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Video Game Composers

100

Hired by Nintendo in 1984, this composer went on to create some of the most iconic video game soundtracks of our time. 

Koji Kondo 

200

This composers claim to fame is that he composed the music for all of the Final Fantasy games. He also has a wide range from symphonic melodies to techno. 

Nubuo Uematsu 

300

The release of this composers album is still to this day the highest selling video game soundtrack of all time. Halo. 

Martin O'Donnell

400

Known mainly for specializing in RPG's, this composer is famous for composing the music for the Elder Scrolls series. 

Jeremy Soule 

500

All music for Tekken! This composer also did the music for Nier Automata. 

Keiichi Okabe 

Movie Composers

100

Arguably the most influential composer of our time. This guy made the themes for many famous movies and associates himself with Steven Spieldberg. 

John Williams 

200

If you hear an electric guitar in the soundtrack, this composer is playing it! He is German and has written the music for over 150 films. 

Hans Zimmer

300

If you have watched a Disney movie, chances are that you have heard the music and the songs of this composer. 

Alan Menken 

400

This composer mainly associates himself with director Tim Burton. He is also known for writing the theme to The Simpsons. 

Danny Elfman

500

A pupil of Hans Zimmer, this composer and DJ is known for having those jaw dropping moments in his soundtracks. 

Tom Holkenborg, AKA Junkie XL 

Fun Facts

100

The first movie soundtrack commercially available to the public came from this classic Disney movie. 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 

200

One of the composers that we talked about last week only composed for one movie. That movie was called On the Waterfront.

Leonard Bernstein 

300

There are 3 types of composers in the video game and music industry...composers who use old school methods and have live orchestras play their music, composers who are strictly digital, and then theres this type. 

Hybrid 

400

Video games started to make their way into the world during this decade. 

1970's 

500

This person cites Tchaikovsky and Elton John as their greatest inspiration to get into music composing. 

Nubuo Uematsu

Review

100

This composer is famous for composing the Bridal Suite, here comes the bride!

Richard Wagner 

200

A free for all of tempo, allowing the performer to take a piece as slow or as fast as they would like. 

Tempo Rubato

300

This composer was famous for bringing Russia together during the revolution. He also looks an awful lot like Harry Potter. 

Shostakovich 

400

What was the original name for "Do" in solfege?

Ut

500

This composer is from America and is famous for his jazz style. He wrote Rhapsody in Blue and Someone to Watch Over Me. 

Gershwin 

Instruments

100

Ancestor of the trombone 

Sackbut 

200

Ancestor to the piano 

Harpsichord/Pianoforte 

300

Ancestor to the guitar 

Gittern/Lute 

400

Ancestro to the Oboe 

Shawm 

500

Ancestor to the Clarinet 

Bassett Horn