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[Adridos]

The topic should be clear enough. What is your favorite game soundtrack composer?
Please, if possible, try to include some of his/her music as well.


I'll start. My favorite game soundtrack composer is Jeremy Soule. He made a lot of amazing soundtracks (Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander, Elder Scrolls, just to name a few), but the one from Guild Wars is my favorite. Enjoy the music.




So, who is your favorite composer? Any fans of Frank Klepacki, or Paul Romero like me around here?

[Mchawkeye]

Reznors Quake soundtrack is pretty hard to beat.



And the portal 2 sonics are also outstanding.

Edited by Mchawkeye, 05 August 2012 - 11:10 AM.

[Adridos]

Mchawkeye, on 05 August 2012 - 11:07 AM, said:

Reznors Quake soundtrack is pretty hard to beat.

And the portal 2 sonics are also outstanding.

Please, post at least one sample of the music and the name of teh composer, if possible.

[Davoke]

Hanz Zimmer. Because hey, he's the best.

Edited by Davoke, 05 August 2012 - 11:18 AM.

[Mchawkeye]

Adridos, on 05 August 2012 - 11:11 AM, said:

Please, post at least one sample of the music and the name of teh composer, if possible.

What's it worth???

[Adridos]

Mchawkeye, on 05 August 2012 - 11:26 AM, said:

What's it worth???

Here are your internet cookies and a slap on the back.

Ok, it's just a lie.

[Mchawkeye]

Adridos, on 05 August 2012 - 12:14 PM, said:

Here are your internet cookies and a slap on the back.

Ok, it's just a lie.

Thanks!


why do you hate me like you do?

[Nesij]

Mark Morgan / Clasic Fallout Games.

[Adridos]

Nesij, on 05 August 2012 - 12:32 PM, said:

Mark Morgan / Clasic Fallout Games.

A sample of the music or no cookies.

[Ens]

Chris Hülsbeck....by far

Edited by Ens, 05 August 2012 - 12:35 PM.

[Nesij]

Adridos, on 05 August 2012 - 12:33 PM, said:

A sample of the music or no cookies.

Dark/Industrial Ambient not everyones cup of tea but it fits the game perfectly.

Well you asked for it!

MY FAVORITE:

This was cut from the game

Second favorite: I had to add this sorry:

[Nakuru]

There are quite a few that are very good. It's hard to say who my one favorite is, so I'll say one that hasn't been mentioned yet: Nobou Uematsu. Definitely one of the best.



Sam Hulick is also one of the best.

[Adridos]

Nakuru, on 06 August 2012 - 01:28 AM, said:

Sam Hulick is also one of the best.

I prefer the Specter Induction.
I can't express with words how I felt when I first heard it... partly also the reason I never played ME3.



I'm suprised not a single man came here with Frank Klepacki, his Hell March is one of the most known songs in the gaming.

Edited by Adridos, 06 August 2012 - 01:54 AM.

[Adridos]

And this one (not so good without the actual video, but that applies to most of these pieces):

[Slit]

Wierd. I pretty much hated ME3 soundrack. Too much drums and "sudden" brass explosions.
Much like with the child cutscenes I found attemts to stir up some emotions too primitive and clumsy, often causing an opposite reaction. The only really good track there was by Clint "I wrote Lux Aeterna" Mansell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXJRlWdjjRk

Anyway, my voice goes to Jesper Kyd. He did a ton of game scores including all Assassins Creed games, Hitman series, MDK2, Borderlands etc. I don't like all his stuff, but I enjoy his creative approach rather than classic tear jerk/adrenaline pump techiques which are often overused in game OSTs. Also he uses great variety of instruments and isn't shy about vocals



Recently I was very pleasently surprised by the Witcher 2 soundtrack. Between studios reliance on local polish talent and relatively low budget I was expecting some generic fantasy fluff. Instead soundtrack by Adam Skorupa & Krzysztof Wierzynkiewicz was AWESOME. Not quite enough material to call them best game composers, but the level of material was top notch.
variety of instruments and isn't shy about vocals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_jizNCiInw

Also an honorable mention to Stuart Chatwood for Prince of Persia SoT. not my favorite ever, but the first time I stopped to appretiate games music seperately from the game itself
variety of instruments and isn't shy about vocals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKwbptphnVU

[Adridos]

Slit, on 06 August 2012 - 06:23 AM, said:

Wierd. I pretty much hated ME3 soundrack. Too much drums and "sudden" brass explosions.
Much like with the child cutscenes I found attemts to stir up some emotions too primitive and clumsy, often causing an opposite reaction. The only really good track there was by Clint "I wrote Lux Aeterna" Mansell

Recently I was very pleasently surprised by the Witcher 2 soundtrack. Between studios reliance on local polish talent and relatively low budget I was expecting some generic fantasy fluff. Instead soundtrack by Adam Skorupa & Krzysztof Wierzynkiewicz was AWESOME. Not quite enough material to call them best game composers, but the level of material was top notch.
variety of instruments and isn't shy about vocals

Mass Effect 3 was made for the masses. The word has spread and EA are the kings at squeezing the most out of the last games of the series, while destroying the game itself. ME 3 came out pretty good even though it is in that category.


As for the Witcher 2 soundtrack, it's a different culture, so it's normal to expect something "different".

[ultra1437]

My own personal favorite would be Jeremy Soule.

Otherwise known as the man who put Skyrim's soundtrack together:


As far as i can remember, that's one of maybe two tracks with actual voices in it. The rest are instrumentals.



Also, if you were to have the whole soundtrack on CDs, it would span four disks...

I also love whoever did the C&C series soundtracks. Loved RA3 and Generals/ZH's. C&C3 was pretty much the only one i didn't care for though.

[Adridos]

ultra1437, on 06 August 2012 - 12:40 PM, said:

I also love whoever did the C&C series soundtracks. Loved RA3 and Generals/ZH's. C&C3 was pretty much the only one i didn't care for though.

Nice to see another Jeremy Soule fan here. I would suggest listening to some of his older pieces, as they are (in my humble opinion) a bit better than what he did with Skyrim.

And the soundtrack in Red Alert 3 was composed by James Hannigan and Timothy M. Wynn, except for the Hell March 3 itself, which was made by Klepacki. Generals had the theme composed by Bill Brown (composer for many Tom Clancy's games) and Mikael Sandragen.

[Palutena]

Nobuo Uematsu. Seen the Final Fantasy live concerts twice and met Mr. Uematsu IRL at one of them.

[Adridos]

Could you post your favorite, or at least one of his works?

Most of us probably heard a FF soundtrack at least once in their life (or the post from nakuru), but which one is your favorite?

Edited by Adridos, 06 August 2012 - 01:12 PM.