Virtual Video Game Orchestra is proud to present the YouTube premiere of our third project, "The End Begins (To Rock)" from God of War II and Guitar Hero III, featuring composer Gerard K. Marino and 183 recording submissions from musicians across the global video game music community.

Music by Gerard K. Marino
Orchestrated by Shota Nakama (仲間 将太)
Add’l Orch. & Arr. by Thomas Håkanson

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released September 26, 2020

Music by Gerard K. Marino
Orchestrated by Shota Nakama (仲間 将太)
Add’l Orch. & Arr. by Thomas Håkanson


-- PERFORMERS --
PICCOLO
Mika Shamoto Hill

FLUTE
Mika Shamoto Hill (1, 2)

OBOE
Eddie Chung (1, 2)

ENGLISH HORN
Eddie Chung

E♭ CLARINET
Andrew Robinson

B♭ CLARINET
Andrew Robinson (1)
Chris Erickson (1, 2)
Dan Kolb (2)
Eddie Chung (2)

BASS CLARINET
Marcus Stables

CONTRABASS CLARINET
Marcus Stables

BASSOON
Ryan Ghassemi (1, 2)

SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
Dan Kolb

ALTO SAXOPHONE
Cameron Asato
Jonathan Shi

TENOR SAXOPHONE
Dan Kolb

BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Dan Kolb

HORN IN F
Max Dei Rossi (1-6)

HORN IN E♭
Brandon Harnish (1)

TRUMPET
Daniel McGrath (1-4)
Francesco Dalla Ricca (1)
Kyle Mesce (1-4)

POCKET TRUMPET
Brandon Harnish (3-4)

TROMBONE
Brandon Harnish (1, 2)
John MacKay (1, 2)

BASS TROMBONE
John MacKay

BARITONE HORN
Brandon Harnish

EUPHONIUM
Robert Bengel
Thomas Håkanson

BARITONE BUGLE IN G
Brandon Harnish

TUBA
Travis Slaughter

TIMPANI
Dan Kolb

MARCHING BASS DRUM
Dan Kolb

PIATTI
Dan Kolb

SUSPENDED CYMBAL
Dan Kolb

TAM-TAM
Dan Kolb
Leo Martyn

AUXILIARY PERCUSSION
Fluffy
Magui Avila

ELECTRIC GUITAR
Antonio Teoli (2)
Calvin Nielson (1)
Daniel Janbay (1, 2, solos)
Enoch Ng (2, solos)
Joe Pignato (2, solos)
Neil Bickford (1, 2)
Ryan Jung (1)

ELECTRIC BASS
Jeremy Benik

DRUMS
Greg Russell
John Tabakian

HARP
May Claire La Plante

PIANO
Ben Luo

ORGAN
Jack Doherty

SOPRANO
Amy Yamashiro (1)
Caroline Augelli (2)
Chris Erickson (1)
IJ Wittenberg (2)
Karenna Foley (1)
Liz Maddock (1)
Lucia C. (1, 2)
May Claire La Plante (1, 2)
Sarah Blandy (1, 2)

ALTO
Brandon Harnish (1, 2)
Caroline Augelli (1, 2)
Ciara Donegan (1, 2)
Joie Zhou (1, 2)
Jonathan Ta (1)
Samantha Gingrich (1)
Sarah Blandy (1, 2)

TENOR
Brandon Harnish (1, 2)
Breakdown (1, 2)
Caroline Augelli (1, 2)
Chris Suzuki (1)
Dan Eckels (1)
Ian Martyn (1, 2)
Jim Hitchell (1, 2)
Jonathan Ta (1)
Thomas Håkanson (1, 2)

BASS
Andy Maddock (1)
Brandon Harnish (1, 2)
Cameron Asato (2)
Chris Suzuki (1)
Jim Hitchell (1, 2)
Leo Martyn (1, 2)

VIOLIN
Gabrielle B. (I, IIA)
Sean Harding (I, IIA, IIB)

VIOLA
Aidan Backus (A)
Beverly Shih (A)

CELLO
Jes Burgess
Ryan Jung

DOUBLE BASS
Joseph Lee

featuring GERARD K. MARINO
gerardkmarino.com
twitch.tv/gkmarino

with RED HAYATE as JOIE ZHOU IMPERSONATOR
and introducing BREAKDOWN