http://classicalmpr.org/topscore 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 battle, sorcerers through forests and aliens through space. en-us 2012 Minnesota Public Radio Wed, 23 May 2012 13:19:00 CDT http://minnesota.publicradio.org/tools/podcasts/images/top_score_75.jpg http://classicalmpr.org/topscore 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 battle, sorcerers through forests and aliens through space. An in-depth listen to video game music and the people who make it. Minnesota Public Radio Minnesota Public Radio mail@mpr.org no video games, music, classical, composers Austin Wintory teamed up with thatgamecompany and Jenova Chen to create a terrific score for the game "Journey" http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/05/22/journey-austin-wintory-top-score Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2012/05/23/top_score_austin_wintory_pd_20120523_128.mp3 37:53 Three of the composers from Mass Effect 3 join Emily Reese for a conversation about their music on the newest episode of Top Score from Classical MPR. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/05/08/mass-effect-3-top-score-hulick-dikiciyan-velasco Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2012/05/08/top_score_mass_effect_3_pd_20120508_128.mp3 33:22 Two of my favorite things coincide on the new episode of Top Score: composer Richard Jacques, and LittleBigPlanet. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/04/04/richard-jacques-on-top-score-little-big-planet Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2012/04/10/top_score_richard_jacques_pd_20120410_128.mp3 32:46 Composer Ron Fish joins Top Score to talk about his music for Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Asylum, the God of War series and Sega Japan's Rise of Nightmares. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/03/07/ron-fish-batman-arkham-city-top-score Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/features/2012/03/09/top_score_ron_fish_pd_20120309_128.mp3 39:26 Mass Effect 3 comes out on March 6th, and Top Score has a preview of two new tracks, and a review of the music from the Mass Effect universe. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/02/23/mass-effect-3-preview-top-score Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2012/02/23/top_score_mass_effect_preview_pd_20120223_128.mp3 10:00 Composer Jesper Kyd visited MPR headquarters in November for Top Score's first live event. Check out the audio and video from the night! http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/01/31/jesper-kyd-event-mpr-top-score Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2012/02/02/top_score_jesper_kyd_pd_20120202_128.mp3 46:11 Host of The Legacy Music Hour podcast, Brent Weinbach, joins Top Score to talk about his passion for the 8- and 16-bit era of video game music. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/01/09/old-school-video-game-music-on-top-score Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2012/01/13/top_score_brent_weinbach_pd_20120113_128.mp3 31:41 Inon Zur returns to Top Score from Classical MPR to talk about his new score to Lord of the Rings: War in the North. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/12/19/inon-zur-lord-of-the-rings-top-score Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/12/23/top_score_inon_zur_pd_20111223_128.mp3 35:57 Composer Jesper Kyd has written music for all four games in the Assassin's Creed series. Hear him talk about the experience in the new episode of Top Score from Classical MPR. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/12/05/jesper-kyd-top-score-assassins-creed Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/12/05/top_score_jesper_kyd_pd_20111205_128.mp3 42:08 Greg Edmonson talks about his music for the Uncharted trilogy on Top Score from Classical Minnesota Public Radio. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/11/17/greg-edmonson-top-score Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/11/17/top_score_greg_edmonson_pod_20111117_128.mp3 33:57 Brian Tyler talks about his score for one of the most anticipated games of the year: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on the new episode of Top Score from Classical Minnesota Public Radio. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/11/03/brian-tyler-top-score-modern-warfare-3 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/11/03/top_score_brian_tyler_pod_20111103_128.mp3 34:59 Composer Bear McCreary is our guest on Top Score this week from Classical MPR. I first became interested in his music through my adoration of the relaunched "Battlestar Galactica" series on SyFy. Lucky for me, Bear also scored two video games. Capcom's "Dark Void" from 2010, and Sony's "SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs." http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/19/top-score-bear-mccreary Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/10/19/top_score_s2_ep4_20111019_128.mp3 35:58 Composer Tom Salta applied a multifaceted musical background to create an immersive and highly interactive soundtrack for Eric Chahi's new game, "From Dust." http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/04/tom-salta-top-score-from-dust Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/10/05/top_score_s2_ep3_20111005_128.mp3 39:26 The latest installment of Top Score features an interview with Boris Salchow, who composed the score for the recently released sci-fi shooter "Resistance 3." http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/09/18/boris-salchow-top-score Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/09/20/top_score_boris_salchow_20110920_128.mp3 36:39 Veteran video game composer Martin O'Donnell talks about writing scores for ten years of Halo on the first episode of season 2 from Top Score on Classical Minnesota Public Radio. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/09/06/top-score-martin-odonnell-halo-s2e1/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/09/13/top_score_s2_ep1_pt2_20110913_128.mp3 21:59 Veteran video game composer Martin O'Donnell talks about writing scores for ten years of Halo on the first episode of season 2 from Top Score on Classical Minnesota Public Radio. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/09/06/top-score-martin-odonnell-halo-s2e1 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/09/06/top_score_s2_ep1_20110906_128.mp3 35:43 The second season of Top Score is going to be great, and it's too great to just tell you who will be on the show. Instead, Top Score, in true game fashion, has a challenge for you! Listen to the audio, and see if you can determine who the composers are of the seven musical examples. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/08/19/top-score-season2/ Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/08/19/top_score_redux_20110819_128.mp3 5:23 What does 20th-century American composer Milton Babbitt (1916-2011) have to do with video game music? A lot, as it turns out. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/08/03/top-score-laura-karpman Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/2011/08/03/top_score_20110803_128.mp3 31:30 The game "Heavy Rain" was released in 2010 by Quantic Dream. Composer Normand Corbeil wrote the music and is the guest on Top Score from Classical Minnesota Public Radio. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/07/13/heavy-rain-top-score-normand-corbeil Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/07/13/top_score_hr_ep_7_20110713_128.mp3 42:00 Rockstar Games turned to Bill Elm and Woody Jackson to create the music for "Red Dead Redemption." On this episode of Top Score from Classical MPR, Elm discusses he and Jackson's background in the alt-country scene, his admiration for Italian film composer Ennio Morricone and more. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/06/20/top-score-red-dead-redemption-bill-elm Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/06/23/top_score_rdr_ep_6_20110623_128.mp3 25:58 Composer Sean Murray talks about his music for Call of Duty: Black Ops in the fifth episode of Top Score from Classical Minnesota Public Radio. His music successfully captures an environment fueled by war, undercover Cold War CIA operations and the emotional trauma and tension that must accompany such a life. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/06/07/black-ops-sean-murray-top-score-podcast Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/06/09/top_score_cod_ep5_20110609_128.mp3 29:00 Composer Garry Schyman talks to Top Score about his music for BioShock, BioShock 2 and Dante's Inferno. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/05/23/top-score-episode-4-garry-schyman-bioshock Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/top_score/2011/05/24/top_score_garry_schyman_20110524_128.mp3 36:25 Episode Three of Top Score features composer Jason Graves, who created a gorgeous but terrifying score for Dead Space and Dead Space 2. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/05/09/top-score-jason-graves-dead-space Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/programs/2011/05/10/top_score_episode_3_20110510_128.mp3 25:13 Episode Two of Top Score is all about Stacking, a delightful game with a classical soundtrack. Join Emily Reese for a conversation with Game Designer Lee Petty, Audio Director Brian Min and Composer Peter McConnell. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/20/top-score-stacking-episode-2 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/features/2011/04/26/top_score_episode_2_20110426_128.mp3 27:26 Award-winning composer Inon Zur writes music for video games like Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II, and the two most recent games in the Fallout series. He talks about his journey and his job on Top Score from Classical Minnesota Public Radio. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/12/inon-zur-dragon-age Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/classical/features/2011/04/11/top_score_dragon_age_20110411_128.mp3 29:20