Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Glenn Stafford, Derek Duke, Russel Brower, Neal Acree)

Oh boy, Starcraft II, the holy grail of video game soundtracks. I listen to this stuff far too much. These people should start making movie scores.

I mean, just listen to this. This is better than some Hollywood scores, I dont know why this doesn't get more publicity. 

I was browsing through my ipod a few years ago looking for cool stuff I hadn't listened to yet, and then I stumbled on this little album, I liked a few of the songs, but hadn't listened to the whole thing. When I did however, I didn't stop. There's few video game scores around that match the quality of this soundtrack, with the large orchestrations, choir, synth pieces, etc. Often, one track will have a variety of different pieces of music within, so you never know what you might find.

Dayum! The themes, instruments used, and general sophistication of the score blew my mind! The epic cinematic feel of the game is really the only reason I played Starcraft II. You can keep your silly keybinds and tactics, I'm in it for the story yo. (As is mostly the case) 

At any rate, Blizzard has themselves a top-of-the-range team of music makers. I can only hope they score the Warcraft film now properly in the works, and that one day down the line, my films will capture the images and feelings that this score evokes.

Score Rating: *****

Definitely one of my favourite albums ever.
It's rather ridiculous how awesome this is, and better yet, there's a sequel! (With another on the way!) So stay tuned as we tackle the rest of the series.