Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy: Los Angeles, June 2015
E3 2015 was like a fan fiction gone wild for many Square Enix fans, and the Distant Worlds concert during the second […]
Tag: Orchestral
Infinite Space -Resurrection- Soundtrack
Album Title: Infinite Space -Resurrection- Soundtrack Record Label: Chris Huelsbeck Productions Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: June 9, 2014 Purchase: Download at Bandcamp […]
Final Fantasy: Distant Worlds III -More Music from Final Fantasy-
Album Title: Final Fantasy: Distant Worlds III -More Music from Final Fantasy- Record Label: Square Enix Catalog No.: SQEX-10482 Release Date: January […]
Ace Attorney Meets Again -Orchestra & Jazz-
Album Title: Ace Attorney Meets Again -Orchestra & Jazz- Record Label: Suleputer Catalog No.: CPCA-10380/1 Release Date: March 8, 2015 Purchase: Buy at […]
ARKHEMINA
Album Title: ARKHEMINA Record Label: ARKHEMINA Records Catalog No.: DSDA-00001 Release Date: November 6, 2014 Purchase: Download from Official Site Overview ARKHEMINA is an […]
Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy: Newark, January 2015
I’m not entirely sure how the organizers behind Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy were able to pull off two shows […]
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Kingdom Hearts – HD 2.5 ReMIX – Original Soundtrack Record Label: Square Enix Catalog No.: SQEX-10469/72 Release Date: November […]
The Book of Unwritten Tales Soundtrack
Album Title: The Book of Unwritten Tales Soundtrack Record Label: Crimson Cow Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: October 6, 2011 Purchase: Buy […]
Benny Oschmann Interview: Emotional & Melodic Orchestral Soundtracks
At just 26 years old, Benny Oschmann has already worked on numerous major projects in both solo and collaborative roles. The German […]
Final Fantasy XIV -A Realm Reborn- Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Final Fantasy XIV -A Realm Reborn- Original Soundtrack Record Label: Square Enix Catalog No.: SQEX-20016 Release Date: March 26, 2014 […]
Will Roget Interview: From Transcribing MIDIs to Scoring AAA Titles
Breaking artist Wilbert Roget II is a spectacular example of someone who has turned a crisis into an opportunity. After years working […]
Kai Rosenkranz Interview: Gothic & Risen Composer on his Journey Home
German composer Kai Rosenkranz won the hearts of many gamers with his rich orchestral soundtracks for the first three Gothic titles and […]
Star Trek -Starfleet Academy- Original Game Soundtrack
Album Title: Star Trek -Starfleet Academy- Original Game Soundtrack Record Label: Interplay Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: August 31, 1997 Purchase: Buy […]
Assassin’s Creed IV -Freedom Cry- Original Game Soundtrack
Album Title: Assassin’s Creed IV -Freedom Cry- Original Game Soundtrack Record Label: Ubisoft Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: May 12, 2014 Purchase: […]
rePLAY -Symphony of Heroes-: Houston, July 2014
A hero’s story told through narrative and orchestration
Company of Heroes Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Company of Heroes -All Heroes Rise- Company of Heroes -Songs from the Front- Record Label: Valve Catalog No.: N/A […]
Company of Heroes 2 Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Company of Heroes 2 Original Soundtrack Record Label: Sumthing Else Music Works Catalog No.: SE-3067-2 Release Date: June 25, 2013 […]
Planetary Annihilation Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Planetary Annihilation Original Soundtrack Record Label: Uber Entertainment Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: June 6, 2014 Purchase: Download at Bandcamp […]
Thief Original Soundtrack Director’s Cut
Album Title: Thief Original Soundtrack Director’s Cut Record Label: Sumthing Else Music Works Catalog No.: SE-3078-2 Release Date: February 25, 2014 Purchase: […]
Rayman Legends Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Rayman Legends Original Soundtrack Record Label: Ubisoft Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: August 29, 2013 Purchase: Download at iTunes Overview […]
Rayman Origins Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Rayman Origins Original Soundtrack Record Label: Ubisoft Catalog No.: 300043457 Release Date: November 24, 2011 Purchase: Buy Used Copy Overview […]
Primal Original Soundtrack Score Recording
Album Title: Primal Original Soundtrack Score Recording Record Label: Silva Screen Catalog No.: FILMCD-366 (UK Edition); SIL-CD 1152 (US Edition) Release Date: […]
Stephen Rippy Interview: Music Through the Ages
Stephen Rippy‘s career is an impressively multifaceted one. As a composer, he has written orchestral scores to hit games such as Age […]
Assassin’s Creed IV -Black Flag- Original Game Soundtrack
Album Title: Assassin’s Creed IV -Black Flag- Original Game Soundtrack Record Label: Ubisoft Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: October 24, 2013 Purchase: […]
Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Volume 2
Album Title: Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Volume 2 Record Label: 7Hz Productions Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: April 8, 2013 Purchase: […]
Monarch -Heroes Of A New Age- Arrangements & Variations
Album Title: Monarch -Heroes Of A New Age- Arrangements & Variations Record Label: Scarlet Moon Records Catalog No.: SMRC-1002 Release Date: […]
Monarch -Heroes Of A New Age- Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Monarch -Heroes of a New Age- Original Soundtrack Record Label: Scarlet Moon Records Catalog No.: SMRC-1001 Release Date: February 17, […]
Guild Wars 2 Original Game Soundtrack
Album Title: Guild Wars 2 Original Game Soundtrack Record Label: DirectSong Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: July 8, 2012 Purchase: Buy Used […]
Call of Duty -Ghosts- Soundtrack
Album Title: Call of Duty -Ghosts- Soundtrack Record Label: Activision Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: November 5, 2013 Purchase: Download at iTunes […]
Call of Duty -Black Ops II- Soundtrack
Album Title: Call of Duty -Black Ops II- Soundtrack Record Label: Activision Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: February 5, 2013 Purchase: Download […]
Hanakisou Symphonic Orchestra
Album Title: Hanakisou Symphonic Orchestra Record Label: WAYUTA Catalog No.: WACD-501 Release Date: March 30, 2007 Purchase: Buy at Amazon JP Overview […]
Sean Beeson Interview: Hollywood-Quality Scores for iOS
Sean Beeson has is one of the leading composers for the ever-growing iOS games market. Having worked on over 100 titles, his music […]
Remember Me Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Remember Me Original Soundtrack Record Label: Capcom Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: June 3, 2013 Purchase: Download at iTunes Overview […]
The Lord of the Rings Online -Riders of Rohan- Official Videogame Score
Album Title: The Lord of the Rings Online -Riders of Rohan- Official Videogame Score Record Label: WaterTower Music Catalog No.: WTM39388 Release […]
The Greatest Video Game Music 2
Album Title: The Greatest Video Game Music 2 Record Label: X5 Music Group Catalog No.: X5CD118 Release Date: November 6, 2012 Purchase: […]
Army of Two -The Devil’s Cartel- Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Army of Two -The Devil’s Cartel- Original Soundtrack Record Label: Electronic Arts Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: March 26, 2013 […]
Nobuko Toda Profile
Having risen through the ranks on the Metal Gear series, she now independently composes and orchestrates film, television, and game projects
Quest for Glory V -Dragon Fire- Original Game Music Score
Album Title: Quest for Glory V -Dragon Fire- Original Game Music Score Record Label: Sonic Images (Physical Edition); Universal Music Production Library […]
Resident Evil Sound Chronicle
Insightful commentary from lead composers of Resident Evil 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, and Veronica
Chance Thomas Interview: The Lord of the Rings Online
Few composers have as much experience in writing and recording orchestral game music as Chance Thomas. Coming from a background in television and […]
The Legend of Zelda -Symphony of the Goddesses- Second Quest: Los Angeles, June 2013
Video game concerts have typically diverged into one of two categories. “Best-of” concerts, such as Video Games Live or Distant Worlds, actively […]
Final Symphony: London, May 2013
Background and Pre-Concert Thomas Böcker’s recent concerts have been a major breakthrough in exploring video game music artistically, taking a wealth of […]
Lorne Balfe Interview: Assassin’s Creed and Skylanders
Lorne Balfe has risen in the ranks to become one of the most successful composers at Hans Zimmer’s music production company, Remote […]
Jeron Moore Interview: Symphony of the Goddesses
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses developed into a fully-fledged, multi-city orchestral concert tour over the past year. Building on the […]
Keiki Kobayashi Profile
Namco Bandai composer famous for creating the diverse, cinematic compositions of the Ace Combat series and their epic main themes
Hayato Matsuo Profile
This symphonist has made stellar contributions in the fields of video games, animes, live concerts, and pop music alike
Yutaka Minobe Profile
During his varied career, the artist has developed a reputation for creating rich cinematic music on Skies of Arcadia, Rules of Rose, and Sonic
Junichi Nakatsuru Profile
Chiefly responsible for the sound direction and epic compositions of the SoulCalibur series at Namco Bandai Games
Takahito Eguchi Profile
Versatile artist who embarked on a freelance career after Final Fantasy X-2 to compose animes, produce pop songs, and orchestrate the Sonic series.
Kentaro Haneda Obituary
The late musical polyglot graced gamers with classical Wizardry scores, but was also famed as a pianist, anime composer, and presenter
Austin Wintory Interview: Closing an Incredible Year
2012 has been a bumper year for Austin Wintory. Since his game score debut in 2006 with thatgamecompany’s flOw, which brought him a BAFTA […]
Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy The Celebration: Chicago, December 2012
Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy has been going on for a few years now, with an ever-growing and always-rotating repertoire. However, […]
Vagrant Story Original Soundtrack
Commentary from composer Hitoshi Sakimoto on the unique, dark soundtrack
Neal Acree Interview: Cinematics of the World of Warcraft Universe
Neal Acree has been attending Hollywood scoring sessions for much of his life, but it’s only in recent years that he’s been leading […]
George Oldziey Interview: Reflecting on Wing Commander and Ultima
Veteran game composer George Oldziey joined Origin in 1994 to score one of that year’s biggest games, Wing Commander III: Heart of the […]
Distant Worlds II – More Music from Final Fantasy: Stockholm, June 2010
On Saturday June 12, 2010, I had the pleasure of attending the premiere of Distant Worlds II – More Music from Final Fantasy at […]
Matt Uelmen Interview: Majestic Orchestral Scoring
Composer and sound designer Matt Uelmen can lay claim to having created some of game music’s most iconic sounds in his soundtracks […]
Andrew Pogson Interview: A New Game Music Concert for Australia
On April 12 2012, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australia’s oldest symphony orchestra, will perform Video Games Unplugged: Symphony of Legends at the Melbourne Exhibition […]
Video Games Unplugged -Symphony of Legends-: Melbourne, April 2012
It’s true what they say in those ‘most liveable cities of the world’ reports: Melbourne is an awesome place to live. Still, […]
Ace Combat 6 -Fires of Liberation- Original Soundtrack
Commentary from the returning composition team on the dramatic production
Ace Combat 5 -The Unsung War- Original Soundtrack
Commentary led by Keiki Kobayashi as he takes lead of the series’ music
Ace Combat 4 -Shattered Skies- Original Soundtrack
Commentary from Tetsukazu Nakanishi on depicting the wartorn world
Greg Edmonson Interview: Is Film or Game Scoring More Satisfying?
Greg Edmonson broke into the industry scoring several acclaimed television shows for American networks: Firefly and King of the Hill. However, he is best known […]
Final Fantasy XI Anniversary Concert: Tokyo, November 2011 DVD Recording
Eleven years since its launch, Square Enix’s MMORPG Final Fantasy XI continues to be enjoyed by many subscribers and has left quite a legacy. […]
Ace Combat Zero -The Belkan War- Original Soundtrack
Commentary from the music team on the infusing a flamenco influence into the series
Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy: London, November 2011
Britain doesn’t normally get priority when it comes to video game music concerts, despite having loads of fans, and some of the […]
Lennie Moore Interview: Career Highlights for Video Games and Beyond
Lennie Moore is a versatile composer known for working on television, films, commercials, and video games. His soundtrack for 1996’s Outcast was one of […]
The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony: London, October 2011
2011 has arguably been the best year in history for fans of The Legend of Zelda series. Nintendo promised that the 25th […]
Boris Salchow Interview: Emotional Modernist Scoring
Boris Salchow is best known for his cinematic orchestral scores for the Resistance and Ratchet & Clank series. Yet it is only recently […]
Rod Abernethy Interview: Career Highlights Past and Present
Rod Abernethy has pioneered high quality production values on a range of game scores. Among his career highlights include the orchestral recordings of Dead […]
Sascha Dikiciyan & Cris Velasco Interview: A Spectacular Collaboration
Despite coming from contrasting backgrounds, underground DJ Sascha Dikiciyan and classically-trained orchestrator Cris Velasco have formed a high-profile collaboration in recent years. Their hybridised sounds have […]
Video Games Heroes: London, September 2011
They kept this concert really quiet. I didn’t hear about it until a week before it was scheduled to take place, and […]
Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy: Baltimore, July 2011
This past weekend, Distant Worlds returned to Baltimore after a two-year absence from The Charm City. With 32,000 otaku already in town for the […]
Roger Wanamo Interview: Narratively-Driven Symphonic Arrangements
Roger Wanamo is a classically-trained composer and orchestrator. Fascinated by the concept of bringing game music to concert halls, Wanamo has closely […]
Kohta Takahashi Interview: Cutting-Edge Namco Scores
Kohta Takahashi is best known for his cutting-edge contributions to several major Namco titles. In particular, Ace Combat 2‘s rock performances, Ridge Racer V‘s […]
Laura Karpman Interview: Returning to Game Music
Laura Karpman’s musical achievements extend from video games to considerably beyond. She has brought symphonic music to scores including EverQuest II, Untold Legends, and Halo […]
Marc Canham Interview: Pursuing Artistic Creativity
Marc Canham is a British composer and producer that has worked on numerous video game and film scores over the last decade. As […]
Drakengard 2 Original Soundtrack
Commentary from the composers and game designers on the new musical direction for the series
Borislav Slavov & Tilman Sillescu Interview
The recently released first-person shooter Crysis 2 depicts a war between human supersoldiers and alien invaders in a post-apocalyptic New York City. Crytek’s Borislav […]
Arnie Roth Interview: Distant Worlds Returning Home
Under producer and conductor Arnie Roth, the Final Fantasy orchestral concert series Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy is appealing to bigger audiences […]
Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy Double Concert: New York City, April 2011
Since my first exposure to Distant Worlds in July 2010 at Wolf Trap’s beautiful outdoor Filene Center, I have been eager to hear the […]
Bear McCreary’s Break Into Gaming
Composer Bear McCreary has attained legendary status among fans ofBattlestar Galactica. In recent years, he has branched out to score new television […]
Back to the Future: Boston, April 2011
Boston’s Symphony Hall is an imposing edifice, built like a temple in the era in which music was treated as a kind […]
Xenosaga Original Soundtrack
Commentary from composer Yasunori Mitsuda and director Tetsuya Takahashi
Shusaku Uchiyama & Takeshi Miura Interview: A History of Resident Evil Music
Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the ground-breaking survival horror series Resident Evil has a long history of offering dark, immersive soundtracks. […]
Xenogears Orchestral Album -Myth-
Commentary from composer Yasunori Mitsuda about the orchestral recordings
Yuzo Koshiro Interview: Innovator in Game Music and Sound Design
Yuzo Koshiro is one of the greatest innovators in game music and sound design. He has entertained listeners and influenced musicians with […]
Sean Murray Interview: The Music of Black Ops
Sean Murray is a veteran composer for films and television, who has recently entered the video games industry. He is best known […]
Dead Space 2 Original Videogame Soundtrack
Album Title: Dead Space 2 Original Videogame Soundtrack Record Label: Electronic Arts Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: January 25, 2011 Purchase: Download […]
Dead Space 2 Collector’s Edition Soundtrack
Album Title: Dead Space 2 Collector’s Edition Soundtrack Record Label: Electronic Arts Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: January 25, 2011 Purchase: Buy […]
Dead Space Original Videogame Soundtrack
Album Title: Dead Space Original Videogame Soundtrack Record Label: Electronic Arts Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: November 11, 2008 Purchase: Download at […]
Jason Graves Interview: Scoring Dead Space 2
The newly released Dead Space 2 portrays protagonist Isaac’s horrifying experiences battling the necromorphs and overcoming his dementia on the Sprawl. Jason Graves returned […]
Olivier Deriviere Interview: No Longer Obscure
Olivier Deriviere is a French composer for video games, television, and concerts. He is best known for his choral-based scores to the […]
Torsten Rasch Interview: An Expressionist Depiction of Metroid
Born in Dresden in 1965, Torsten Rasch is a German composer of a contemporary classical music. After graduating from the Carl Maria […]