Greatest Video Game Music | ||||
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Released | 2011 | |||
Genre | Classical, video game music | |||
Label | X5 Music Group | |||
Producer | Andrew Skeet | |||
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The Greatest Video Game Music, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, features classical orchestrations of video game themes including those from Super Mario Bros. , Call of Duty , Metal Gear Solid , Final Fantasy , Halo , World of Warcraft , Angry Birds and many more. [1] A sequel, The Greatest Video Game Music 2, was released a year later.
It was named Rolling Stone 's "weirdest hit album" of 2011, and debuted at #23 on the Billboard 200 - the highest debut for an orchestral release since 2005's Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith soundtrack. [1]