Bafta Games Awards
Matthew Sweet looks at music written for gaming and marks the tenth Bafta Games Awards.
Matthew Sweet looks at music specially written for the important growth area of Video Gaming and marks the 2015 BAFTA Gaming Awards, the winners of which which were announced this week. He looks back on the history of the music and highlights some of the key scores, including The Legend of Zelda, Battlefield 2, Ys, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Halo Reach and Final Fantasy. He looks at its relationship with film music and how major orchestras are taking up this repertoire.
He also features music from the winner of the Best Score in this year's Awards.
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LEGEND OF ZELDA (1986): Theme
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Koji Kondo
LEGEND OF ZELDA (2011): Suite
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Skeet.- X5 : X5CD114.
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Jonas 脰stholm
BATTLEFIELD 2 (2005): Theme
Composer: David Tallroth. Composer: Fredrik Englund. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Skeet.- X5 : X5CD114.
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Ari Pulkkinen
ANGRY BIRDS (2009): Suite
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Skeet. -
Michael Giacchino
MEDAL OF HONOUR (1995): Taking out The Railgun
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Activision : Download.
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Jeremy Soule
THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - FAR HORIZONS (2011): Dragonborn
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Michael Salvatori
HALO REACH (2010): Overture
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Nobuo Uematsu
FINAL FANTASY VII (1987): Opening Bombing Mission
Performer: Allm盲nna S氓ngen. Conductor: Arnie Roth. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the choir. -
Garry Schyman
BIOSHOCK (2007): The Ocean On His Shoulders
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Skeet.- X5 : X5CD114.
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Cliff Martinez
FAR CRY 4 (2014): The Mountain Watches
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Trad.
Tetris Theme (Korobeiniki)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Skeet.- X5 : X5CD114.
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Rael Jones
SUITE FRAN脟AISE (2014): I am Free
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
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Sound of Cinema
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen