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Gary Schyman Scores Destroy All Humans

(Press Release - PS2, Xbox)

Los Angeles, CA – June 6^th, 2005 – Composer Garry Schyman (www.garryschyman.com), whose experience outside of videogames includes feature films, television movies, and series television, has created the original orchestral score for the upcoming videogame Destroy All Humans!, developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ. The musical score is written in the style of 1950’s sci-fi movies such as the classic The Day The Earth Stood Still, using a Theremin as the lead instrument. Schyman recorded his 60-minute cinematic score in Los Angeles with some of Hollywood ’s top orchestral musicians.

Destroy All Humans! turns players’ conventional expectations of playing the human defending against an alien invasion to now allow them to play the alien hell bent on infiltrating and taking over all of humanity. Packed with non-stop action, advanced alien weaponry and abilities, and humorous science-fiction mythology, Destroy All Humans! uncovers an open ended world where the player can unleash massive destruction from a UFO or land at any point to walk among humans as the 3rd person alien.

Commenting on his music for the game Garry Schyman said, “I never played the humor of the game directly. Instead I wrote the score as if this was 1953 and I was a working composer of that era. With that in mind I played it dead serious, which led to an overly dramatic score and the humor that comes from that approach.”

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Greg Borrud, Director of Production, Pandemic Studios, attested, “Garry not only nailed the style for Destroy All Humans!, he helped shape the game with his brilliant score. The soundtrack takes the game to a whole new level.”

Destroy All Humans! is scheduled to release for Xbox™ and PlayStation® 2 on June 21, 2005.

About Pandemic Studios:
Pandemic Studios, LLC is a premier developer of entertainment for

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PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and the PC. Over the last seven years, industry veterans Josh Resnick and Andrew Goldman have built the company into one of the largest independent developers in the world, with studios in Los Angeles , California and in Brisbane , Australia . Pandemic games have won numerous awards and have sold millions of copies worldwide. More information about Pandemic is available at www.pandemicstudios.com.

About THQ:
THQ Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company develops its products for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles County , California , THQ sells product through its global network of offices located in the United States , United Kingdom , France , Germany , Spain , Korea and Australia . More information about THQ and its products may be found at www.thq.com and www.thqwireless.com. THQ, THQ Wireless, Relic Entertainment, Volition, Inc. and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc. For more information please visit www.thq.com.

Pandemic® and the Pandemic logo® are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Pandemic Studios, LLC. THQ, Destroy All Humans and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks, logos and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.