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With the release of the new action role-playing game Horizon Forbidden West, featuring the character Aloy, Louise Blain foregrounds music for games where women take the lead.

With the release of the new action role-playing game 'Horizon Forbidden West', featuring the character Aloy, Louise Blain foregrounds music for games where women take the lead. She looks at the ways in which the representation of women has developed in gaming and features music from 'Mirror's Edge Catalyst', 'Uncharted: Lost Legacy', 'Assassin's Creed Odyssey', 'Dishonored 2', 'Control' ,'Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice' and 'Tomb Raider'. And Lousie talks to composer Joris de Man and vocalist Julie Elven about the creation of the score for the Horizon series.

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Music Played

  • Koji Kondo

    Legend Of Zelda "Zelda Suite"

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Skeet.
    • Greatest Video Game Music Vol 1.
    • X5 Music Group.
    • 2.

  • Henry Jackman

    Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, "The Insurgency"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Original Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.

  • Kenji Yamamoto

    Super Metroid, "Theme"

    Composer: Minako Hamano. Performer: Kenji Yamamoto. Performer: Minako Hamano.
    • Super Metroid Sound In Action.
    • Sony.

  • Daniel Licht

    Dishonored 2, "Emily Kaldwin's Theme"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Dishonored 2 (Featured Music Selections).
    • Bethesda.

  • Daniel Licht

    Dishonored 2, "Main Theme"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Dishonored 2 (Featured Music Selections).
    • Bethesda.

  • The Flight

    Assassin's Creed Odyssey, "Legend Of The Eagle Bearer"

    Performer: The Flight.
    • Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Ubisoft Music.
    • 1.

  • Petri Alanko

    Control, "Sankarin Tango"

    Singer: Martti Suosalo. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Control Original Game Soundtrack.
    • Remedy Entertainment.

  • Jared Emerson-Johnson

    The Walking Dead, "Clementine Suite"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Walking Dead: Original Game Score.
    • Telltale Games.

  • Magnus Birgersson

    Mirror's Edge Catalyst, "Faith"

    Performer: Solar Fields.
    • Mirror's Edge Catalyst (Original Soundtrack Score).
    • E.A.R.S. (EAβ„Ά Recordings).

  • David GarcΓ­a DΓ­az

    Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, "Hela"

    Composer: Andy LaPlegua. Performer: David GarcΓ­a DΓ­az. Performer: Andy LaPlegua. Ensemble: Passarella Death Squad.
    • Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Original Soundtrack.
    • Ninja Theory.

  • Joris de Man

    Horizon Zero Dawn, "The Point of the Spear"

    Singer: Julie Elven. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Horizon Zero Dawn: Original Soundtrack.
    • Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.

  • Joris de Man

    Horizon Zero Dawn, "Seal Your Lips"

    Singer: Julie Elven. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Horizon Zero Dawn: Original Soundtrack.
    • Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.

  • Joris de Man

    Horizon Zero Dawn, "Aloy's Theme"

    Singer: Julie Elven. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Horizon Zero Dawn: Original Soundtrack.
    • Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.

  • Joris de Man

    Horizon Zero Dawn, "Victory"

    Singer: Julie Elven. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Horizon Zero Dawn: Original Soundtrack.
    • Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.

  • Joris de Man

    Horizon Forbidden West, "Promise of the West"

    Singer: Julie Elven. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe.

  • Nathan McCree

    Tomb Raider, "Tomb Raider Medley"

    Music Arranger: Adam Langston. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • The Tomb Raider Suite.
    • Nathan McCree self-released.

  • Inon Zur

    Syberia: The World Before, "The Hymn of Vaghen"

    Performer: Emily Bear. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Inon Zur.
    • Syberia: The World Before - Original Game Soundtrack.
    • Decca Records.

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