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Video Games Live gets CD release

Halo, Warcraft and God of War: 11-track game album up for download from today
Video Games Live and EMI are to release a CD of their globe-trotting game music concerts, with a digital version up for download today.

Video Games Live: Volume One is downloadable in the UK from today, with the release of the CD and an iTunes exclusive version coming later, to coincide with the VG Live events kicking off in Europe at Leipzig on August 20.

The album features live tracks from Halo, Warcraft and God of War, performed by the Slovak National Orchestra, The Crouch End Festival Chorus and The Video Game Pianist, Martin Leung.

If you've ever been to one of the actual events, you'll know that it's an awesome showcase of some of gaming's very best tunes - though the Tron soundtrack can bugger right off, if you ask us.

The full Volume One tracklist, which if you're interested is now on iTunes, is as follows...

1. Kingdom Hearts
Written by Utada Hikaru. Orchestrator: Kaoru Wada

2. Warcraft Suite
Composed by Jason Hayes. Orchestrator: Benoît Grey

3. Myst Medley
Composed by Robyn Miller; Gallery Theme composed by Tim Larkin

4. Medal of Honor (LIVE) "Operation Market Garden"
Composed and orchestrated by Michael Giacchino . Recorded Live in Brazil, South America

5. Civilization IV Medley
Composer: Christopher Tin (BMI) . Orchestrator: Christopher Tin . Alto solo: Nathania Reid . Tenor solo: Ron Ragin . Soprano solo: Nicole Bonsol . Choir: Stanford Talisman

6. Tetris Piano Opus No. 1
Originally adapted and arranged from the Russian folk song "Korobeiniki" . Piano Arrangement: Martin Leung . Performed by: Martin Leung

7. God of WarT Montage (LIVE)
Composed by Gerard Marino . Recorded Live in Brazil, South America

8. Advent Rising Suite
Composers: Tommy Tallarico, Michael Plowman, Emmanuel Fratianni, Laurie Robinson . Orchestrated by Emmanuel Fratianni, Laurie Robinson and Christopher Nickel

9. Tron Montage
Composed by Wendy Carlos; Orchestrated and adapted for Video Games Live by David Kates . Synthesizers programmed and performed by Matt Robertson

10. Halo Suite
Composers: Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori . Orchestrated by Emmanuel Fratianni, Laurie Robinson, Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori . Guitars: Tommy Tallarico, Steve Vai, Chris Kline and Marcus Henderson . Voiceover: Cindy Shapiro

11 Castlevania Rock (LIVE)
Composers: Kinuyo Yamashita (Castlevania), Club Kukeiha (Castlevania III) and Michiru Yamane (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) . Arranged by Tommy Tallarico . Guitars: Tommy Tallarico and Dweezil Zappa . Keyboards: Martin Leung . Drums: Joe Travers . Bass: Peter Griffin . Recorded at Plaza Calafia Bullring - Mexicali, Mexico

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absolutely great tracks on this disc (got it thorugh digital download) reccomended!
Shadow_Fury on 7 Jul '08
I think I'll pass. I was really looking forward to this, but with the main (for me) tracks removed/replaced (Zelda, Mario and Sonic) it's rather lacking.
NGM Cube on 8 Jul '08
I bet these tracks will be great for video's and the like. May have to download... sometime in the future.
AegisK on 8 Jul '08
Are they only available on iTunes?
minignaz on 8 Jul '08
Seems a poor selection to be honest. I was more looking for some zelda, mario, skies of arcadia...not advent rising.
I'll wait for volume 2
Waste_Manager on 8 Jul '08
Are they only available on iTunes?

nope got mine through play.com digital download, about £7 or £8
Shadow_Fury on 8 Jul '08
What a terrible selection songs! I would like to hear Tetris and that's it, like others I was hoping for some classic melodies given the VGL treatment, Halo was already beautifully composed, why cover it?
p_nut_uk on 9 Jul '08
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