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New Year New Games

Whether you found a shiny console in your stocking or are taking it slow after NYE, Jessica has video game music to bring you back to life and some of her favourite scores of 2019

You may have found a shiny new console in your Christmas stocking, or perhaps you're working out what to get in the sales - or going slow after another New Year鈥檚 Eve party...

Luckily Sound Of Gaming returns for a New Year鈥檚 Day special. Jessica Curry plays the best video game music to bring you back to life after the night before, picks some of her favourite games and soundtracks from the past year and looks into her 2020 crystal ball at what may be the biggest scores of the New Year.

Gareth Coker - Naru, Embracing the Light (Ori and the Blind Forest)
Todd Baker - An Endless Desert (Alto's Odyssey)
Ramin Djawadi - Riftworm Village (Gears 5)
Kristofer Maddigan - Elder Kettle (Cuphead)
Guy Jackson - My Floating Sanctuary (Sea of Solitude)
Gareth Coker - Up the Spirit Caverns Walls (Ori and the Blind Forest)
Disasterpeace - Nocturne / Memory (FEZ)
Claude Debussy - Minstrels (Pr茅ludes - Book 1)
Austin Wintory - Delphinus Delphis (Abz没)
Lena Raine - Light Rail (Oneknowing)
Takeshi Furukawa - Epilogue (The Last Guardian)
aivi & surasshu - Mika
Koji Kondo - Great Fairy's Fountain Theme (The Legend of Zelda)

57 minutes

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New Year's Day 2020 13:00

Music Played

  • Gareth Coker

    Naru, Embracing the Light (Ori and the Blind Forest)

    Performer: Rachel Mellis. Orchestra: Nashville Music Scoring Orchestra.
    • Microsoft Studios Music.
  • Todd Baker

    An Endless Desert (Alto's Odyssey)

    Performer: Todd Baker.
    • Alto's Odyssey (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Team Alto.
    • 1.
  • Ramin Djawadi

    Riftworm Village (Gears 5)

    Performer: Ramin Djawadi.
    • Gears 5 (Original Soundtrack).
    • Laced Records.
    • 6.
  • Kristofer Maddigan

    Elder Kettle (Cuphead)

    Ensemble: Kristofer Maddigan and his Big Band.
    • Cuphead - Original Soundtrack.
    • StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc..
    • 5.
  • Guy Jackson

    My Floating Sanctuary (Sea of Solitude)

    Performer: Tom Pickles. Performer: Guy Jackson.
    • Sea of Solitude (Original Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • Gareth Coker

    Up the Spirit Caverns Walls (Ori and the Blind Forest)

    Performer: Tom Boyd. Orchestra: Nashville Music Scoring Orchestra.
    • Ori and the Blind Forest (Original Soundtrack).
    • Microsoft Studios Music.
    • 8.
  • Disasterpeace

    Nocturne / Memory (FEZ)

    Performer: Disasterpeace.
    • FEZ OST.
    • OverClocked Records.
    • 18.
  • Claude Debussy

    Minstrels (Pr茅ludes - Book 1)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy: Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol.1.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Austin Wintory

    Delphinus Delphis (Abz没)

    Orchestra: Nashville Scoring Orchestra. Choir: London Voices. Ensemble: Abzu Harp Ensemble. Conductor: Austin Wintory.
    • ABZ脹 (Original Video Game Soundtrack).
    • Import.
    • 5.
  • Lena Raine

    Light Rail (Oneknowing)

    Performer: Lena Raine. Performer: Michaela Nachtigall.
    • Oneknowing.
    • Local Action.
    • 4.
  • Takeshi Furukawa

    Epilogue (The Last Guardian)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Trinity Boys Choir. Choir: London Voices.
    • The Last Guardian Soundtrack Composer's Choice Edition.
    • Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc..
    • 19.
  • aivi & surasshu

    Mika

    Performer: Aivi Tran. Performer: surasshu.
    • The Black Box.
    • Ubiktune.
    • 6.
  • Koji Kondo

    Great Fairy's Fountain Theme (The Legend of Zelda)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Nova San Diego. Conductor: E铆mear Noone.
    • The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Special Orchestra CD.
    • Nintendo.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • New Year's Day 2020 13:00

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