Mercenaries (2005)
Main Themes by Michael Giacchino
Score Composed by Chris Tilton
Orchestrated and Conducted by Tim Simonec
Recorded by Steve Smith / Mixed by Dan Wallin
Performed by The Northwest Sinfonia

"Mercenaries is a 3rd person action game that takes place in North Korea in the near future. It takes place in a continuous world not unlike the Grand Theft Auto series, allowing you to explore on your own as well as focus on the primary goals of the game. The Main Theme suite was composed by Michael Giacchino, while I handled the remainder of the score. Because the player can do whatever he or she wishes, this makes it a challenge to write a score to follow the players actions. LucasArts and the developer, Pandemic, felt that the best way to accomplish this was for each military faction in the game to have it's own "sound." This mindset was carried over not in just the main motifs for each faction, but also in the orchestration." - Chris