This introduction to the music of  Guild Wars 2 , written by Jeremy Soule, also illustrates how you can learn about other composers &#151; Edvard Grieg, for instance &#151; from video games.

Vincent Diamante and Flower on Top Score

Some of the scores for video games are incredibly intricate and deserve recognition, which is why we've created Top Score: a series of podcasts dedicated to the music that accompanies soldiers through battle, sorcerers through forests and aliens through space.