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London Philly have take some of the best (and some dubious) game tracks and recorded them with the full orchestra... Some of them will be damn good but others I'm not so sure about.
Also when it comes to the choice of tracks I can agree with some of them but where are the older more epic pieces from the likes of Half-Life and Homeworld? Games that had music that truly helped you get sucked into the story but then again that's just IMO.
Example Track: Hans Zimmer's Modern Warfare 2 (http://soundcloud.com/kwall-1/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2)
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1. Advent Rising: Muse (Composed by Tommy Tallarico, Emmanuel Fratianni, and Laurie Robinson)
2. Legend of Zelda: Suite (Composed by Koji Kondo)
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Theme (Composed by Hans Zimmer)
4. Angry Birds: Main Theme (Composed by Ari Pulkkinen)
5. Final Fantasy VIII: Liberi Fatali (Composed by Nobuo Uematsu)
6. Super Mario Bros. Theme (Composed by Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo)
7. Uncharted - Drake's Fortune: Nate's Theme (Composed by Greg Edmonson)
8. Grand Theft Auto IV: Soviet Connection (Composed by Michael Hunter)
9. World of Warcraft: Seasons of War (Composed by Jason Hayes)
10. Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty Theme (Composed by Harry Gregson-Williams)
11. Tetris: Theme (Composed by Alexey Pajitnov)
12. Battlefield 2: Theme (Composed by Joel Eriksson)
13. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (Composed by Jeremy Soule)
14. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare: Main Menu Theme (Composed by Stephen Barton and Harry Gregson-Williams)
15. Mass Effect: Suicide Mission (Composed by Jack Wall and Sam Hulick)
16. Splinter Cell: Conviction (Composed by Michael Nielsen, Kaveh Cohen, and Amon Tobin)
17. Final Fantasy: Main Theme (Composed by Nobuo Uematsu)
18. BioShock: The Ocean on his Shoulders (Composed by Garry Schyman)
19. Halo 3: One Final Effort (Composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori)
20. Fallout 3: Theme (Composed by Inon Zur)
21. Super Mario Bros.: Gusty Garden Galaxy (Composed by Koji Kondo)
Source: Game Informer (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/10/12/london-philharmonic-records-video-game-themed-album.aspx)
That list is garbage if you ask me, it's not the 'greatest' music at all, its just fanboy music.
Well yes its obviously aimed more towards the more 'main stream' audience but I think a couple of the tracks will be worth a listen. I won't be buying it but will check out some of them when they start appearing on the likes of youtube :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3c4j62qHIk
Dungeon Keeper - It's construction time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap6QaDBZJwM
C&C - Mechanical Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_oW6AOXkdE
speedball 2 theme
Hopefully if it sells well enough there will be a few more albums in a similar vein with a better choice of tracks.