Video Games Live:Volume One
2008 release, the soundtrack to the true gamer's life! Conductor Jack Wall leads the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus through many of the most popular video game themes and creates a glorious aural paradise for the gamer in all of us. If you are hooked on the music from video games like Sonic The Hedgehog, Myst, Final Fantasy, Warcraft, Super Mario Brothers and others, then imagine those themes as performed by an orchestra. Yes, it is like heaven without the joystick! EMI. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Kingdom Hearts® KINGDOM HEARTS © Disney Developed by Square-Enix Co., Ltd. "Hikari -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version-" (misspelled as "Kingdom" in the booklet) written by Utada Hikaru Orchestrator: Kaoru Wada 2. Warcraft® Suite Composer: Jason Hayes Orchestrator: Benoît Grey 3. Myst® Medley Contains: Myst Theme ~ Gallery Theme ~ Myst IV Main Theme ~ Myst III Main Theme Myst® Theme composed by Robyn Miller; Gallery Theme composed by Tim Larkin (BMI) Myst® III Main Theme and Myst® IV Main Theme composed by Jack Wall (ASCAP) Orchestrator: Steve Zuckerman Soprano solo: Tara Clark Child soprano solo: Gracie Wall 4. Medal of Honor™ (LIVE) "Operation Market Garden" from Medal of Honor: Frontline™ published by Electronic Arts, Inc. Composed and orchestrated by Michael Giacchino Recorded Live in Brazil, South America 5. Civilization IV Medley Contains: Opening Movie Music ~ Baba Yetu Composer: Christopher Tin (BMI) Orchestrator: Christopher Tin Alto solo: Nathania Reid Tenor solo: Ron Ragin Soprano solo: Nicole Bonsol Choir: Stanford Talisman 6. Tetris® Piano Opus No. 1 Tetris® is a trademark of The Tetris Company and Blue Planet Software. Tetris® theme (Music A) originally adapted and arranged from the Russian folk song "Korobeiniki" Piano Arrangement: Martin Leung Performed by: Martin Leung 7. God of War™ Montage (LIVE) Contains: The Great Sword Bridge of Athena ~ The Vengeful Spartan Published by Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. Composed by Gerard Marino Recorded Live in Brazil, South America Vocal soloist: Cindy Shapiro 8. Advent Rising Suite Contains: Muse ~ Bounty Hunter ~ Poeta Composers: Tommy Tallarico, Michael Plowman, Emmanuel Fratianni, Laurie Robinson Orchestrated by Emmanuel Fratianni, Laurie Robinson and Christopher Nickel Soprano solo: Laurie Robinson 9. Tron Montage Contains: Tron Scherzo ~ Anthem ~ Ending Titles Composed by Wendy Carlos Orchestrated and adapted for Video Games Live by David Kates Synthesizers programmed and performed by Matt Robertson 10. Halo® Suite Contains: Ghosts of Reach ~ The Last Spartan ~ Halo ~ The Last Spartan ~ Finish the Fight Composers: Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori Orchestrated by Emmanuel Fratianni, Laurie Robinson, Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori Guitars: Tommy Tallarico, Steve Vai, Chris Kline and Marcus Henderson Voiceover: Cindy Shapiro 11. Castlevania® Rock (LIVE) Contains: Beginning ~ Wicked Child ~ Vampire Killer ~ Moonlight Nocturne Castlevania® series owned and published by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. Composers: Kinuyo Yamashita & Satoe Terashima (Castlevania®), Club Kukeiha (Castlevania® III) and Michiru Yamane (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night®) Arranged by Tommy Tallarico Guitars: Tommy Tallarico and Dweezil Zappa Keyboards: Martin Leung Drums: Joe Travers Bass: Peter Griffin Recorded at Plaza Calafia Bullring - Mexicali, Mexico Engineered at EMI's Abbey Road recording studios, London.