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Top Score

Emily Reese

Music

Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 157

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.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - Video Games
02/10/2025
#97

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Top Score: SonicPicnic and Awesomenauts

Thursday, August 20, 2015 • Duration 23:31

The soundtrack for the game 'Awesomenauts' sounds like an alien radio station. The music was created by a group of composers who call themselves SonicPicnic.

Composer Ryan Ike got his career started at 'Gunpoint'

Thursday, August 13, 2015 • Duration 21:42

Composer Ryan Ike got his first big break in video-game composition by answering an open call for composers on Twitter for a game called 'Gunpoint'. He got the job -- and a BAFTA nomination. Hear more about Ryan Ike on this week's episode of Top Score.

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Serious music for a casual game

Thursday, August 6, 2015 • Duration 14:31

Millions of people around the world play the 'casual' game Candy Crush Soda Saga, but composer Johan Holmstrom took the music very seriously, even recruiting the London Symphony Orchestra for the recording session. Holmstrom is Emily Reese's guest on this week's Top Score.

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A musicologist's look at 'Final Fantasy VI'

Thursday, July 30, 2015 • Duration 19:59

Ryan Thompson is a PhD candidate in musicology at the University of Minnesota, with a special interest in ludomusicology. What is that, you ask? Ludomusicology is a growing field in which musicologists study the impact of music in video games.

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Tom Salta's bold choice for subtle music

Thursday, July 23, 2015 • Duration 19:50

The new game 'Spartan Strike' exists in an audio-dominant world. To make sure he could still capture a player's attention, composer Tom Salta decided to record quieter, more subtle cues. He also enlisted the help of the New York Film Chorale and the Macedonian Radio Symphonic Orchestra. Hear more about it on this week's episode of Top Score.

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Top Score says, 'Thank You, Pierce'

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 • Duration 13:01

Top Score says "thank you" to production assistant Pierce Huxtable for one year of great work. Pierce's position was funded by a (non-renewable) grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, an award for which Top Score is forever grateful.

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What's old-school is new again for Michael Schiciano

Thursday, July 16, 2015 • Duration 19:39

Michael Schiciano joins Emily Reese on this week's Top Score to talk about old-school and modern approaches to composing. Thanks to the burgeoning mobile market, many composers use old-school techniques to create music for smartphone games.

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Do a Barrel Roll create innovative covers of game music

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 • Duration 21:30

The orchestral-rock video game cover band Do a Barrel Roll stopped by Classical MPR to record a set and to chat with Emily Reese, host of Top Score. 'They played a set and stole my heart -- I've always wanted to say that,' Emily says. Listen to the full session.

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Sam Dillard is a one-man music-making machine

Thursday, July 9, 2015 • Duration 20:41

Completely self taught, Sam Dillard not only composes music, but he also performs and records his work. Recently hired by Kinect for its new Harry Potter trailer, Dillard joins Emily Reese on this week's episode of Top Score.

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Chris Huelsbeck's career leaps to next stage

Thursday, July 2, 2015 • Duration 15:48

The enduring success of composer Chris Huelsbeck's early works has created a fan following in his native Germany and across the world. His work inspired a 2008 concert series, and more recently, he's crowd-funded a new album of piano works. Learn more about Chris Huelsbeck on this week's Top Score.

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