Top Stuff from 2007 #2 - Video Game Scores

Top Stuff from 2007 #2 - Video Game Scores

It's no secret around that video game music is receiving increased coverage here at Tracksounds. I'd have to say that 2007 was one the best years ever for the genre. Releases such as GOD OF WAR II, ASSASSIN'S CREED, CALL OF DUTY 4, CRYSIS, BIOSHOCK and LAIR were just about as highly anticipated as some of the major feature films of 2007. For those who continue to brush this genre of music aside, all I can say is that you won't be able to do that for much longer.

The sort of score that used to be quite common in Hollywood feature films, is now starting to dominate the video game genre. The game developers aren't so much looking for intricate subtlety as much as invigorating substance. Some of the best stuff of all of 2007 came from the world of video games. Garry Schymann's BIOSHOCK and JOHN DEBNEY's LAIR could easily be matched up with the best action film scores of 2007. I have even gone as far as saying that Jamie Christopherson's score for the tie-in game out-classed Alexandre Desplat's work for the film, THE GOLDEN COMPASS and I don't think that will be such a strange thing franchises include both films and games together.

In a year that some consider a "down" year for film music, the genre of video game music has taken another few steps forward and that trend looks as if it will move right through 2008.