Just announced today, Valve and programmer turned songwriter, Jonathon Coulton have teamed up for an exclusive song to be released with the Orange Box.
The original cut to be included in The Orange Box was co-authored by Coulton and the Valve design team/fans who specifically solicited Coulton to help produce the surprise single.At present I'm not sure if this is both for the retail and Steam releases, but hopefully some light will be shed on that shortly.
Coulton is known for his witty pop songs referencing subjects like science fiction, math and video games as well as his fiercely loyal following online. After quitting his day job as a computer programmer, Jonathan created "Thing a Week" where he wrote one new song every week and posted it to his website which quickly turned into over 500,000 downloads from his website. "I am delighted the Valve design team selected me to help make the surprise single a success. If it's not every geek's dream to be immortalized in a video game, it was mine," said Jonathan.
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