Lots of shitty video games (or “shiteo games” if you prefer) on this list. Video game music worth replicating in rock and/or orchestral formats pretty much stopped 15 years ago.
I’d feel pretty annoyed if I spent all these years studying and practicing music to get into the London Phil, only to be stuck playing a bunch of 2nd rate movie scores.
Eh the inclusion of some games is most likely to attract the casual gaming crowd, I’ll link to those music tracks if they’re on YT for those that hadn’t listened to them before.
The only reason people care about these songs are because they associate them with games they like. How many people do you think who have never played Call of Duty will listen to either of the 2 COD tracks on this CD and think “damn this track is bumpin!” Mad people play Angry Birds so why not?
Sheeeit, this reminds me of how much I’ve missed out on… there are a LOT of “everyone’s played that” games on this list that I’ve never played… I’m still at the first part of the first Mass Effect game, and I have absolutely no interest in Angry Birds.
Liberi Fatali is one of my favorite pieces of gaming music though…and I don’t even like any of the Final Fantasy games.
Recent greats, imo–> “Brothers in Blood” from God of War 3, most of the Bioshock (part 1) music, and the title screen music from Gears of War 2 (+ “Insurmountable Odds” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTyE8k8J1uE …awesome stuff there. EAR-DELICIOUS™)
Yeah, Angry Birds was a bad choice, but the composer is ridiculously good. Better choices from his work would have been this, this, or this (bad quality), among several others.
Ari Pulkkinen is among the top 5 game composers of this generation, imo. His stuff is so fresh compared to what other composers are doing these days.
Also, this should have been a mandatory addition. Awe-inspiring:
God of War has always had some epic powerful stuff going on in the games. The drums and the chorus sound so good.
Gears has some great music while the action is going on in much the same way as God of War does.
Gears of War 3 - Gears Keep Turning
I’m still trying to find that one track in gears that goes something along the lines of ‘WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP…twiddly dee twiddly dee!’ . I can’t remember if it’s from Gears 1 or Gears 2. I might be able to find it tonight.
I’m listening to the tracks you put up…yeah he’s far better than that. I listened to Angry Birds last night and it wasn’t bad as I was expecting it to be but among some of the stuff that’s listed and then what I’m listening to now, it’s definitely a poor choice.