Top Score

By Emily Reese

Some of the scores for video games are incredibly intricate and deserve recognition, which is why we've created Top Score: a series of podcasts dedicated to the music that accompanies soldiers through... more

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How many episodes does Top Score have?

The podcast currently has 157 episodes available.

Top Score episodes:

August 15, 2013 Tim Larkin and DotA 2 on Top Score
Even though it's been out for a month, the game 'DotA 2' is still a work in progress. Composer Tim Larkin started writing music for the game more than two years ago -- and he's not done yet.
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6min
August 08, 2013 Star Trek: Boldly going where no video game soundtrack has gone before
There are literally dozens of Star Trek games, spun off from the television series that started in 1966, yet no one's ever released a soundtrack from those games... until now.
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5min
August 01, 2013 Cris Velasco and Company of Heroes 2 on Top Score
If you needed to write music that sounded Russian, where would you start? Composer Cris Velasco talks Company of Heroes 2 on Top Score from Classical MPR.
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17min
July 18, 2013 Tom Salta and Halo: Spartan Assault on Top Score
Halo is back, with a new platform and a new composer dedicated to preserving the iconic sound of the series, Tom Salta.
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13min
July 03, 2013 Normand Corbeil's Heavy Rain on Top Score
The difficult decisions players must make in Heavy Rain are underscored by a gorgeous soundtrack, written by French-Canadian film composer Normand Corbeil.
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5min
June 13, 2013 Grant Kirkhope and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Composer Grant Kirkhope lets his British roots shine in his score for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
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5min
June 06, 2013 Garry Schyman's BioShock Infinite on Top Score
How do I feel about composer Garry Schyman's score to the new BioShock Infinite? Put it on a stage and let me hear it live, over and over... and over... and over...
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5min
May 31, 2013 Austin Wintory and Monaco: What's Yours is Mine
Inspired by music from the era of silent film, Austin Wintory's score for Monaco: What's Yours is Mine features improvisational ragtime piano.
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5min
May 24, 2013 Olivier Deriviere and Remember Me on Top Score
Paris may be best well-known as the City of Lights, but French composer Olivier Deriviere turns it into a city of memories in the new game Remember Me .
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5min
May 10, 2013 Lennie Moore and Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm on Top Score
With so many World War II games on the market, it can be difficult to come up with a unique sound for the score. Lennie Moore talks about his music for Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm on Top Score.
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18min

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How many episodes does Top Score have?

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