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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">SOUNDGARDEN RELEASES NEW SONG FOR “MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS”<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">END CREDIT TRACK “LIVE TO RISE” TO BE INCLUDED IN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AVENGERS ASSEMBLE</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> COMPILATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AVENGERS ASSEMBLE</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> AND
<i>THE AVENGERS </i>ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK SET FOR RELEASE MAY 1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BURBANK-CA — March 27, 2012 – Marvel Music/Hollywood Records announce the return of Soundgarden with the release of the band’s first all new song in 15 years, “Live to Rise.”
The song will be featured in the end credits to this year’s highly anticipated movie, “Marvel’s The Avengers.” </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Live to Rise” is included on
<i>Avengers Assemble</i>, a 14-track compilation of music from and inspired by the film.
<i>Avengers Assemble</i> will be released on May 1, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Soundgarden stated, "We've been hard at work on our new album, which will come out this Fall. When the opportunity arose to write an original song for ‘Marvel's The Avengers’
film, we thought it could be a cool match. We are excited to release our new song 'Live To Rise,' which is also the only new song in the film. Here's a taste. Loudest of Love."</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif";color:blue">
</span></u><a href="http://youtu.be/lVWjZ6Hk9Jg"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://youtu.be/lVWjZ6Hk9Jg</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Also,
<i>The Avengers</i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> original motion picture soundtrack, with score by
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oscar®-nominated and GRAMMY-winning composer
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Alan Silvestri (“Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Forrest Gump,” the “Back to the Future” trilogy) will be available at online retailers on May 1, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif""><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">With over 21 million records sold worldwide, Soundgarden redefined rock music for a whole generation and had a revolutionary impact on the course of musical history. At the dawn of 2010,
the band, Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil and Ben Shepherd, announced a new beginning. In the last two years since Soundgarden has reunited, they have headlined festivals, toured the world and released their first retrospective titled<i> Telephantasm</i>
which included the previously unreleased song, “Black Rain” and their first live album,
<i>Live on I-5</i>. The press has exalted their return to the stage and the music scene.
<i>Rolling Stone</i> called their headline performance at Lollapalooza “an epic set...a blueprint of the Seattle sound,” where the
<i>Chicago Tribune</i> hailed them as “one of the last great hard-rock bands to emerge in the last 25 years.” The band are currently in the studio in Seattle writing and recording their first LP in over 15 years, which is set for release in 2012.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In addition to Soundgarden’s “Live to Rise,” the
<i>Avengers Assemble</i> collection features original songs inspired by the exciting and action-packed film event. The diverse range of artists includes Rise Against, Shinedown, Bush and Redlight King.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
<i>Avengers Assemble</i> track list follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1.<b> Live to Rise</b> Performed by Soundgarden<br>
2.<b> I’m Alive</b> Performed by Shinedown<br>
3.<b> Dirt and Roses</b> Performed by Rise Against<br>
4.<b> Even If I Could</b> Performed by Papa Roach <br>
5.<b> Unbroken</b> Performed by Black Veil Brides <br>
6.<b> Breath</b> Performed by Scott Weiland<br>
7.<b> Comeback</b> Performed by Redlight King <br>
8.<b> Into the Blue</b> Performed by Bush<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9.<b> A New Way to Bleed (Photek Remix)</b> Performed by Evanescence</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
10.<b> Count Me Out</b> Performed by PUSHERJONES<br>
11.<b> Shoot to Thrill</b> Performed by Theory of a Deadman<br>
12.<b> Wherever I Go</b> Performed by Buckcherry <br>
13.<b> From Out of Nowhere</b> Performed by Five Finger Death Punch <br>
14.<b> Shake the Ground</b> Performed by Cherri Bomb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ADDITIONAL TRACK ON THE INTERNATIONAL RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">15.<b> Pistols At Dawn</b> Performed by Kasabian
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marvel Studios presents “Marvel’s The Avengers”—the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America,
Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of
disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgård
and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, and directed by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. “Marvel’s The Avengers” is from Marvel
Studios in association with Paramount Pictures, produced by Kevin Feige and directed by Joss Whedon from a story by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon with screenplay by Joss Whedon.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The film releases in theaters on May 4, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">and
<b><i>Marvel’s The Avengers</i></b> original motion picture soundtrack will be available May 1, 2012 wherever music is sold. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">About Marvel Entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven
library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit
<a href="http://www.marvel.com/" title="http://www.marvel.com/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">www.marvel.com</span></a>.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""># # #<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For further</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> information, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Maria Kleinman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Disney Music Group Publicity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">818.238.1089<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">maria.kleinman@disney.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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