Meet a video game music conductor

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Can you recognize the game from its

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soundtrack?

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That's right, you fans of World of

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Warcraft.

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But who makes the soundtrack for video

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games?

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[Music]

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They are, of course, written and

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recorded just like a movie soundtrack.

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Tunes which take you straight to the

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planet of Azeroth.

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[Music]

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Some of them born from this musical

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mind.

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I get to work on lots of different types

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of music, but no matter what I do in

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life, I will always, always, always come

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back to the game music.

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[Music]

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Ianoon is known as the Irish queen of

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game music. an award-winning composer,

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conductor, record producer, and

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trailblazer for female maestros

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worldwide. Not only was she the first

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woman to conduct the Oscars, but she is

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the creator of some of the most iconic

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video game scores of all time. We're

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talking Legend