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BurningStickMan (17916) on 11/11/2011 4:16 AM · Permalink · Report
Feels unlikely, but seems possible with the Spielberg/Dreamworks dollars behind it.
Note that I mean a real orchestra performing the music with the recording quality of redbook CD audio. I recall King's Quest 4 using the MT-32 for scoring, but I'm not sure synthesized tracks should be considered the same as a real orchestra.
I also mean an original soundtrack written for the game. I'm sure an earlier Star Wars game would have this otherwise.
Pseudo_Intellectual (67178) on 11/11/2011 8:31 AM · Permalink · Report
Chahi's Heart of Darkness was earlier: "It is the first game to have its score recorded by an orchestra though because of delays, it was not the first to be released with a full orchestral soundtrack." So there is a third.
Unicorn Lynx (181672) on 11/11/2011 8:41 AM · Permalink · Report
I am fairly positive that the redbook track of Manjimaru featured a real orchestra. That game was released in 1992.
Kabushi (263952) on 11/11/2011 9:19 AM · Permalink · Report
You have Total Annihilation in 1997. I think that was a bit of a breakthrough title for Jeremy Soule.
Unicorn Lynx (181672) on 11/11/2011 1:31 PM · Permalink · Report
You mean the PC Engine CD release of Ys Book I and II? It was released in 1989, so it beats Manjimaru indeed.
Daniel Saner (3508) on 11/11/2011 4:31 PM · Permalink · Report
Bermuda Syndrome came out in 1996 and had an orchestral soundtrack recorded by the Zabre Symphonic Orchestra. My copy of the game even came with a separate audio-CD entitled "Bermuda Syndrome - The Symphonic Soundtrack". It is pretty good. Ranks among my favourite game soundtracks of all time, even.
