Gamespy have a developer’s diary from the composer of the music for The Golden Compass videogame, Jaimie Christopherson. The score he wrote has nothing to do with Alexandre Desplat’s soundtrack for the film; Christopherson relates that “I didn’t try to guess what the film music might sound like, but instead treated this game as a completely different entity, which would require a unique voice separate from the film. […] Like any traditional overture, I wanted the theme to encapsulate everything that would happen in the game (or the movie), so there is a little suspense, a little drama, a little innocence and a lot of adventure.” Read more.

You can listen to two of the tracks from the game’s soundtrack right here:

Lyra’s theme (download)

Menu music (download)