‘Assassin’s Creed’ Goes Musical, And It’s Freaking Hilarious!
Briefly: It’s a damn good week to be an Assassin’s Creed fan. Both the long awaited and gorgeous Assassin’s Creed: Unity, as well as the completely-different and definitely intriguing Assassin’s Creed: Rogue will be hitting store shelves this Tuesday, and I know many, many folks who have elected to take the day off of work in order to put as much time as possible into both of these titles. Sadly, I’m not one of those people, but my time will definitely come.
To celebrate the looming release, Machinima has just debuted a fabulous and hilarious short called Assassin’s Creed: The Musical. If you’re not an AC fan, you probably won’t understand much of what’s going on (nor will you likely be reading this post), but I was in stitches for the duration. Especially “Leap of Faith” (you’ll see what I mean when you watch the video below).
Here’s what it’s all about:
Just days before the launch of Assassin’s Creed Unity, the smash hit franchise Assassin’s Creed gets the Off-Broadway treatment as Machinima Prime brings the violent video game into the world of musical theater with the launch of Assassin’s Creed: The Musical. Inspired by an improv’d bit during an episode of Inside Gaming q&a last year, Prime has produced a three-song musical theatre experience for the popular gaming franchise that debuts on Thursday, November 6.
Featuring the characters from past games including Altair, Ezio, Connor, Edward, Aveline, even Desmond Miles in elaborate costumes, the video is directed by Brendan Bradley with original songs by Cormac Bluestone and Joel Rubin. The video stars Machinima Inside Gaming hosts Bruce Greene and Eliot Dewberry along with an accomplished group of musical stars including Matt Caplan (Bway’s Rent, South Pacific Revival, Spiderman Turn Off The Dark, High Fidelity), Jonah Platt (HAIR Hollywood Bowl, a regular at Rockwell Stage including a Bway World Best Actor Nominee for BARE), Ben Palacios(SPANK! National Tour and youtube parody singer), Jaquita Ta’le (from the Hip Hop/R&B/Reggae group Nola Darling).
The first song “The Assassins Creed” is a rousing number with hints of Lion King imagery, followed by a monster anthem/torch song “Leap of Faith,” and concluding with a chorus number that will make everyone familiar with Broadway think of the hit musical Assassins!”
Take a look at the short below (with a warning that it will probably be stuck in your head for some time afterwards), and be sure to let us know what you think! Assassin’s Creed: Unity and Assassin’s Creed: Rogue both release on November 11th. Which are you planning to pick up?
http://youtu.be/KycIuE_Md2c
