Top Score

Emily Reese

Some of the scores for video games are incredibly intricate and deserve recognition, which is why we've created Top Score: a series of podcasts dedicated to the music that accompanies soldiers through battle, sorcerers through forests and aliens through space.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Top Score episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Top Score for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Top Score episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Austin Wintory talks about Journey on Top Score

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05/23/12 • 37 min

Austin Wintory teamed up with thatgamecompany and Jenova Chen to create a terrific score for the game "Journey"

Top Score: Peter McConnell and the music for 'Hearthstone'

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03/05/15 • 22 min

Composer Peter McConnell felt pressure to write great music for the game 'Hearthstone', which was projected to be a big seller. McConnell is Emily Reese's guest on this week's Top Score.

Leslie Ann Jones is a Jedi of sound engineers

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06/18/15 • 15 min

The director of music recording and scoring at Skywalker Sound, Leslie Ann Jones oversees all sound production in the facilities massive scoring stage. Jones has worked on films, television and video games, and has three Grammys to boot, which she simply calls 'pretty cool'. Hear more about Jones's amazing career on this week's Top Score.

Top Score: Inon Zur and 'Fantasia: Music Evolved'

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11/26/14 • 23 min

Inon Zur remembers his very first viewing of Disney's Fantasia as a small child. Now he's come full-circle, working on the soundtrack to Disney's new video game, 'Fantasia: Music Evolved'.

Triforce Quartet: from one recital to working ensemble

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06/11/15 • 17 min

What started out as a one-gig quartet for Chad Schwartz's senior recital has grown into a touring, viable music group. All four members of Triforce Quartet are classically trained musicians and avid gamers. Schwartz talks to Top Score host Emily Reese about the chamber-music group.

Scoring Helsinki and 'The Legend of Grimrock II'

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06/04/15 • 22 min

From a small studio in Finland, the men of Scoring Helsinki have created a big sound for the dungeon-crawling game, 'The Legend of Grimrock II'. Hear all about it on this week's episode of Top Score.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music stretches bounds

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05/21/15 • 21 min

On a recent trip to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Emily stopped by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to learn more about the new Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) program. Learn about and hear performances from the SFCM on this week's Top Score.

Composing music in full color

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05/14/15 • 16 min

Composer Daniel Sadowski possesses that rare ability to see music in color, so when he was asked to compose music for the vivid game 'Stormthrone', it was a dream come true. Daniel Sadowski is Emily Reese's guest on this week's Top Score.

missingNo's jazzy video-game arrangements

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05/07/15 • 19 min

Seven-piece jazz ensemble missingNo arrange video game music into complex, catchy jazz and funk-infused pieces. They are Emily Reese's guests on this week's Top Score.

Top Score: SonicPicnic and Awesomenauts

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08/20/15 • 23 min

The soundtrack for the game 'Awesomenauts' sounds like an alien radio station. The music was created by a group of composers who call themselves SonicPicnic.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Top Score have?

Top Score currently has 157 episodes available.

What topics does Top Score cover?

The podcast is about Leisure, Classical, Music, Podcasts and Video Games.

What is the most popular episode on Top Score?

The episode title 'Composer Ryan Ike got his career started at 'Gunpoint'' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Top Score?

The average episode length on Top Score is 18 minutes.

How often are episodes of Top Score released?

Episodes of Top Score are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Top Score?

The first episode of Top Score was released on Apr 12, 2011.

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Top Score

Emily Reese

Top 10 Top Score Episodes

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When was the first episode of Top Score?

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