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GAMEPLAY: Classical Music in Videogames

Classical music has always been a part of video games, from the earliest arcades to today.


Classical music has always been a part of video games, from the earliest arcades to today.

Sometimes pieces appear note-for-note in a game, and sometimes music is broken down and rearranged in surprising ways.

We’ll hear works by Wagner, Debussy, Beethoven, and plenty more!

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. Amanda Sewell is IPR's Music Director. Keith Brown is GAMEPLAY’s host and executive producer.

To hear the full episode, click the LISTEN button above! Here's the playlist:

Camille Saint-Saens, arr. Lyndon Holland - Trial Cross-Examination (Aviary Attorney) - Original soundtrack

Leo Delibes, arr. Lyndon Holland - Severin Cocorico (Aviary Attorney) - Original soundtrack

Richard Wagner, arr. Wouter Hutschenruyter - Ride of the Valkyries - Buffalo Philharmonic/JoAnn Falletta

Scott Joplin - The Entertainer (Gran Turismo 5) - Lang Lang, piano

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Gran Turismo 5) - Lang Lang, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Nobuko Toda - Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance) - Bulgaria Symphony Orchestra

Claude Debussy, arr. Dan Golding - “Minstrels” from Preludes, Book 1 (Untitled Goose Game) - Dan Golding, piano

Claude Debussy, arr. Dan Golding - “Les collines d’Anacapri” from Preludes, Book 1 (Untitled Goose Game) - Dan Golding, piano

Camille Saint-Saens, arr. Lyndon Holland - Lander Hagelslak (Aviary Attorney) - Original soundtrack

Camille Saint-Saens, arr. Jeremy Noghani - Aquarium (Aviary Attorney) - Original soundtrack

Camille Saint-Saens, arr. Lyndon Holland - Baron Rorgueil (Aviary Attorney) - Original soundtrack

Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Shoji Meguro - The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga) (Catherine) - Original soundtrack

George Frederick Handel, arr. Shoji Meguro - Hallelujah Chorus (Catherine) - Original soundtrack

Takayuki Aihara - Sixth Chapter ~ Sky (Drakengard) - Original soundtrack

Takayuki Aihara - Seere’s Prayer ~ Sky (Drakengard) - Original soundtrack

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Paul Helman - Queen of the Night (Horace) - Original soundtrack

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Paul Helman - Papageno (Horace) - Original soundtrack

Keith Brown was the host of Matinee Classics and the host and producer of GAMEPLAY until 2024.