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The Art of Video Games

Elle Osili-Wood dusts off her easel to showcase the best illustration in games, from Chicory: A Colorful Tale to Cuphead. Elle's guest is superstar woodwind player Kristin Naigus.

Video games have come a long way from the pixels of Pong and Pac-Man. From games based on medieval manuscripts like Inkulinati and Pentiment, to hand-drawn wonders such as Cuphead, games have become works of art in themselves. Some even ask the player to create that art. Elle Osili-Wood dusts off her easel and to illustrate the best of them.

Elle's guest on the programme has been involved with a number of such titles - "Chicory: A Colorful Tale" and "Ori and the Will o'the Wisps" - she is the go-to woodwind soloists for game and film composers alike: Kristin Naigus.

Producer: Barnaby Gordon

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Sat 6 Jul 2024 16:00
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Music Played

  • Stafford Bawler

    Monument Valley "Hidden Temple"

    Music Arranger: manesh mistry.
    • Monument Valley (Original Soundtrack).
    • iam8bit.

  • David Wise

    Tengami "Tengami Medley"

    • Tengami Original Soundtrack.
    • Nyamyam Ltd..
    • 14.

  • Aleksander ZabΕ‚ocki

    Inkulinati "Quill Drawn Castle"

    Composer: Hildegard von Blingin’.
    • Inkulinati - Original Soundtrack.
    • 4.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Pentiment "Sister Amalie's First Vision"

    Music Arranger: Alkemie.
    • Pentiment (Original Soundtrack).
    • Obsidian Entertainment.
    • 6.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Pentiment "The Mob Pursues The Abbot"

    Music Arranger: Alkemie.
    • Pentiment (Original Soundtrack).
    • Obsidian Entertainment.
    • 19.

  • Baptiste Malgoire

    Dordogne "Parted"

    Composer: Lucas Malgoire. Composer: Joseph Shabason. Performer: Joseph Shabason.
    • Dordogne (Official Game Soundtrack).
    • Suna Records.

  • Abi Fry

    Disco Elysium "Instrument of Surrender"

    Composer: Phil Sumner. Composer: Yan. Ensemble: Sea Power.
    • Disco Elysium.
    • Golden Chariot Records Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Terry Scott Taylor

    Neverhood "Klaymen's Theme"

    • Neverhood Songs (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Stunt Records.

  • Lena Raine

    Chicory: A Colorful Tale "Supper Woods"

    • Chicory: A Colorful Tale Original Soundtrack.
    • Radical Dreamland.
    • 4.

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Aaron Copland: The World of Aaron Copland.
    • Decca.

  • Gareth Coker

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps "Separated by the Storm"

    Performer: Laurent Ben Slimane. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: Pinewood Voices. Singer: Aeralie Brighton. Singer: Kelsey Mira. Conductor: Alexander Rudd.
    • Ori and the Will of the Wisps.
    • Microsoft Studios Music.
    • 6.

  • David Housden

    Disney: Illusion Island "Crescent Hamlet"

    Performer: Harpsona. Orchestra: Nashville Scoring Orchestra. Conductor: David Andrew Shipps. Singer: Eric Bradley.
    • Disney Illusion Island (Original Video Game Soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 14.

  • Kristofer Maddigan

    Cuphead "Threatenin' Zeppelin"

    • Cuphead - Original Soundtrack.
    • iam8bit.
    • 10.

  • Jason Graves

    Still Wakes the Deep "Duisgidh e Fhathast na Doimhneachdan"

    • Still Wakes the Deep Soundtrack.
    • Laced Records.
    • 1.

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