Game Composers & Music

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1. 1.Which 2007 game ended with the Jonathan Coulton song "Still Alive"?

   • A. Portal
   • B. Half-Life 2
   • C. Left 4 Dead
   • D. Team Fortress 2
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   Portal

   Did you know? The credits song was sung by GLaDOS, the game's AI voice.

2. 2.Which video game composer composed the Super Mario Bros. theme and the music of The Legend of Zelda?

   • A. Chris Hülsbeck
   • B. Frank Klepacki
   • C. Hideki Naganuma
   • D. Koji Kondo
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   Koji Kondo

   Did you know? Koji Kondo joined Nintendo in the early 1980s as its first composer.

3. 3.Which video game composer composed for Street Fighter II and later Kingdom Hearts?

   • A. Akira Yamaoka
   • B. Takashi Tateishi
   • C. Yoko Shimomura
   • D. Kenta Nagata
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   Yoko Shimomura

   Did you know? Yoko Shimomura began her career at Capcom before joining Square.

4. 4.Which composer wrote the Super Mario Bros. theme and the Zelda overworld theme?

   • A. Koji Kondo
   • B. Yuzo Koshiro
   • C. Masato Nakamura
   • D. Nobuo Uematsu
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   Koji Kondo

   Did you know? Kondo's Super Mario Bros. theme is among the most recognized melodies in the world.

5. 5.Which chip-based electronic style defines the sound of eight-bit console music?

   • A. Synthwave
   • B. Chiptune
   • C. Trance
   • D. Dubstep
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   Chiptune

   Did you know? Chiptune sound comes from synthesizing melodies on vintage sound chips.

6. 6.Which video game composer is the German artist behind Minecraft's original soundtrack?

   • A. Rob Hubbard
   • B. Kenta Nagata
   • C. Akira Yamaoka
   • D. C418
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   C418

   Did you know? C418's real name is Daniel Rosenfeld.

7. 7.Which video game composer composed the music of the Final Fantasy series from the first game in 1987?

   • A. Lena Raine
   • B. Mick Gordon
   • C. Martin O'Donnell
   • D. Nobuo Uematsu
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   Nobuo Uematsu

   Did you know? Uematsu's "One-Winged Angel" uses a full orchestra and choir.

8. 8.Which video game composer composed the score of God of War (2018)?

   • A. Bear McCreary
   • B. Yuka Kitamura
   • C. Robin Beanland
   • D. Motoi Sakuraba
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   Bear McCreary

   Did you know? Bear McCreary is also known for the Battlestar Galactica series score.

9. 9.Which video game composer composed the scores of Skyrim and Morrowind?

   • A. Hitoshi Sakimoto
   • B. Bear McCreary
   • C. Jeremy Soule
   • D. Robin Beanland
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   Jeremy Soule

   Did you know? Jeremy Soule also composed Secret of Evermore in the 1990s.

10. 10.Which Russian folk song is the basis of the Tetris theme music?

    • A. Kalinka
    • B. Khorovod
    • C. Katyusha
    • D. Korobeiniki
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    Korobeiniki

    Did you know? Korobeiniki is a nineteenth-century Russian folk tune.

11. 11.Which video game composer is the Nine Inch Nails frontman who composed Quake's industrial soundtrack?

    • A. Gareth Coker
    • B. Akira Yamaoka
    • C. Trent Reznor
    • D. Lena Raine
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    Trent Reznor

    Did you know? Trent Reznor later won Oscars for film scoring with Atticus Ross.

12. 12.Who composed the heavy metal soundtrack of DOOM (2016)?

    • A. Frank Klepacki
    • B. Mick Gordon
    • C. Trent Reznor
    • D. Bobby Prince
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    Mick Gordon

    Did you know? Gordon's score reacts to the player's fighting performance.

13. 13.Which video game composer composed the Animal Crossing soundtracks?

    • A. Lena Raine
    • B. Michael Salvatori
    • C. Tomoya Ohtani
    • D. Kazumi Totaka
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    Kazumi Totaka

    Did you know? Totaka is known for hiding a short melody, "Totaka's Song", in his games.

14. 14.Which Nine Inch Nails member composed the soundtrack of Quake (1996)?

    • A. Alexander Brandon
    • B. Mick Gordon
    • C. Trent Reznor
    • D. Bobby Prince
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    Trent Reznor

    Did you know? Reznor's Quake soundtrack leaned into dark industrial textures.

15. 15.Which video game composer co-composed the Halo theme with Martin O'Donnell?

    • A. Koji Kondo
    • B. Manami Matsumae
    • C. Michael Salvatori
    • D. David Wise
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    Michael Salvatori

    Did you know? Salvatori and O'Donnell scored all mainline Bungie Halo games.

16. 16.Which video game composer composed for the Hitman series and early Assassin's Creed games?

    • A. Chris Hülsbeck
    • B. Jesper Kyd
    • C. Rob Hubbard
    • D. Kazumi Totaka
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    Jesper Kyd

    Did you know? Jesper Kyd is a Danish composer who began in the demoscene.

17. 17.Which video game composer composed Grim Fandango and Psychonauts?

    • A. Jeremy Soule
    • B. Tomoya Ohtani
    • C. Hiroki Kikuta
    • D. Peter McConnell
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    Peter McConnell

    Did you know? Peter McConnell worked at LucasArts with Michael Land.

18. 18.Which video game composer composed the scores of the Fallout series and Prince of Persia titles?

    • A. Masato Nakamura
    • B. Yuka Kitamura
    • C. Inon Zur
    • D. Harry Gregson-Williams
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    Inon Zur

    Did you know? Inon Zur also composed for Dragon Age: Origins.

19. 19.Which video game composer is the guitarist of Crush 40, the band behind many Sonic vocal themes?

    • A. Nobuo Uematsu
    • B. Yuka Kitamura
    • C. Robin Beanland
    • D. Jun Senoue
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    Jun Senoue

    Did you know? Jun Senoue composed Live and Learn for Sonic Adventure 2.

20. 20.Which video game composer composed the score of Chrono Trigger (1995)?

    • A. Yasunori Mitsuda
    • B. Tomoya Ohtani
    • C. Bear McCreary
    • D. Yoko Shimomura
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    Yasunori Mitsuda

    Did you know? Mitsuda composed Chrono Cross after finishing Chrono Trigger's score.

21. 21.Which video game composer is Supergiant's in-house composer for Bastion, Transistor and Hades?

    • A. Darren Korb
    • B. Kenta Nagata
    • C. Takashi Tateishi
    • D. Peter McConnell
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    Darren Korb

    Did you know? Darren Korb also voices the character Zagreus in Hades.

22. 22.Which video game composer composed the Streets of Rage soundtracks with a custom sound engine?

    • A. Jeremy Soule
    • B. Yuzo Koshiro
    • C. Hideki Naganuma
    • D. Koji Kondo
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    Yuzo Koshiro

    Did you know? Koshiro's beats drew from club and electronic music.

23. 23.Which video game composer composed the soundtrack of NieR: Automata?

    • A. Robin Beanland
    • B. Nobuo Uematsu
    • C. Harry Gregson-Williams
    • D. Keiichi Okabe
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    Keiichi Okabe

    Did you know? Keiichi Okabe worked on Namco arcade games before NieR.

24. 24.Which video game composer composed Killer Instinct and co-composed GoldenEye 007?

    • A. Hitoshi Sakimoto
    • B. Kazumi Totaka
    • C. Robin Beanland
    • D. Austin Wintory
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    Robin Beanland

    Did you know? Robin Beanland later worked on Conker's Bad Fur Day.

25. 25.Which video game composer composed the Command & Conquer soundtracks including Hell March?

    • A. Frank Klepacki
    • B. Nobuo Uematsu
    • C. Amon Tobin
    • D. Takashi Tateishi
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    Frank Klepacki

    Did you know? Klepacki wrote Hell March for Red Alert.

26. 26.Which video game composer is the bassist of Dreams Come True who wrote the music of the first two Sonic games?

    • A. Manami Matsumae
    • B. Darren Korb
    • C. Yuka Kitamura
    • D. Masato Nakamura
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    Masato Nakamura

    Did you know? Nakamura's Green Hill Zone melody remains the series' signature tune.

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