Video Games Live
Music for the nightclub and the games console simply doesn’t trance-late
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Composer or Director: Michael Giacchino, Anonymous, Jason Hayes, Martin O'Donnell, Kinuyo Yamashita, Christopher Tin, Gerard Marino, Wendy Carlos, Robyn Miller, Utaka Hikaru, Tommy Tallarico
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: EMI
Magazine Review Date: 5/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 53
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: 508136-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Kingdom Hearts |
Utaka Hikaru, Composer
Crouch End Festival Chorus Jack Wall, Conductor Utaka Hikaru, Composer |
Warcraft |
Jason Hayes, Composer
Crouch End Festival Chorus Jack Wall, Conductor Jason Hayes, Composer |
Myst |
Robyn Miller, Composer
Crouch End Festival Chorus Jack Wall, Conductor Robyn Miller, Composer |
Medal of Honor |
Michael Giacchino, Composer
Crouch End Festival Chorus Jack Wall, Conductor Michael Giacchino, Composer |
Civilisation IV |
Christopher Tin, Composer
Christopher Tin, Composer Crouch End Festival Chorus Jack Wall, Conductor |
Korobeiniki |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Martin Leung, Piano |
God of War |
Gerard Marino, Composer
Crouch End Festival Chorus Gerard Marino, Composer Jack Wall, Conductor |
Advent Rising |
Tommy Tallarico, Composer
Crouch End Festival Chorus Jack Wall, Conductor Tommy Tallarico, Composer |
Tron |
Wendy Carlos, Composer
Crouch End Festival Chorus Jack Wall, Conductor Wendy Carlos, Composer |
Halo |
Martin O'Donnell, Composer
Crouch End Festival Chorus Jack Wall, Conductor Martin O'Donnell, Composer |
Castlevania |
Kinuyo Yamashita, Composer
Crouch End Festival Chorus Jack Wall, Conductor Kinuyo Yamashita, Composer |
Composer or Director: Rock AaaPOP
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Armada
Magazine Review Date: 5/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: ARMA165
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Symphony |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
1998 |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Children |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Café del Mar |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Theme from 'Harry's Game' |
Moya Brennan, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Flaming June |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Mindcircus |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Synaesthesia |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Seven Cities |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Rush |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Sun |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Communication |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
My Religion |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Serenity |
Rock AaaPOP, Composer
Petri Alanko, 'Lowland' Rock AaaPOP, Composer |
Author: Philip_Clark
The truth, my friends, is that the music contained here within is worthless tosh, and unpleasantly manipulative tosh at that. I’m happy to accept that in the context of a video game it has a function: but its vapid Romantic climaxes, shopping-centre beats, banks of ambient choirs and cheesier-than-a-Dairyleafondue melodies, played with sinister authoritarian precision, aren’t anything to do with music – this is the music business at its crudest and most unfettered.
Nor is there much happening with the set of “Classical Trancelations” by Finnish producer Petri Alanko. Trance music is the commercial wing of techno, but this sounds more like a pretend art to me, where material is reduced to nothing and in its place: empty atmospherics and orchestration without music. Apologies for the negative vibes, but frankly, they started it.
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