Cris Velasco (born May 1974) is an American video game and film composer. He has been featured in the God of War video game series, with four tracks on the God of War, four on the God of War II, and five on the God of War III soundtracks. He also composed music for the videogame based on the original Battlestar Galactica series, Terminator 3: Redemption, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Anderson's Cross, Haze, Splinter Cell: Double Agent (main theme only), Clive Barker's Jericho and is credited with doing additional music for Van Helsing. He is also credited to doing the game score for Hellgate: London with fellow composer Sascha Dikiciyan in 2007. Also during 2007, Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan worked together for the main theme in Hellgate London. In 2009 he and Dikiciyan also scored the soundtrack for the game Prototype. Together they have also scored tracks for Mass Effect 2 DLC, Borderlands, Tron: Evolution and Mass Effect 3. He also composed the music for the survival horror game Zombi U.
Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series
2014
Video Game writer: "Dam Interior", "Ascent", "Crater Lake", "Lynchwood Sheriff", "Mid Boss Boss Fight", "Wilhelm Fight", "MidBoss", "Warrior Boss", "Tundra Express"
SpongeBob SquarePants
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Borderlands 2
2012
Video Game music: "Three Horns Divide Ambience", "Three Horns Divide Combat", "The Bunker Ambience", "The Bunker Is Not What It Appears", "Fighting Off Wilhelm", "Thousand Cuts Ambience", "Thousand Cuts Combat"
God of War III
2010
Video Game writer: "Stalker", "The Muse's Song", "Brothers of Blood", "Pandora's Song", "All For Nothing"
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chet Zar: I Like to Paint Monsters
2015
Documentary executive producer
Anderson's Cross
2010
executive producer
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2006
Interactive Achievement Award
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Original Musical Composition
God of War (2005)
2006
GANG Award
Game Audio Network Guild Awards
Music of the Year
God of War (2005)
2006
GANG Award
Game Audio Network Guild Awards
Best Live Performance Recording
God of War (2005)
2006
GANG Award
Game Audio Network Guild Awards
Best Interactive Score
God of War (2005)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
HMMA Award
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
Best Original Score - Video Game
Asura Online (2014)
2013
IFMCA Award
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media
$250,000
