Videogames are full of partnerships, of companions coming together to overcome challenges that are too big to take on alone.
This week, we’ll meet some duos who range from lifelong friends to more unlikely allies: music for dynamic duos!
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Generous support for the music heard on this program comes from the Robert T. and Ruth Haidt Hughes Memorial Acquisitions Fund.
Special thanks to Michael Culler for engineering assistance and to Christine Kyprianides and Delia Zaleski for production assistance.
Amanda Sewell is IPR's Music Director, and Keith Brown is GAMEPLAY’s host and executive producer.
Playlist:
Michiru Ōshima - ICO - You Were There (ICO) - Video Games Live Level 5
Nitin Sawhney - Rhino Chase (Enslaved: Odyssey to the West) - Original game soundtrack - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Nitin Sawhney - Catch the Dragonspy (Enslaved: Odyssey to the West) - Original game soundtrack - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Grant Kirkhope (arr. Thomas Kresge) - Freezeezy Peak (Banjo-Kazooie) - Snowtopia: A Video Game Holiday Tribute - The Game Brass
Grant Kirkhope (arr. Bassoonify) - Bubblegloop Swamp (Banjo-Kazooie) - Multiplayer III: Wave
Michiru Ōshima/pentagon - Castle in the Mist (ICO) - Original game soundtrack
Michiru Ōshima/pentagon - Shadow (ICO) - Original game soundtrack
Michiru Ōshima/pentagon - heal (ICO) - Original game soundtrack
Jared Emerson-Johnson - Sam and Max Save the World (Sam and Max Save the World) - Original game soundtrack
Garry Schyman - Lighter Than Air (BioShock Infinite) - Original game soundtrack
Garry Schyman, Jim Bonney - The Battle for Columbia I (BioShock Infinite) - Original game soundtrack
Garry Schyman - Elizabeth (BioShock Infinite) - Original game soundtrack
Yoko Shimomura (arr. Smooth McGroove) - Ken’s Theme (Street Fighter II) - Smooth McGroove Remixed 3 - Smooth McGroove (acapella voice)
Yoko Shimomura (arr. The Consouls) - Ryu’s Theme (Street Fighter II) - Consouls 2-1 - The Consouls
Gustavo Santaolalla - The Quarantine Zone 20 Years Later (The Last of Us) - Original game soundtrack
David Wise - Main Theme (Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair) - Original game soundtrack
Ramin Djawadi - Prologue (Gears of War 4) - Original game soundtrack
Ramin Djawadi - In and Out (Gears of War 4) - Original game soundtrack
