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
