Video game composer Dren McDonald had a great idea to raise money for an after-school music program in California. McDonald is Emily Reese's guest on this week's episode of Top Score.

Composers Kenny Young and Brian D'Oliveira collaborated on music for the game 'Tearaway'. They are Emily Reese's guests on this week's episode of Top Score.

When Brian Min wrote music for 'The Cave,' he never meant for that music to stay in the game. We're glad it did.

There were so many great soundtracks for games in 2013, our Top 5 list was just the tip of the iceberg.

Of all the great music to emerge from video games in 2013, one soundtrack comes out on top.

Jessica Curry's score for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs earns the number 2 spot on Top Score's Countdown to the Best Video Game Soundtracks of 2013.

2013 had several outstanding orchestral scores for video games. Over the next four weeks, you'll hear from five of them, starting with number 5.

It's a game about love, and flowers, and flying, and nature... and there's great music too. Composer Vincent Diamante talks about "Flower" on Top Score.

This introduction to the music of Guild Wars 2 , written by Jeremy Soule, also illustrates how you can learn about other composers — Edvard Grieg, for instance — from video games.

The art in To the Moon is deceptively simple. With blocky graphics, it's a lot like an Impressionist painting up close. But as you sit back, the images come alive. Kan Gao's atmosphere score is much the same.