^Ignore this guy. Shadows of the Empire is still the best Star Wars video game soundtrack. This is coming from someone who got a Masters in Music Performance and studied orchestration under a Grammy-nominate d composer. I know my stuff, and Joel McNeely was nothing to snuff at. Both composers write quite well, Griskey and NcNeely. I honestly think they're very close, but perhaps Gordy Haab's work for Battlefront 2 has come close to top Shadows of the Empire. I also think that Solo's soundtrack done by John Powell is nothing to snuff at either. We're pretty fortunate to have many choices as Star Wars fans!
I didn't even get to mention the rarely mentioned KOTOR and TOR soundtracks. They're both phenomenal too!!
Mark Griskey's score for The Force Unleashed is far closer and grander to the sound and scope of John Williams' scores for the movies than either Joel McNeeley's Shadows of the Empire or even Kevin Kiner's Clone Wars. I truly hope he is hired to compose at least one of the upcoming Star Wars stand-alone films.
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01:17 Apr 25th, 2020Offline