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List of Film & TV Composers in VGM
I've had an interest in this for awhile--composers who work primarily in film or TV that moonlight in VGM. I've compiled a little list based on my own memory that's far from complete, and I'm looking for help in fleshing it out. So, if you know of any film or TV composer that's done VGM work, please let me know and I'll add it to the list! Feel free to make your opinions about film/TV composers in VGM known too.
Note 1 When I say music, I mean "original music." I'm not interested in music by film or TV composers that was simply dropped into a game or adapted by somebody else (hence no listing of all the Star Wars games that use John Williams' themes). Note 2 I'm thinking of spinning composers who work primarily in anime into a seperate list, since there are so very many, so hold onto those for now. Film Composers and Television Composers in Video Game Music Angelo Badalamenti Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy (co-wrote) Lorne Balfe Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (co-wrote) Richard Band Casper Clay Fighter 63 1/3 (co-composer) Conquest of the New World Descent to Undermountain (co-composer) Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus Planescape: Torment (co-composer) Star Trek Judgment Rites (co-wrote) Star Trek Pinball Stonekeep (cinematics) Waterwold (cinematics) Chuck Barth RAMA Giorgio Bertuccelli Dr. Brain: Action Reaction (co-wrote) David Bergeaud Disruptor Running Wild Resistance: Fall of Man Ratchet: Deadlocked Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando Ratchet & Clank Ed Bogas Gran Turismo 4 Bo Jackson's Hit and Run! Baseball and Football Super Tetris Simon Boswell Burn:Cycle (co-wrote) Bruce Broughton Heart of Darkness Justin Caine Burnett Metal Gear Solid 2 (cutscenes) (additional music) Metal Gear Solid 3 (cutscenes) (additional music) Sean Callery 24: The Game James Bond: Everything Or Nothing John Carpenter: Sentinel Returns Alf Clausen The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio (co-wrote) Bill Conti The Godfather: The Game (co-wrote) Stewart Copeland Spyro the Dragon Spyro 2 Spyro 3 Spyro 4 Elia Cmiral The Last Express Don Davis The Matrix Online John Debney Lair James Dooley SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs Dead to Rights II Gred Edmonson Uncharted: Drake's Revenge Danny Elfman Fable (main theme) Harold Faltermeyer Jack Orlando Two Worlds Christopher Franke Babylon 5: Into the Fire (cancelled) Yuko Fukushima Arc The Lad: The Twilight of The Spirit (co-wrote) Joel Goldsmith Call of Duty 3 Tom Clancy SSN Corpse Killer (additional music) William Goldstein King's Quest IV Harry Gregson-Williams Metal Gear Solid 4 (cutscenes) (in production) Metal Gear Solid 2 (cutscenes) Metal Gear Solid 3 (cutscenes) Rupert Gregson-Williams Battlefield 2 (console) Jan Hammer Police Quest 3 Paul Haslinger Far Cry Instincts Far Cry Predator Rainbow Six Vegas Takayuki Hattori I.Q Intelligent Qube Arc The Lad: The Twilight of The Spirit (co-wrote) Joe Hisaishi Tengai Makyo II Manji Maru Michael Hoenig Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate II Taku Iwasaki Cho Aniki Uncharted Waters Online Muv-Luv Alternative (co-wrote) Steve Jablonsky Command and Conquer 3 (co-wrote) Laura Karpman EverQuest II Kenji Kawai Sansara Naga 2 Sangokushi Online Nobunaga no Yabou Online [u]Michael Legrand[/b] Torin's Passage Christopher Lennertz James Bond 007: From Russia with Love Medal of Honor: European Assault 187 Ride or Die Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Medal of Honor: Rising Sun Trevor Morris Need for Speed: Carbon Command and Conquer 3 (co-wrote) Mark Mothersbaugh Crash Bandicoot Crash Bandicoot 2 Crash Bandicoot 3 Crash Team Racing Interstate '82 Jak & Daxter Jak II Jak III The Sims 2 Gregor Narholz Battlefield 2142 X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Joey Newman Lineage: The Blood Pledge Michael Nyman Enemy Zero Michiru Oshima Legend of Legaia ICO Kow Otani Shadow of the Colossus John Ottman I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Barrington Pheloung In Cold Blood Broken Sword Broken Sword II Graeme Revell Call of Duty 2 Craig Safan Leisure Suit Larry 5 (co-wrote) Ryuichi Sakamoto L.O.L. Lack of Love Seiken Densetsu 4 (main theme) Tengai Makyo Ziria Lalo Schifrin Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (main theme) Garry Schyman Destroy All Humans! Destroy All Humans! 2 Howard Shore Soul of the Ultimate Nation Michael Skloff Dr. Brain: Action Reaction (co-wrote) Mark Snow Syphon Filter - The Omega Strain Syphon Filter - Dark Mirror Urban Assault Christopher Stone Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair Christopher Tyng Futurama: The Game The Simpsons Road Rage Michael Wandmacher I Was an Atomic Mutant Madagascar Over the Hedge Shattered Reality Ultrawheels: Street Jam Kousuke Yamashita Nobunaga no Yabou Xenosaga II (co-wrote) Geoff Zanelli Champions of Norrath (additional) Shrek the Third |
Uhm... at the very least (I'm sure there are way more) Koichi Sugiyama, Motoi Sakuraba, Yoko Shimomura, Nobuo Uematsu all did some work for film and/or TV as well. Also Michael Giacchino actually once started as a VGM composer (earliest work I know is Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow by Eurogames in 1996, but there may be earlier ones), and so did Yoko Kanno (much of Koei's output in late 1980's/early 1990's).
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It will be difficult to define the difference between VGM and Film/TV/Anime composer in some cases.
Mark Morgan also started with game music I think but now he's doing only movie scores. Joey Newman composed for Lineage 1. As for anime composers who also worked on games, that's almost an impossible task. edit: ehm okay. Though I still don't know whether Mark Morgan would be film, tv or game music composer. |
David Bergeaud (of Ratchet & Clank series) started in the film industry.
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I'm also interested by this kind of information. I'll try to contribute as much as I can, but not many come to mind right now. Here's a few:
Michael Nyman Enemy Zero Laura Karpman EverQuest II Harold Faltermeyer Jack Orlando Elia Cmiral The Last Express |
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Ryuichi Sakamoto also worked on Tengai Makyo Ziria.
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Hirasawa Susumu has done several anime film/TV soundtracks, but also the soundtrack to the first Berserk (DC) game, and the main theme for the second one (PS2). Though in the last 15 years I believe he's had more solo albums than soundtracks so it's kind of hard to classify him as a film/TV composer.
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Kenji Kawai: Sansara Naga 2, Sangokushi Online, Nobunaga no Yabou Online
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No Ootani Kow? He did the soundtrack to Wander and the Colossus in addition to doing two noteworthy anime series.
Hell, better add Michiru Oshima (Legend of Legaia, ICO) and Taku Iwasaki (one of the Cho Aniki games, Uncharted Waters Online) to the mix as well. |
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Inon Zur: http://www.inonzur.com/credits.html
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Garry Schyman
Destroy All Humans! Destroy All Humans! 2: Make War Not Love |
Thank God for IMDB to check all of these :)
I've added all the suggestions except Hirasawa Susumu and Inon Zur. I can't find enough information on Susumu, and Zur hasn't scored any film or TV projects since 2000--he's pretty much a full-time game composer now. Also added Ennio Morricone (Red Dead Revolver) and Don Davis (The Matrix Online). I thought about adding Frederic Talgorn, but can't find any confirmation that he was involved with producing original music for Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2. |
From what I know, the music in Red Dead Revolver isn't original. It was borrowed from various western movie scores.
David Bergeaud Disruptor Running Wild |
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Wizardy Hiroshi Miyagawa Startling Odyssey Yuki Kajiura Double Cast Xenosage series Yuko Fukushima Arc The Lad: The Twilight of The Spirit Takayuki Hattri I.Q Intelligent Qube Arc The Lad: The Twilight of The Spirit Kousuke Yamashita Nobunaga no Yabou XenoSage I&II Shiro Sagisu Shining Tears Shining Force NEO Kuniaki Haishima KOWLOON'S GATE Kohei Takana Sakura Wars Shiro Hamaguchi Many orchestration on SE games Akifumi Tada Gunparade March Takayuki Negishi Bloody Roor Hayato Matsuo Ogre series DQ & FF Itadaki Steet Special FINAL FANTASY XII Kazuhiko Sawaguchi Weltorv Estleia Mario Party 64 |
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I'm seriously considering spinning the anime composers off into their own thread. My experience is generally with Western composers, and the list looks like it could be deluged with anime composers. Would anyone be interested in maintaining such a thread? |
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You didn't add Joey Newman yet. Perhaps he's not famous enough, but he's the cousin of Thomas Newman. And Lineage is the only VGM he composed.
Does Mark Morgan fall flat? 6 out of his 21 works are VGM, so I'm not sure. For Taku Iwasaki you can add Muv-Luv Alternative, he composed a small couple of tracks for the game, along with Hikaru Nanase, who goes by many names and aliases but is mainly anime composer. |
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List's been updated. Ennio Morricone was removed; upon further research, it seems that, despite his "music by" credit, his material was almost certainly non-original; it's not listed on the composer's official website.
Added Bill Conti, Stewart Copeland, Yuko Fukushima, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Steve Jablonsky, Mark Mothersbaugh, Joel McNeely, Joey Newman, Graeme Revell, and Kousuke Yamashita |
Joe Hisaishi ~ Tengai Makyo II Manji Maru Original Soundtrack
(btw...good to see you're still here, orion :D) |
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Christopher Lennertz: (in the first place he is working on Films, like Saint Sinner, Undercurrent, Supernatural Pilot Episode)
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love Medal of Honor: European Assault 187 Ride or Die Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Medal of Honor: Rising Sun James Dooley SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs Dead to Rights II Klaus Badelt: (I think that doesn't count, since he was only music arranger) Firefighter F.D.14 (only music arranger/composer was Norikazu Miura) Bill Brown:(atm he's working on CSI:NY, so I think he counts more as a TV-Composer than a VGM composer) Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield Return to Castle Wolfenstein Undying ... |
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I considered Bill Brown for the first list I put up; however, he got his start writing VGM and has only recently moved into film and TV music. Lennertz and Dooley, though, have only done a few games apiece and started in TV, so I'll add them. |
There also is
Eric Serra: New York Race (The Game is based on the film, the 5th elment, but serra composed completely new music for the game. the music isn't even based on the themes of the film) |
I finally discovered who composed the music for one of my favorite game soundtracks of all time, Dr. Brain Action Reaction (I kid you not).
Giorgio Bertuccelli Michael Skloff Never heard of them, but then, I've never heard of most non-vgm composers. Skloff's worked on a bunch of TV series according to IMDB, and Bertuccelli's done some TV series as well as a couple Italian movies. I wish I knew if they composed for any other games. The funny thing is that the music never even played in the game for whatever reason, but it's on the disc as Redbook Audio. |
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I've extensively researched Hayato Matsuo and he is definitely more of an anime composer than a VGM one. Koichi Sugiyama may have given him his start, but since 1993, it's mostly been anime from him. He's done quite a few vocal albums as well.
Interesting thread. Keep it up! |
Let's not forget the amazing mister Snow!:p
Mark Snow ~ Syphon Filter - The Omega Strain ~ Syphon Filter - Dark Mirror And a few more: Joris De Man (former tv composer) ~ Killzone Steve Jablonsky ~ Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Sean Callery ~ 24 The Game ~ James Bond - Everything Or Nothing Justin Burnett ~ Metal Gear Solid 2 ~ Metal Gear Solid 3 Yuki Kajiura (EDIT: I see Taisai mentioned her, but she isn't in your list yet) ~ Xenosaga II ~ Xenosaga III BTW....the music Joel McNeely composed for Shadows Of The Empire, weren't specifically written for the videogame. So I don't think he should be in this list!! (It was a soundtrack based on the novel, the VG came later) |
Oh yes, Mark Snow! He also did the music for another game -> Urban Assault. He is also credited for the music in the X-Files game, but I wonder if it's new materail or recycled cues?
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Steve Jablonsky is already on the list. I wasn't even aware that there were any 24 games; Callery's going up too. Can't find enough info on Joris de Man; he's only got two IMDB credits. Quote:
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Hello there, i am quite new again (lost my old account in the crash)...
What about.. Akihiko Matsumoto He composed the music of films like - Extreme Crisis (1998 - english title) - Bayside Shakedown (1998 - english title) - Space Travelers (2000 - english title) - My Lover Is a Sniper: The Movie (2004) - Missing Pages (2006) he did the music of Resident Evil Outbreak & Resident Evil Outbreak: File 2 |
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Another one for you, orion. I recently ripped Bo Jackson's Hit and Run! Baseball and Football (GB) and found that Ed Bogas composed the music for it. Apparently, he's a pretty well-known TV and film composer who's worked on a lot of animated stuff (such as Peanuts and Garfield specials). That's according to his Wikipedia entry and his website.
Here's the Mobygames listing of other titles he's worked on, for the curious. |
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I'vre added him to the list. |
Kevin Manthei:
Ultimate Spiderman City of Villains Shrek Superslam Dead Rush Shark Tale Shrek 2 Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Kill.Switch Nancy Drew Series Dead to Rights New Legends Twisted Metal: Black Sacrifice Wizardry 8 Vampire - The Masquerade: Redemption Majesty EA Outdoor Sports Series Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes Mask of Eternity Jagged Alliance 2 Panzer General Series Civilization II: Fantastic Worlds Indian in the Cupboard Kevin's official homepage: http://kmmproductions.com/home.html |
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Manthei and Moore are both very tempting, but their resumés indicate that both started in VGM before branching out later into other arenas, and that the largest amount of their work is still for VGM.
I've begun adding links to the main list, to help people track down and listen to these OSTs and gamerips. If anyone has any stable URL's they can contribute, that would be super. |
As there are a bunch of Dr. Brain games, you should specify that the one Giorgio Bertuccelli and Michael Skloff worked on is Dr. Brain: Action Reaction.
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Dayum, I would have thought Manthei was at least borderline acceptable. It seems he started out doing additional music for television shows and a videogame within the same year.
But here's one which I think should be okay: John Carpenter: Sentinel Returns I think it's the only videogame John worked on, and that came out in 1998 for the PC. Perhaps Rimo (who did a rip of this game) could shed more light on the music. It's all original material, as far as I'm concerned. |
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Thanks to Rimo's latest rip, Eric Serra has been removed from the list along with the link to New York Race.
I see that Ramin Djawadi, best known for his collaborations with Hans Zimmer, is listed in the "sound department" for Thief II. Can anyone confirm if he did, or did not, write any music for the game? Added a bunch of Zimmerites to the list. Trevor Morris, with credits for "Need for Speed: Carbon" and a co-composer credit on "Command and Conquer 3;" Lorne Balfe as co-composer on "Battlefield 2: Modern Combat." Also Alf Clausen, who is not a Zimmerite but was replaced by them, for "The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio." |
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John Debney (Sin City, The Passion of the Christ) will score Lair from the studio Factor 5 (Turrican). I find it a bit strage that Debney scores it and not Factor 5s common composer Chris Hülsbeck. Also, Geoff Zanelli (Secret Window, Into the West) wrote additional music for Champions of Norrath. EDIT: Well, another one: Paul Haslinger (Underworld) - Far Cry Instincts/Far Cry Predator, Rainbow Six Vegas. You can listen to those 3 scores on http://www.haslinger.com/ |
Jan Hammer did music for Police Quest 3.
Also Brian May did music for the "Rise of the Robots" games but i guess he is not primarily an TV/film composer even if Queen did music for the Highlander and Flash Gordon films. |
Fantastic new finds, especially Debney. I really hope he pulls off something spectacular!
Added Debney, Hammer, Haslinger, Hammer, May, and Zanelli to the list. Stefan_L, as far as Brian May is concerned, there are actually two artists by that name, the famous rocker and a respected Australian film/TV composer. Are you sure that the "Rise of the Robots" score was by the rocker? |
According to MobyGames he wasn't heavily involved.
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Ah, good to know. May's been removed from the list.
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Christopher Stone:
Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair |
Interesting aside: according to Wikipedia, Brian May did in fact compose a score, but it was left out at the last minute due to legal wrangling in order to make the title's launch date.
Stone Cold Chris Stone's been added to the list. |
Hmm, maybe you could re-add it as a rejected score then? Just a thought.
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Brian May did more music for the sequel "Rise 2: Resurrection"... can be read at the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_the_Robots
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Added Barrington Pheloung to the list, whith scores for "In Cold Blood," "Broken Sword, and "Broken Sword II."
After careful research, I've come to the conclusion that Brian May is probably more of a mainstream musician/performer than a film/tv composer. Though if anyone has a link to a rip of his rejected RotR score, or RotR2 score, I think it would be cool to hear. I've also managed to do a mostly-complete rip of Ottman's IHNMAIMS, if anyone wants it. |
Simon Boswell (co-wrote)
Burn:Cycle |
Bumping this thread with one new videogamescore made by a filmcomposer:
Geoff Zanelli Shrek the Third [the Videogame] |
Sorry if I missed it, but what about Michael Giacchino?
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/s...loperId,47852/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0315974/ |
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That's the same reason that Inon Zur and Yoko Kanno aren't on the list. |
An update, I know some more:
Alongside Jan Hammer, Sierra had Craig Safan work on Leisure Suit Larry 5 (his most famous movie score was "The Last Starfighter"). Also, Hollywood composer Chuck Barth composed the Dynamix game "RAMA". Oh yeah, William Goldstein did the music for "King's Quest IV". Finally, noone's sure, but Michel Legrand was rumoured to have worked on "Torin's Passage", too. I'm gonna ring a composer I know who worked on it, the excellent David Henry, in a few hours and ask him. Regards, - Spike |
Michael Wandmacher
Shattered Reality Ultrawheels: Street Jam I Was an Atomic Mutant Madagascar Over the Hedge http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910800/ Gregor Narholz X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Battlefield 2142 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003084/ |
Confirmed, Legrand worked on Torin's Passage, composed the original melodies for it. It was arranged by someone else (David Henry) though.
- Spike |
Richard Band:
Stonekeep (cinematics) Conquest of the New World Casper Waterwold (cinematics) Clay Fighter 63 1/3 (co-composer) Star Trek Pinball Descent to Undermountain (co-composer) Planescape: Torment (co-composer) Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus Started in the film-scoring industry with Joel Goldsmith, creating the score to "Laserblast" (1978). Did several other film works and later started in the game industry in the '90s, working at Interplay. |
The list has been updated.
Band also co-wrote "Star Trek: Judgment Rites," which I have been meaning to try and rip for awhile. |
Indeed, but the reason I haven't included that game in the list is because, as far as I know, he was only responsible for a rendition of the main Star Trek theme, which doesn't look to be an original work. A bit like the LucasArts composers who included John Williams' "Star Wars" themes and aren't listed here for that reason (or John Williams himself). If you prefer to include this entry anyway, it's cool, since he is still credited for that game.
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Were you able to find a credits breakdown? All I've ever seen is a list.
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A Naughty Dog employee who was interviewed on an IGN podcast confirmed that Greg Edmonson (Firefly) is scoring Uncharted: Drake's Revenge. *splooge*
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Wow, that's terrific news. I hope it's in the same style!
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Harold Faltermeyer
Two Worlds |
Man, I forgot all about this thread. Guess I should update it!
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Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) scoring Gears of War 2 - link.
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