Required Listening: Fire Emblem, Crysis 3, and interview with Tomb Raider composer Jason Graves

February 27, 2013 9:00 AM Jasmine Maleficent Rea
Jasmine Maleficent Rea

Required Listening is a new monthly feature celebrating game music and the people who create it. This month we look at Fire Emblem: Awakening, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Dead Space 3, and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and discuss the emotional inspiration for the new Tomb Raider score with composer Jason Graves.

The peculiar origin of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance’s heavy-metal sound (interview)

February 23, 2013 2:14 PM Jasmine Maleficent Rea
Jasmine Maleficent Rea

Game and television composer Jamie Christopherson gives us some insight into the peculiar heavy metal sound track in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Metal music isn't Christopherson's strong suit, but Platinum Games thought he was perfect for the job.