Listen to the Best New Album of Video Game Music Right Now

PublishedNovember 7, 2011

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Last week, we streamed a recording of the London Philharmonic Orchestra playing the theme from Modern Warfare 2. This track was from the orchestra's upcoming album named "The Greatest Video Game Music." Today, the album was released, and the nice folks at the London Philharmonic have allowed Kotaku to exclusively stream the entire album for a week.

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Tetris (soprano sax soloist!) and Angry Birds (Bassoonist! Also, entire woodwind section!) were both standouts for me. Also, gotta love the electric bassist on the GTA IV track, which wins the "most uncanny sound-alike" award. I also dug the percussion-less take on Drake's theme from Uncharted, which gives the performance a noble, almost mournful quality. The recordings sound much better through headphones or through a good sound system, since you can really feel the orchestra breathe.

The tracks themselves are in video format, and you can clip through them in the gallery at the top of the post. We'll have all the tracks hosted here all week. You can order the entire album on Amazon for $2.99, and get a dollar off on Monday by following this link and using the code "GAMESMP3."

Full Track List:

1. Advent Rising: Muse (Composed by Tommy Tallarico, Emmanuel Fratianni, and Laurie Robinson)
2. Legend of Zelda: Suite (Composed by Koji Kondo)
3. Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2: Theme (Composed by Hans Zimmer)
4. Angry Birds: Main Theme (Composed by Ari Pulkkinen)
5. Final Fantasy VIII: Liberi Fatali (Composed by Nobuo Uematsu)
6. Super Mario Bros Theme (Composed by Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo)
7. Uncharted - Drake's Fortune: Nate's Theme (Composed by Greg Edmonson)
8. Grand Theft Auto IV: Soviet Connection (Composed by Michael Hunter)
9. World of Warcraft: Seasons of War (Composed by Jason Hayes)
10. Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty Theme (Composed by Harry Gregson-Williams)
11. Tetris: Theme (Composed by Alexey Pajitnov)
12. Battlefield 2: Theme (Composed by Joel Eriksson)
13. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (Composed by Jeremy Soule)
14. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare: Main Menu Theme (Composed by Stephen Barton and Harry Gregson-Williams)
15. Mass Effect: Suicide Mission (Composed by Jack Wall and Sam Hulick)
16. Splinter Cell: Conviction (Composed by Michael Nielsen, Kaveh Cohen, and Amon Tobin)
17. Final Fantasy: Main Theme (Composed by Nobuo Uematsu)
18. Bioshock: The Ocean on his Shoulders (Composed by Garry Schyman)
19. Halo 3: One Final Effort (Composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori)
20. Fallout 3: Theme (Composed by Inon Zur)
21. Super Mario Bros: Gusty Garden Galaxy (Composed by Koji Kondo)

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Advent Rising - Muse

1. Advent Rising: Muse
(Composed by Tommy Tallarico, Emmanuel Fratianni, and Laurie Robinson)

Full Track List:

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