
Please note: production of new episodes of GAMEPLAY ended in 2024. Past episodes are available below, but no new episodes are currently planned.
GAMEPLAY celebrates the vast worlds of video game music, bringing its music, composers and performers to life in each episode.
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A new Final Fantasy title inspires as much excitement for its soundtrack as for the game itself, and 2023’s Final Fantasy 16 is no exception.
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We talk with composer Garry Schyman and share soundtracks that span 30 years of his work in video games.
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Celtic music has inspired numerous video game scores. This week, we’ll explore a variety of Celtic game music through the sounds of whistles and fiddles, pipes, harps and even traditional Gaelic singing.
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Nainita Desai composes irresistible and intricate scores for film, TV and video games. She joins us this week on GAMEPLAY to talk about her interactive music for games including Immortality, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and more.
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From Pac-Man’s dots to Mario’s coins to Sonic’s rings, collecting has always been a part of video games. This week, I’ll share with you a few of the amazing scores I’ve collected throughout this adventure that haven’t yet had a chance to shine, from Assassin’s Creed, the Witcher, Genshin Impact and lots more.
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This week, we explore the joyful soundtrack to tropical exploration game Tchia, which combines voices, folk instruments, orchestra, and ambient natural sounds in a musical celebration of the culture of the South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia!
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Composer Jason Graves joins us this week to talk about his scores for blockbuster titles like Tomb Raider and Dead Space, and even a soundtrack he wrote for a video game store!
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This week, we’re celebrating each of the official Grammy nominees in the category of Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media.
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"Instrumentation plays such a huge role in terms of: where are we brought in the world?"
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Classical chops meet video game music with brass ensemble The Game Brass.
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We’ll explore some of the sweeping scores that accompany these epic worlds, from World of Warcraft to Final Fantasy XIV to Guild Wars and more.
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We’ll hear music from Christopher Larkin’s haunting, melancholy original score for the 2017 game Hollow Knight.
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Jazz artists are reinterpreting video game standards in an explosion of creativity.
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A dazzling orchestral score that pays loving homage to classic series themes, while expanding the entire musical scope of the Star Wars universe.
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Music composed for a variety of racing video games, from realistic driving simulations to lighthearted games where half the fun is knocking your friends off the track with a turtle shell!
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Choirs from all over the world, singing in English, Latin, ancient Akkadian and more!
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Toby Fox’s eclectic score brings to life a funny and moving story with a memorable cast of characters.
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The Tokyo Olympic Games saluted the music of video games in a big way.
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"... In games they’re just immersed, and that music becomes a part of their life and their world."
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