With more games adopting orchestral scores and concerts at their most popular, video game music is on the up. And what better way to recognise the composers' hard work and show off the best of our medium to the world than voting for your favourites?
With help from UK PR Mark Robins' prolonged campaign, game music has shot up the Classic FM Hall of Fame rankings over the last three years, with notable highlights including three entries for Rare veteran Grant Kirkhope and a top 3 place for Nobou Uematsu's iconic Aerith's Theme. This year the hope is to diversify a little, and spread a variety of great tracks more evenly across the charts.
If the satisfaction of hearing Dragonborn on national radio isn't enough to sway you, there's also a £5000 prize draw for everyone who enters before polls close in a couple of months. The only caveat is that the songs have to be classical; although that includes any subsequent classical re-imaginings, such as the PS1 Final Fantasy's.
For the record, the correct choices are Koji Kondo (Zelda), Joe Hisaishi (Ni no Kuni) and Martin O'Donnell (Halo). Inon Zur and Jack Wall are also acceptable.
