featured on
radio stations within the game by getting their character
to send a text message, tagging songs heard in the
game for later purchase in real life.
If you hear a song you like -- like The Oh of
Pleasure -- as you're tooling around GTA's streets,
you can "mark" it by calling
ZIT-555-0100 on your cell phone,
and soon receive a text message with the song and
artist names. If you also happen to be a member of
the Rockstar Games Social Club, Rockstar's community
site for GTA IV and all future titles, you'll receive
an email with a link to download the song from Amazon
for less than a buck. The songs are DRM-free, so you
can play them on whatever you like.
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Some AMAZING FACTS about Grand Theft Auto
IV:
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On May 13, 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV broke
the Guinness World Records for "Highest grossing video
game in 24 hours" and "Highest Revenue Generated by an
Entertainment Product in 24 Hours". It sold 3.6 million
copies on day one, which equaled roughly $310 million
in revenue.
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For first day sales it also broke the
record of "Fastest-selling video game in 24 hours", previously
held by Halo 3 at $170 million.
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The game received overwhelmingly positive
reviews, becoming the highest rated video game of all-time
on review aggregator site, Game
Rankings. It is also the highest rated game of all
time on the review aggregator site, Game
Ratio.
 "Grand
Theft Auto IV” marks a huge leap forward for videogames
as an immersive experience while making little more
than a few tweaks to the ultra-successful franchise's
formula. The technological prowess and artistic detail
are so phenomenal and the sheer amount of content
is so staggeringly deep that players will find themselves
drawn into Liberty City like no other fictional place.
Variety
Magazine
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What astute listeners and hip game players
ACROSS THE WEB are saying about the music of Ray
Lynch in Grand Theft Auto IV:
- Wow, The Oh of Pleasure is on the new Grand Theft
Auto 4 game soundtrack. I never thought that would happen.
Love your music.
Ian, MySpace
- Congratulations getting one of your songs in Grand Theft
Auto IV music! I'd only heard "The Oh of Pleasure" at
Disney World, which is also the first place I heard . So I was really happy to suddenly
hear a familiar sound while cruising down the virtual
road in a stolen car, running people over and starting
police chases! This game is breaking all-time video game
sales records, so you're going to be opened up to a whole
new audience now.
Alex G., Georgia
- A fan wrote us saying he heard the song in GTA IV and
thought it was very cool. We wrote back and asked him
if the music was well placed, and here's what he wrote:
"Yes, the game is very popular. It has already broken
a few Guinness World Records in its first few weeks. To
answer your question, I do think the music is used well.
I was just startled to hear it in this particular game,
since it's so controversial. The context in which it's
used is very cool. One of the things you can do in the
game is carjack cars. The people you steal the cars from
are typically listening to one of the games many radio
stations. One of the stations plays music with Ray's style.
You can also change the radio station. The first time
I heard "The Oh of Pleasure" was night time in
the game. I had carjacked a car that was the equivalent
of a Mercedes. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard
the driver had been listening to Ray Lynch! I did not
change the station. My mission in the game required me
to drive far across town so I got to hear practically
the whole song. It was very surreal hearing the music
with the streetlights whizzing by and seeing the whole
city lit up. I've heard it a few more times since".
- Wow... it's actually... amazing. A song I can think
of so many possible movie scenes to go with.
seRIOusly_kool, Game
Spot Forums
- In the mix are tracks from Aphex Twin's SAWII, Jean
Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, and Ray Lynch. I think
this game might have the best soundtrack ever!
jedi4q2 , Reload
Discussion Forums
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