Looking at what made the original Portal completely effective and memorable, Valve is going to keep that strategy going. They have signed on to work with Forlorn Band, ‘The National’, to create a new original song for the upcoming sequel, Portal 2.

Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced an original song by popular recording artist The National will be included in its upcoming game, Portal 2, when it is released the worldwide the week of April 18.

Portal 2 will hit store shelves for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.