Cris Velasco

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Cris Velasco
Genres Classical, video game
Occupation
  • Composer
Labels
  • Materia Collective
  • Azeroth Music
  • Sumthing Else Music Works

Cris Velasco is an American video game and film composer. [1] His works include the musical scores for Overwatch , Mass Effect , Borderlands , God of War , StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and Bloodborne .

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Biography

He has been featured in the God of War video game series, with four tracks on the God of War , four on the God of War II , and five on the God of War III soundtracks. He also composed music for the video game based on the original Battlestar Galactica series, Terminator 3: Redemption , TMNT , Anderson's Cross, Company of Heroes 2 , Haze , Splinter Cell: Double Agent (main theme only), Clive Barker's Jericho and is credited with doing additional music for Van Helsing . He is also credited to doing the game score for Hellgate: London in 2007. [2] [3]

Velasco collaborates with fellow composer Sascha Dikiciyan and in 2009, they both scored the soundtrack for the game Prototype , along with other projects together. [4] He has also scored tracks for Mass Effect 2 , Borderlands , Tron: Evolution and Mass Effect 3 . He has also scored tracks for Zombi U , Enemy Front , Bloodborne , Battleborn , and Lords of the Fallen . [5]

Works

Video games

GameYear
Lords of the Fallen 2023
Fae Farm 2023
Carrion 2020
Gylt 2019
Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son 2019
Darksiders 3 2018
Dauntless 2017
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard 2017
Overwatch 2016
Battleborn 2016
Bloodborne 2015
Tales from the Borderlands 2015
Assassin's Creed Unity - Dead Kings 2015
Company of Heroes 2 2013
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm 2013
Injustice: Gods Among Us 2013
Mass Effect 3:Citadel 2013
Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt 2013
Mass Effect 3: Omega 2012
Mass Effect 3: Leviathan 2012
Borderlands 2 2012
Zombi 2012
Mass Effect 3 2012
Kingdom Under Fire 2 2016
TERA 2012
Soul Calibur V 2012
The Long Dark 2019
Heroes of Might and Magic VI 2012
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2012
Section 8: Prejudice 2012
Mortal Kombat 9 2011
Mass Effect 2: Arrival 2011
The Agency 2011
Tron: Evolution 2011
Monday Night Combat 2011
Starcraft 2 2010
Mass Effect 2: Kasumi – Stolen Memory 2010
God of War III 2010
Darksiders 2010
Borderlands 2010
G.I. Joe 2010
Prototype 2009
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe 2008
Haze 2008
Battlezone 2008
Beowulf: The Game 2007
Stuntman: Ignition 2007
Stranglehold 2007
Mythos 2011
Hellgate: London 2007
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2007
God of War II 2007
Clive Barker’s Jericho 2007
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic 2007
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2006
Splinter Cell: Double Agent 2006
SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run 2006
Jaws Unleashed 2006
God of War 2005
Terminator 3: Redemption 2005
Battle Castles2005
Van Helsing 2004
Battlestar Galactica 2004
Maximo vs. Army of Zin 2004
Gunman Chronicles 2004

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References

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  2. "Books, Blood, and Barker: An Interview with Cris Velasco". Cinemablend.com. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  3. В Hellgate: Лондон Объявление
  4. Профиль композитора при разгоне Ремикс
  5. "God Of War, Warhammer 40K Composer Scores ZombiU Soundtrack". Cinemablend.com. October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.