Greatest Video Game Music

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Audio Samples

Album Summary

Conductor

• Skeet, Andrew

Ensemble

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Composers

• Greg Edmonson
• Harry Gregson-Williams (1961 - )
• Jeremy Soule
• Garry Schyman
• Koji Kondo (1960 - )
• Nobuo Uematsu (1959 - )
• Michael Hunter
• Alexey Pajitnov
• Jack Wall / Sam Hulick
• Martin O'Donnell / Michael Salvatori
• Hans Zimmer (Composer) (1957 - )
• Mahito Yokota
• Jason Hayes
• Joel Erikson
• Kaveh Cohen
• Inon Zur
• Tommy Tallarico / Michael Richard Plowman
• Ari Pulkkinen

Notes & Reviews:

Video game music has come a long way since the eight- and 16-bit glory days of Pac Man and Pole Position. Film composers, who began padding their busy schedules in the late '90s with game scoring, have upped their game (so to speak) in recent years, churning out memorable themes and full-length orchestral scores for the 21st century's increasingly big-budget shooters, RPGs, platformers, and MMOs. The boldly titled Greatest Video Game Music collects 21 of those themes, including the stoic "Nate's Theme" from Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, the swashbuckling "Oblivion" from Elder Scrolls, and the beloved "Legend of Zelda Suite," as reinterpreted by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. ~ James Christopher Monger

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Works Details

Tommy Tallarico / Michael : Advent Rising :: Muse

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Written: 2005

Kondo, Koji : The Legend of Zelda Suite, for orchestra

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Zimmer, Hans [Composer] : Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2 :: Theme

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Pulkkinen, Ari : Angry Birds :: Main Theme

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Uematsu, Nobuo : Final Fantasy VIII :: Liberi Fatali

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1999

Yokota, Mahito : Super Mario Brothers :: Theme

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Koji Kondo (1960 - ).
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Edmonson, Greg : Uncharted - Drake's Fortune :: Nate's Theme

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Hunter, Michael : Grand Theft Auto IV :: Soviet Connection

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Hayes, Jason : World of Warcraft :: Seasons of War

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Gregson-Williams, Harry : Metal Gear Solid :: Sons of Liberty Theme

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Pajitnov, Alexey : Tetris :: Theme

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Erikson, Joel : Battlefield 2 :: Theme

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Soule, Jeremy : Elder Scrolls :: Oblivion

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Gregson-Williams, Harry : Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare :: Main Menu Theme

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Stephen Barton.
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Jack Wall / Sam Hulick : Mass Effect :: Suicide Mission

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.

Cohen, Kaveh : Splinter Cell :: Conviction

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Michael Nielsen, Amon Tobin (1972 - ).
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Uematsu, Nobuo : Final Fantasy :: Main Theme

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Schyman, Garry : Bioshock :: The Ocean on His Shoulders

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Martin O'Donnell / Michae : Halo 3 :: One Final Effort

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.

Zur, Inon : Fallout 3 :: Theme

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Yokota, Mahito : Super Mario Bros :: Gusty Garden Galaxy

• Conductor: Andrew Skeet
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Koji Kondo (1960 - ).
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary