Paul McCartney composing music for video game

Published : Jan. 27, 2012 - 10:17

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FILE- In this March 8, 2010 file photo, Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell watch the presentation of British fashion designer Stella McCartney's fall-winter 2010-2011 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. Shevell, who married McCartney in October 2011, announced her resignation from the board of New York City?s Metropolitan Transportation Authority at its meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP)

BERLIN, Jan 26, 2012 (AFP) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney is composing music for a video game which he hopes will introduce his work to a whole new generation, he has told a German newspaper published Thursday.

The 69-year-old musician told Die Zeit weekly newspaper that he had found the prospect exciting and that a new video game was currently a better seller than a new CD.

In comments published in German, McCartney, who has two albums due out this year, said many youngsters would probably hear his music for the first time through playing the video game.

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폴 매카트니, 비디오게임 음악 만든다

'비틀스' 전 멤버 폴 매카트니(69)가 비디오 게 임의 배경음악을 작곡 중이라고 AFP통신이 독일 언론을 인용해 27일(현지시간) 보도 했다.

매카트니는 이날 독일 주간지 '디 자이트'와 인터뷰에서 자기 음악이 새 세대에 게도 소개되길 바라는 마음으로 비디오 게임 음악에 참여하게 됐다고 말했다.

또 요즘에는 새 비디오 게임이 CD보다 더 많이 팔려 전망도 밝다고 내다봤다.

매카트니는 아마도 많은 청소년이 비디오 게임을 통해 자신의 음악을 처음으로 듣게 될 거라고 말했다.

Paul McCartney composing music for video game

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