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As you sail around the Caribbean on your ship in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, your crew sings sea shanties to pass the time....

Writer Ricky O'Bannon talks about counterpoint in the context of video game music....

Composer Luc St. Pierre wrote a dark and ambient score for "Thief", focusing on the shady personality of the protagonist, Garrett. Emily Reese talks to Luc St. Pierre on this week'...

Video Games Live just released its third studio album. Co-creator of VGL, Tommy Tallarico, talks about the music....

Christophe Heral and Billy Martin collaborated on their second Rayman game: Rayman Legends....

Composer Dale North was inspired by games from the late '80s and early '90s for his score to Dragon Fantasy Book II....

Finnish composer Ari Pulkkinen was already an established composer in the gaming industry when he wrote the theme for Angry Birds....

Peter McConnell teamed up with Tim Schafer and Double Fine Studios for a gem of a score for "Broken Age". McConnell talks to Emily Reese on this week's Top Score....

Video game composer Dren McDonald had a great idea to raise money for an after-school music program in California. McDonald is Emily Reese's guest on this week's episode of Top Sco...

Composers Kenny Young and Brian D'Oliveira collaborated on music for the game 'Tearaway'. They are Emily Reese's guests on this week's episode of Top Score....

When Brian Min wrote music for 'The Cave,' he never meant for that music to stay in the game. We're glad it did....

There were so many great soundtracks for games in 2013, our Top 5 list was just the tip of the iceberg....