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AWARD WINNING COMPOSER WINIFRED PHILLIPS RECORDS "SUPER MARIO BROTHERS" TRIBUTE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Union, NJ - April 11, 2007 - Generations Productions LLC, an award-winning music studio and production company, announced that its internationally acclaimed composer Winifred Phillips (whose work includes the upcoming "Shrek the Third" video game) has recorded a "Super Mario Brothers" tribute track to celebrate the company's four years of success in the video game industry. Since the company was founded in 2003, Winifred has created original musical scores for four blockbuster games: "The Da Vinci Code", "God of War", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and "Shrek the Third". To commemorate this achievement and to celebrate the importance of music in video games, Winifred created the all-new recording "Go Mario! (Super Mario Brothers)", a tribute track saluting the 20th anniversary of the release of the original game. Winifred worked with award-winning music producer Winnie Waldron, her long-time partner at Generations Productions, on this track.

"My music producer Winnie Waldron and I feel that older video games that have helped shape our current industry are an important part of our shared heritage," Winifred said, "It was an honor and quite thrilling that we were asked to contribute a track to The Best of the Best: A Tribute to Game Music. My hope is that the fans out there will love this piece."

Winifred's music will be featured on the album "The Best of the Best: A Tribute to Game Music", which will be available exclusively on May 1st at Game Music Central ( www.gamemusiccentral.com). According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "Super Mario Brothers" is the bestselling game of all time. Winifred's new version of this theme will be featured on May 1st in this upcoming album, the first compilation album to highlight top game composers performing music inspired by some of the greatest games ever made. The album also includes music from "The Legend of Zelda", "Myst III: Exile", "World of Warcraft", "Metroid Prime", "Medal of Honor", "Final Fantasy" and many others, all performed by a select group of celebrity videogame composers.

Known in the games industry not only for her ability to tap into the emotions of gamers with her cinematic orchestral scores, but also for her virtuoso skills as a classically trained vocalist, Winifred has recorded her own voice as a part of the orchestral scores for all of her game projects. For "The Best of the Best" album, Winifred performed an a-cappella vocal version of the Super Mario Brothers theme. Overdubbing her own voice into twenty tracks, Winifred executed complex vocal harmonies at breakneck speeds, adorned with classic video game sound effects to celebrate the overwhelming world-wide affection for the original NES game.

Following close on the heels of the "Best of the Best" album debut will be the release of Winifred's fourth triple-A videogame project. Her previous game projects have earned her numerous awards, including the Interactive Achievement Award for Best Original Score from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, and four Game Audio Network Guild Awards, including the prestigious "Music of the Year" Award. In addition, Winifred produced, narrated and was the composer of the award-winning "Radio Tales" series, in which she wrote the musical scores for over one hundred music drama programs first aired via National Public Radio and currently broadcast each week to the over seven million subscribers of XM Satellite Radio (Sonic Theater, channel 163). For her work on this series, Winifred is a four-time winner of the coveted Gracie Award for artistic excellence and outstanding achievement from the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television.

If you are interested in an interview with Winifred or Bob Rice, the Album's Executive Producer, please let us know. A photograph and full MP3 file are available upon request.

For more information contact us at 310-453-2050 x.111 or see the websites at http://www.winifredphillips.com/ or www.gamemusiccentral.com.

About Generations Productions LLC

Generations Productions LLC is an award-winning music studio and production company. Featuring the talents of composer Winifred Phillips and producer Winnie Waldron, Generations Productions has written music for triple-A games published by Sony Computer Entertainment America, Activision and 2K Games. Generations Productions' latest project is the music of the "Shrek the Third" video game. The company created the music for "The Da Vinci Code" video game (2K Games / Collective Studios). Other recent game music projects include the movie tie-in game "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" developed by High Voltage and published by 2K Games/ Warner Bros., and the smash hit action-adventure epic "God of War" from Sony Computer Entertainment America.

Safe Harbor for Forward Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements about several Companies' business prospects that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Generations Productions LLC assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information or future events or developments. You can identify these statements by the fact that they use words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "should," "plan," "goal," "believe," and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: the ability to maintain or renew licenses; competitive developments affecting current products; first party price reductions; the ability to successfully market both new and existing products domestically and internationally; difficulties or delays in manufacturing; or a downturn in the market or industry.

CONTACT:

Traction Public Relations

David Tractenberg, 310-453-2050 x.111

david@tractionpr.com

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