New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Marvel Music/Hollywood Records) "Live to Rise," Soundgarden's first all-new song in 15 years is available as a free download on iTunes today. The promotion on iTunes kicks off with an exclusive clip, "The Face Off" from this year's highly anticipated movie, "Marvel's The Avengers."
"Live to Rise," the original song written and recorded for and appearing in the film is the first single from the Marvel Music/Hollywood Records release Avengers Assemble. Soundgarden's "Live to Rise" was the #1 most added song in its first week at Alternative and Active Rock U.S. radio. The single will be available as a free download for one week, April 17 through April 24. A pre-order for Avengers Assemble, the 13-track compilation of music from and inspired by the film, is also available on iTunes beginning April 17.
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.
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth,
Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgard 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. The film releases in theaters on May 4, 2012.
Avengers Assemble will be available on iTunes for pre-order exclusively at www.iTunes.com/Avengers on April 17, 2012 and on May 1, 2012 wherever music is sold.
