The Greatest Video Game Music Explained
The Greatest Video Game Music, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, features classical orchestrations of video game themes including those from Super Mario Bros., Call of Duty, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Halo, World of Warcraft, Angry Birds and many more. A sequel, The Greatest Video Game Music 2, was released a year later.
Reception
It was named Rolling Stones "weirdest hit album" of 2011, and debuted at #23 on the Billboard 200 - the highest debut for an orchestral release since 2005's Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith soundtrack.
Track listing
- Advent Rising
Muse
- Legend of Zelda
Suite
- Theme
- Angry Birds
Main Theme
- Final Fantasy VIII
Liberi Fatali
- Super Mario Bros.
Themes
Nate's Theme
- Grand Theft Auto IV
Soviet Connection
- World of Warcraft
Seasons of War
- Theme
- Tetris Theme (Korobeiniki)
- Battlefield 2
Theme
- Main Menu Theme
- Mass Effect 2
Suicide Mission
- Splinter Cell
Conviction
- Final Fantasy
Main Theme
- BioShock
The Ocean on His Shoulders
- Halo 3
One Final Effort
- Fallout 3
Theme
- Super Mario Galaxy
Gusty Garden Galaxy
- Dead Space
Welcome Aboard the U.S.G. Ishimura [Amazon Exclusive]
- Final Fantasy XIII
Hanging Edge [iTunes Exclusive]
- Enemy Zero
The Last Movement [bonus track]
Sequels
Greatest Video Game Music 2
Track List
- : Main Theme
- : Far Horizons
- : Dragon Roost Island
- Final Fantasy VII: One-Winged Angel
- Mass Effect 3: A Future for the Krogan / An End Once and for All
- Halo: Never Forget / Peril
- Sonic the Hedgehog: A Symphonic Suite
- Chrono Trigger: Main Theme
- Luigi's Mansion: Main Theme
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep: Fate of the Unknown
- Super Metroid: A Symphonic Poem
- Diablo III: Overture
- : Main Theme
- : Icarus Main Theme
- Fez: Adventure
- Portal: Still Alive
- LittleBigPlanet: Orb of Dreamers (The Cosmic Imagisphere)
Greatest Video Game Music III: Choral Edition
- Greatest Video Game Music III: Choral Edition, performed by Orphei Drängar and Myrra Malmberg, features classical orchestrations of video game themes including those from Assassin's Creed, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Final Fantasy, God of War III, Minecraft and many more. It is a sequel to the compilation album Greatest Video Game Music 2.
Track List
- Final Fantasy X - Hymn of the Fayth
- World of Warcraft - Invincible
- Skyrim - Age of Oppression
- Final Fantasy X - Hymn of the Fayth (Remix 1)
- Dragon Age Inquisition - Main Theme
- God of War 3 - Anthem of the Dead
- The Last of Us - The Choice
- Skyrim - Dragonborn
- Final Fantasy X - Hymn of the Fayth (Remix 2)
- Portal - Still Alive
- Portal 2 - Cara Mia Addio
- Assassin's Creed IV - The Parting Glass
- Minecraft - Sweden
Notes
- A "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Theme" is mislabeled "Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty Theme" on the back cover
- B "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" is mislabeled "Elder Scrolls: Oblivion" on the back cover
- C "Mass Effect 2: Suicide Mission" is mislabeled "Mass Effect: Suicide Mission" on the back cover
- D The track "Battlefield 2: Theme" is actually a re-orchestration of the Battlefield 1943 main menu music, itself a remake of "Battlefield 1942 Soundtrack–Main Theme" by Joel Eriksson, to whom the song on the album is credited.
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