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GAMEPLAY: The Music of Wilbert Roget

By Keith Brown • Nov 12, 2020

Composer Wilbert Roget, II.
Credit Top Dollar PR; used with permission.

  Composer Wilbert Roget is an amazing talent who has written original scores for some of the biggest videogame franchises on the planet!

 

This episode of Gameplay features conversation with Wilbert Roget and selections of his music from Call of Duty: World War II, Mortal Kombat 11, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, and more.

This week’s full episode and playlist are available below, plus an exciting behind-the-scenes video featuring the recording of A Matter of Time, the main theme from Mortal Kombat 11.

Cover art for Mortal Kombat 11, released in 2019 with an original score by Wilbert Roget, II.
Credit Top Dollar PR; used with permission.

  Generous support for the music heard on this program comes from the Robert T. and Ruth Haidt Hughes Memorial Acquisitions Fund. Special thanks to Michael Culler for engineering assistance.  Keith Brown is GAMEPLAY’s host and executive producer.

 

Special thanks also to Wilbert Roget and to Greg O'Connor-Read of Top Dollar PR.

 

 

Episode tracklist:

  1. Wilbert Roget, II - Lara Croft Overture (Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris) - Original soundtrack

  2. Wilbert Roget, II - Ambushed! (Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris) - Original soundtrack

  3. Wilbert Roget, II - Throne of the Mad God (Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris) - Original soundtrack

  4. Wilbert Roget, II - Introduction - The Curse (Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris) - Original soundtrack

  5. Wilbert Roget, II - The Hidden Tomb (Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris) - Original soundtrack

  6. Wilbert Roget, II - Ammit, Devourer of Souls (Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris) - Original soundtrack

  7. Wilbert Roget, II - Tomb of the Architect (Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris) - Original soundtrack

  8. Wilbert Roget, II - Paris (Call of Duty: WWII) - Nashville Scoring Orchestra - Original soundtrack

  9. Wilbert Roget, II - A Brotherhood of Heroes (Call of Duty: WWII) - Nashville Scoring Orchestra - Original soundtrack

  10.  Wilbert Roget, II - Berga (Call of Duty: WWII) - Nashville Scoring Orchestra - Original soundtrack

  11.  Wilbert Roget, II - Marigny (Call of Duty: WWII) - Nashville Scoring Orchestra - Original soundtrack

  12.  Wilbert Roget, II - Cobra in the Hedgerow (Call of Duty: WWII) - Nashville Scoring Orchestra - Original soundtrack

  13.  Wilbert Roget, II - Lullaby (piano) (Anew: The Distant Light) - Original soundtrack

  14.  Wilbert Roget, II - Takeoff and Stasis (Anew: The Distant Light) - Original soundtrack

  15.  Wilbert Roget, II - A Matter of Time (Main Theme) (Mortal Kombat 11) - Budapest Scoring Symphony Orchestra - Original soundtrack

  16.  Wilbert Roget, II - The Hourglass (Mortal Kombat 11) - Budapest Scoring Symphony Orchestra - Original soundtrack

  17.  Wilbert Roget, II - Black Dragon (Mortal Kombat 11) - Budapest Scoring Symphony Orchestra - Original soundtrack

  18.  Wilbert Roget, II - Immortal Kombat (Mortal Kombat 11) - Budapest Scoring Symphony Orchestra - Original soundtrack

 

 

The soundtrack cover for Call of Duty: WWII, scored by Wilbert Roget, II.
Credit Top Dollar PR; used with permission.

 

 

      

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By Keith Brown • Nov 5, 2020
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