Metal gear rising soundtrack: a practical guide
The Metal Gear Rising soundtrack does something most game scores never attempt: it sings at you while you fight. Composed largely by Jamie…

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The Metal Gear Rising soundtrack does something most game scores never attempt: it sings at you while you fight. Composed largely by Jamie…
Start with the first movie. Everything else makes more sense after it. If you have ever hummed a tune from a Pokémon film without knowing where it…
Most people meet the Sonic music backwards. They hear a remix, a live orchestral arrangement, or a track from a later game, and only then go looking…
Four discs. Roughly eighty tracks. One composer working mostly alone at a keyboard. The Final Fantasy 7 original soundtrack is the score Nobuo…
Start with the 2001 Halo: Combat Evolved score by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori. That one album explains everything the series does later.…
The Silent Hill soundtrack is not horror music in the usual sense. Akira Yamaoka, the series' composer and long-time sound director, built it from…
You can start the Undertale soundtrack in one evening, no game knowledge required. Pick a platform, choose a listening order, and give the first ten…
100 list. You need three albums and a pair of headphones. Here is the trap most newcomers fall into. They search for the best game soundtracks, get…
Most people hum the ocarina songs before they ever notice the score underneath them. That is the trick of the Zelda OOT soundtrack : the melodies you…
Few game series have reinvented their sound as often as Sonic. Since 1991, the blue hedgehog has moved through FM synth funk, sample-based pop, live…
You already know the tune. You just do not know where the notes live yet. C418 wrote the Minecraft soundtrack as sparse, slow piano pieces that sound…
You can learn the main Mario theme music in an afternoon. The melody is short, the rhythm is square, and the whole thing sits inside one comfortable…
Start with the 1997 four-disc Final Fantasy 7 Original Soundtrack , then branch out. That set holds every cue Nobuo Uematsu wrote for the game, and…
There is no single winner, and that is the honest answer. The best soundtrack video game depends on whether you mean an original score or licensed…