{"id":6664,"date":"2013-05-21T02:15:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T06:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2013-05-21T02:15:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T06:15:43","slug":"soundtrack-reviews-video-game-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6664","title":{"rendered":"Soundtrack Reviews: Video Game Scores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CompactDisc_image_s.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-863\" title=\"CompactDisc_image_s\" src=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CompactDisc_image_s.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just uploaded is a quartet of video game scores from 2013 and 2012 featuring music by major feature film and TV talents.<\/p>\n<p>Top-lining the quartet is Bear McCreary&#8217;s score for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/d\/MP3_0447_Defiance2013.htm\"><strong>Defiance<\/strong> <\/a>[<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6642\">M<\/a>], which he&#8217;s released as a 90 minute (yes, that&#8217;s correct) digital album on his own label Sparks and Shadows. From La-La Land come Tyler Bates&#8217; grand <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/g\/CD_0448_GodOfWarAscension.htm\">God of War: Ascension<\/a><\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6637\">M<\/a>], Mark Mancina&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/s\/CD_0449_Sorcery2012.htm\"><strong>Sorcery<\/strong> <\/a>[<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6632\">M<\/a>], and Christopher Lennertz&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/s\/CD_0450_Starhawk2012.htm\"><strong>Starhawk<\/strong> <\/a>[<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6627\">M<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The styles of each composer ensure no score sounds identical (and the subjects of each game is significantly different), but I really like Lennertz&#8217; work the most because its more cohesive, and shows off his fine writing chops. I also love the fact game makers mandate the kind of budgets typical of Hollywood productions, and the scope of these scores is massive &#8211; especially Bates&#8217; score.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>,  Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com <\/strong>(  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/Main_Index_Page.htm\">Main Site<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php\">Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just uploaded are reviews of four video game soundtracks from 2013 and 2012: Bear McCreary&#8217;s Defiance (released on the composer&#8217;s new label, Sparks and Shadows), and from La-La Records we have Tyler Bates&#8217; God of War: Ascension, Mark Mancina&#8217;s Sorcery, and Christopher Lennertz&#8217; Starhawk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1Ju","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}