Cris Velasco is an American

United States

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 video game and film

Film

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 composer

Composer

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

God of War (video game)

God of War is an action adventure video game for the PlayStation 2 first released by Sony Computer Entertainment's Santa Monica division in March 2005...

, four on the God of War II

God of War II

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, and five on the God of War III

God of War III

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soundtracks. He also composed music for the videogame based on the original Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

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 series, Terminator 3: Redemption, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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, Anderson's Cross, Haze

Haze (video game)

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, Splinter Cell: Double Agent (main theme only), Clive Barker's Jericho

Clive Barker's Jericho

Clive Barker’s Jericho is a supernatural horror-themed first person shooter video game with author Clive Barker providing the premise of the storyline...

 and is credited with doing additional music for Van Helsing

Van Helsing (film)

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. He is also credited to doing the game score for Hellgate: London

Hellgate: London

Hellgate: London is a dark fantasy themed action role-playing game originally developed by Flagship Studios, released on October 31, 2007. It was developed by a team headed by former Blizzard Entertainment employees, some of whom had overseen the creation of the Diablo series...

 with fellow composer Sascha Dikiciyan in 2007.
In 2009 he and Dikiciyan also scored the soundtrack for the game Prototype

Prototype (video game)

Prototype is an open world action video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. The game was released in North America on June 9, 2009, and in southwestern parts of North America as well as Oceania on June 10, and was released in Europe on June 12.The game is set in New...

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External links

• Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
  OverClocked ReMix
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• Cris Velasco: Interview at Tracksounds
• Cris Velasco on Composing His “Dream Project” – Clive Barker’s Jericho
• TMNT Interview with Cris Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan
• Sascha Dikiciyan and Cris Velasco on composing music for video games
• Hellgate: London Announcement