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Louise Blain explores the lighter side of gaming soundtracks, with a look at music for some of the funniest games on the screen, and talks to composer Grant Kirkhope.

Louise Blain explores the lighter side of gaming soundtracks with a look at music for some of the wittiest games on the screen and talks to composer Grant Kirkhope. The programme looks at some of the ways humour appears in games and in gaming scores and features music from Oli Woods' 'Worms WMD', Peter McConnell's 'Psycholnauts 2', River Boy's 'Cult of the Lamb', Christopher Heral's 'Rayman Legends', Ryan Ike's 'West Of Loathing', Dan Golding's 'Untitled Goose Game', Toby Fox's 'Undertale' and the 'Stanley Parable' from the Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra. The programme also features cues from 'Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope', 'Yooka-Laylee' and 'Kingdons of Amalar - Reckoning' by Grant Kirkhope and this month's HiScore is Gareth Coker's 'Immortals - Fenyx Rising'.

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Music Played

  • BjΓΈrn Lynne

    Worms Armageddon "In Game Weird Alien Planet"

    Performer: BjΓΈrn Lynne.
    • Worms Armageddon: Original game soundtrack.
    • Bandcamp.

  • Peter McConnell

    Psychonauts 2 "Title and Prologue"

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Psychonauts 2 (Volume 1).
    • Skill Tree Records.

  • River Boy

    Cult of the Lamb "Praise the Lamb"

    • Cult of the Lamb (Original Soundtrack).
    • Independent.

  • Christophe HΓ©ral

    Rayman Legends "Mysterious Swamps", "Medieval Dragon"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Rayman Legends (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Ubisoft Music.

  • Ryan Ike

    West of Loathing "What in tarnation", "Main Theme"

    Performer: Ryan Ike.
    • West of Loathing (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Materia Collective.

  • Claude Debussy

    Untitled Goose Game "Preludes Book 1, Minstrels (Rake by the Lake)"

    Performer: Dan Golding. Music Arranger: Dan Golding.
    • Untitled Goose Game (Original Soundtrack).
    • Iam8bit.

  • Toby Fox

    Undertale "Spear of Justice"

    Performer: Toby Fox.
    • Undertale Soundtrack.
    • Materia Collective.

  • Toby Fox

    Undertale "Dogsong"

    Performer: Toby Fox.
    • Undertale Soundtrack.
    • Materia Collective.

  • Blake Robinson

    The Stanley Parable "Informing Stanley", "Following Stanley"

    Performer: The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra.
    • The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe – The Complete Soundtrack.
    • Loudr.

  • Grant Kirkhope

    Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope "Icy Battle Ballet"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Ubisoft Music.

  • Grant Kirkhope

    Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope "Sunny Side of the Galaxy"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Ubisoft Music.

  • Grant Kirkhope

    Yooka-Laylee "Tribalstack Tropics"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Yooka-Laylee (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • VarΓ¨se Sarabande.

  • Grant Kirkhope

    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning "Balor"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Sumthing Else Music Works.

  • Grant Kirkhope

    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning "Fight!", "Reckoning"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Sumthing Else Music Works.

  • Gareth Coker

    Immortals Fenyx Rising "The Aulos of Tartarus", "Heart of the Hero"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Immortals Fenyx Rising (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Ubisoft Music.

  • Bear McCreary

    God of War - Ragnarok "The Hammer of Thor"

    Choir: Schola Cantorum. Conductor: Hordur Askelsson. Orchestra: London Session Orchestra. Conductor: Cliff Masterson. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.
    • God of War - Ragnarok (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Sony Masterworks.

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  • Sat 7 Jan 2023 15:00
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