SHP #3 Poll: Best Sierra Composer

[AndreaDraco]

Note: I listed only their most famous soundtrack, while in the following links you can find their complete credits.

Chris Braymen
Aubrey Hodges
Robert Holmes
Dan Kehler
Mark Seibert
Jay D. Usher

[Rudy]

This is a really tough one to pick. I went for Usher because of the awesome Phantasmagoria track.

[BBP]

I voted for Mark Seibert... he was the one who wrote Consumite Furore... and Land Beyond Dreams...

[AndreaDraco]

And, if I'm not mistaken, Lady in the Tower... It really was a tough one but in the end I had to chose Robert Holmes, for his work on the lost Wagner opera.

[Datadog]

I was going to go with Mark Seibert under the impression that he did KQ6, but had to go back and do a little research after I saw Chris Braymen's name on there. The music in that game is absolutely perfect - moreso than Seibert's song at the end in my opinion. Even the "rock climbing" music is memorable. The whole soundtrack has a way of capturing "epic" without resorting to the usual over-the-top hero themes. It's very relaxing to listen to at work.

[Tawmis]

Mark Seibert for me.

[Collector]

So much of this music is indelibly etched into my brain, including the music from QfG4, but much of that was not written by Aubrey Hodges. Even though I like much of what Mark Seibert and Robert Holmes did, I have to go with Braymen. By the way, Girl in the Tower was written by Mark Seibert.

On a side note, the Sierra Soundtrack Collection was just up on eBay, but I was not in a position to snipe it.

[DeadPoolX]

If I had my choice of ANY game's composers, I'd have chosen Harry Gregson-Williams, who's best known video game work is from the Metal Gear Solid series, especially MGS3.

However... since this poll is strictly about Sierra's composers, I went with Mark Seibert.

[Rudy]

On a side note, the Sierra Soundtrack Collection was just up on eBay, but I was not in a position to snipe it.

...and he didn't want to ship to Slovenia

[AndreaDraco]

So much of this music is indelibly etched into my brain, including the music from QfG4, but much of that was not written by Aubrey Hodges.

Who wrote it then? I searched Mobygames.com and Audrey Hodges, unless I've seriously overlooked someone, is the only name listed under 'Music'.

[Collector]

So much of this music is indelibly etched into my brain, including the music from QfG4, but much of that was not written by Aubrey Hodges.

Who wrote it then? I searched Mobygames.com and Audrey Hodges, unless I've seriously overlooked someone, is the only name listed under 'Music'.

Grieg

[Datadog]

Grieg? Where do you get that from? I just checked the actual QFG4 games credits and only Aubrey Hodges is credited.

[Jules]

Such a hard decision! Although I enjoy all songs from each of those games (plus EcoQuest 2, by Dan Kehler, I had to go with Chris Braymen. Each song describes each scene so perfectly. Even if you have never played the game, just by listening to each song gives you a pretty good description of the scene.

[Collector]

Each song describes each scene so perfectly. Even if you have never played the game, just by listening to each song gives you a pretty good description of the scene.

Agreed

[MusicallyInspired]

Absolutely Mark Seibert. Such great soundtracks. KQ5 (like you said), Police Quest II, Conquests of Camelot and parts of Longbow. Ken Allen is second. I notice you don't have him in the poll. He wrote quite a few soundtracks including Colonel's Bequest, SQ4, SQ1VGA, and helped Seibert with KQ5 along with Chris Brayman and Rob Atesalp. Chris Brayman comes in third. A talented musician/composer though he is (probably even more technically than Allen or Seibert), Mark and Ken both really know how to capture an atmosphere in a very specific way that gravitates me towards it. Especially Mark Seibert.