Cris Velasco is an American

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...

and

film composer A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

. His works include the musical scores for ''

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'', ''

Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn and Preston Watamaniuk. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the known univer ...

'', '' Borderlands'', ''

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'', '' StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm'' and ''

Bloodborne is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. ''Bloodborne'' follows the player's character, a Hunter, through the decrepit Gothic, Victorian-era–inspired c ...

''.

Biography

He has been featured in the ''God of War'' video game series, with four tracks on the ''

'', four on the ''

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'', and five on the ''

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'' soundtracks. He also composed music for the video game based on the original '' Battlestar Galactica'' series, '' Terminator 3: Redemption'', ''

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'', ''Anderson's Cross'', '' Company of Heroes 2'', ''

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'', '' Splinter Cell: Double Agent'' (main theme only), '' Clive Barker's Jericho'' and is credited with doing additional music for ''

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''. He is also credited to doing the game score for '' Hellgate: London'' in 2007. Velasco collaborates with fellow composer Sascha Dikiciyan and in 2009, they both scored the soundtrack for the game '' Prototype'', along with other projects together. He has also scored tracks for ''

Mass Effect 2 ''Mass Effect 2'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2010 and PlayStation 3 in 2011. It is the second installment in the '' Mass Effect'' series a ...

'', '' Borderlands'', '' Tron: Evolution'' and ''

Mass Effect 3 ''Mass Effect 3'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The third major entry in the ''Mass Effect'' series and the final installment of the original trilogy, it was released in March 2012 fo ...

''. He has also scored tracks for ''

Zombi U ''ZombiU'' is a First-person shooter, first-person survival horror video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. It was released for the Wii U as one of its launch games in November 2012. In the game, the player assumes ...

'', ''

Enemy Front ''Enemy Front'' is a World War II-themed first-person shooter video game developed and published by CI Games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was first announced in 2011 and was released on June 10, 2014. Gameplay Robe ...

'', ''

'', and '' Battleborn''.

Works

Video games

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Velasco, Cris American film score composers American male film score composers Living people Video game composers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)