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London Philharmonic Orchestra returns to take on Skyrim, Final Fantasy 7, Mass Effect 3, more

Download Halo track for free.

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra has again blown its trumpet at music from some of the biggest games ever.

Their album, called The Greatest Video Game Music 2, launches on 6th November and includes 17 orchestrations. It's the sequel to the best-selling video game album of all time, 2011's appropriately name The Greatest Video Game Music, which shifted nearly 100,000 copies.

The track list in full:

  • Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Main Theme
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Far Horizons
  • The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker - Dragon Roost Island
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  • Final Fantasy VII - One-Winged Angel
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  • Mass Effect 3 - A Future for the Krogan/An End Once And For All
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  • Halo - Never Forget/Peril
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  • Sonic the Hedgehog - A Symphonic Suite
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  • Chrono Trigger - Main Theme
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  • Luigi's Mansion - Main Theme
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  • Kingdom Hearts - Fate of the Unknown
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  • Super Metroid - A Symphonic Poem
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  • Diablo III - Overture
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  • Batman: Arkham City - Main Theme
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  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Icarus Main Theme
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  • Fez - Adventure
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  • Portal - Still Alive
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  • Little Big Planet - Orb Of Dreamers (The Cosmic Imagisphere)

You can listen to a few of the tracks on YouTube now, and download the Halo track Never Forget/Peril for free.