Game Composers & Music

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1. 1.Which video game composer composed for the Tales series and contributed to Dark Souls?

   • A. Motoi Sakuraba
   • B. Lena Raine
   • C. Akira Yamaoka
   • D. Rob Hubbard
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   Motoi Sakuraba

   Did you know? Motoi Sakuraba also wrote music for the Mario Golf and Mario Tennis games.

2. 2.Which video game composer composed Halo's chanting monks theme for Bungie?

   • A. Martin O'Donnell
   • B. Yoko Shimomura
   • C. Kazumi Totaka
   • D. Keiichi Okabe
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   Martin O'Donnell

   Did you know? O'Donnell wrote the Halo theme intending it to feel like an ancient sound.

3. 3.Which video game composer composed the industrial metal soundtrack of DOOM (2016)?

   • A. Mick Gordon
   • B. Jesper Kyd
   • C. Hideki Naganuma
   • D. Yuzo Koshiro
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   Mick Gordon

   Did you know? Mick Gordon's score layers synthesizers with heavy guitars.

4. 4.Which video game composer composed the music of Banjo-Kazooie?

   • A. Grant Kirkhope
   • B. Yuka Kitamura
   • C. Motoi Sakuraba
   • D. Lena Raine
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   Grant Kirkhope

   Did you know? Grant Kirkhope also co-composed GoldenEye 007.

5. 5.Which video game composer composed the scores of Ori and the Blind Forest and its sequel?

   • A. Frank Klepacki
   • B. Kumi Tanioka
   • C. Gareth Coker
   • D. Chris Hülsbeck
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   Gareth Coker

   Did you know? Gareth Coker also composed for the Minecraft Dungeons spinoff.

6. 6.Which video game composer composed the themes of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3?

   • A. Nobuo Uematsu
   • B. Jesper Kyd
   • C. Keiichi Okabe
   • D. Harry Gregson-Williams
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   Harry Gregson-Williams

   Did you know? Harry Gregson-Williams is also a Hollywood film composer.

7. 7.Which video game composer composed Celeste and new music for Minecraft's Nether update?

   • A. Yuzo Koshiro
   • B. Lena Raine
   • C. Jesper Kyd
   • D. Kazumi Totaka
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   Lena Raine

   Did you know? Lena Raine previously worked at Guild Wars 2's studio.

8. 8.Which video game composer co-wrote the main theme of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)?

   • A. Hans Zimmer
   • B. Hideki Naganuma
   • C. Takashi Tateishi
   • D. Darren Korb
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   Hans Zimmer

   Did you know? Hans Zimmer is an Oscar-winning film composer.

9. 9.Which video game composer composed Journey's Grammy-nominated score?

   • A. Jeremy Soule
   • B. Austin Wintory
   • C. C418
   • D. Manami Matsumae
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   Austin Wintory

   Did you know? Journey was the first video game score nominated for a Grammy.

10. 10.Which video game composer composed Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII?

    • A. Gareth Coker
    • B. Bear McCreary
    • C. Hitoshi Sakimoto
    • D. Lena Raine
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    Hitoshi Sakimoto

    Did you know? Sakimoto co-founded the studio Basiscape.

11. 11.Which video game composer composed the acclaimed Donkey Kong Country soundtracks?

    • A. Darren Korb
    • B. Motoi Sakuraba
    • C. David Wise
    • D. Michael Salvatori
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    David Wise

    Did you know? David Wise's Aquatic Ambience is often singled out by fans.

12. 12.Which video game composer composed the unsettling soundtracks of Silent Hill?

    • A. Grant Kirkhope
    • B. Akira Yamaoka
    • C. Chris Hülsbeck
    • D. Jun Senoue
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    Akira Yamaoka

    Did you know? Akira Yamaoka also produced sound for the Shadow Hearts series.

13. 13.Which long-running concert series performs Final Fantasy music around the world?

    • A. Play! A Video Game Symphony
    • B. Video Games Live
    • C. Symphonic Fantasies
    • D. Distant Worlds
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    Distant Worlds

    Did you know? Distant Worlds is conducted by Arnie Roth.

14. 14.Which video game composer composed the music of Mega Man 2 (1988)?

    • A. Takashi Tateishi
    • B. Jun Senoue
    • C. Hitoshi Sakimoto
    • D. Motoi Sakuraba
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    Takashi Tateishi

    Did you know? Mega Man 2's Wily stage theme is widely covered by bands.

15. 15.Which video game composer composed Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles?

    • A. Michael Salvatori
    • B. Masashi Hamauzu
    • C. Kumi Tanioka
    • D. Keiichi Okabe
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    Kumi Tanioka

    Did you know? Kumi Tanioka later composed Fantasy Life.

16. 16.Which video game composer is the Sonic series' sound director who composed Escape from the City?

    • A. Akira Yamaoka
    • B. Nobuo Uematsu
    • C. Masato Nakamura
    • D. Tomoya Ohtani
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    Tomoya Ohtani

    Did you know? Tomoya Ohtani has led Sonic Team's sound work since the mid-2000s.

17. 17.Which video game composer composed the music of the original Mega Man (1987)?

    • A. Manami Matsumae
    • B. Mick Gordon
    • C. Lena Raine
    • D. Amon Tobin
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    Manami Matsumae

    Did you know? Matsumae also contributed to the Shovel Knight soundtrack.

18. 18.Which video game composer composed the score of Secret of Mana (1993)?

    • A. Masashi Hamauzu
    • B. Hiroki Kikuta
    • C. Masato Nakamura
    • D. Nobuo Uematsu
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    Hiroki Kikuta

    Did you know? Kikuta also composed the soundtrack of Koudelka.

19. 19.Which video game composer composed the funky soundtrack of Jet Set Radio?

    • A. Darren Korb
    • B. Yuzo Koshiro
    • C. Motoi Sakuraba
    • D. Hideki Naganuma
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    Hideki Naganuma

    Did you know? Naganuma's sample-heavy style became a signature of the series.

20. 20.Which video game composer composed the score of Sekiro and Dark Souls III?

    • A. Yuka Kitamura
    • B. Amon Tobin
    • C. Kumi Tanioka
    • D. Austin Wintory
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    Yuka Kitamura

    Did you know? Yuka Kitamura worked in-house at FromSoftware.

21. 21.Which video game composer composed the Turrican soundtracks on home computers?

    • A. Trent Reznor
    • B. Hiroki Kikuta
    • C. Chris Hülsbeck
    • D. C418
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    Chris Hülsbeck

    Did you know? Hülsbeck also wrote the music of The Great Giana Sisters.

22. 22.Which video game composer composed the electronic soundtrack of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory?

    • A. Martin O'Donnell
    • B. Amon Tobin
    • C. Akira Yamaoka
    • D. Darren Korb
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    Amon Tobin

    Did you know? Amon Tobin is a Brazilian-born electronic musician.

23. 23.Which video game composer composed the score of Final Fantasy XIII?

    • A. Hideki Naganuma
    • B. Masashi Hamauzu
    • C. Frank Klepacki
    • D. Bear McCreary
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    Masashi Hamauzu

    Did you know? Hamauzu also arranged music for Final Fantasy VII Remake.

24. 24.Which video game composer composed 1980s home-computer soundtracks such as Monty on the Run?

    • A. Kazumi Totaka
    • B. Jun Senoue
    • C. Rob Hubbard
    • D. Trent Reznor
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    Rob Hubbard

    Did you know? Rob Hubbard worked on the Commodore 64's SID chip.

25. 25.Which video game composer composed the music of Mario Kart 64?

    • A. Michael Salvatori
    • B. Motoi Sakuraba
    • C. Hitoshi Sakimoto
    • D. Kenta Nagata
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    Kenta Nagata

    Did you know? Kenta Nagata also worked on Super Mario 64's sound.

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