Animals take center stage this week on GAMEPLAY, with music from the classic Star Fox series, the new, Zelda-inspired Tunic and Thunderbird Strike, which examines the effect of humans on the natural world.
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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.
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:
Masami Ueda, arr. Mika Matsuura - Wep’Keer (Ōkami) - Mika Matsuura, pianist
Koji Kondo - Star Fox’s Theme (Star Fox: Assault) - Tokyo New City Orchestra; Susumu Kazuhara, trumpet
Yoshie Arakawa, Yoshinori Kawamoto - Space Battleground (Star Fox: Assault) - Tokyo New City Orchestra; Susumu Kazuhara, trumpet
Yoshie Arakawa, Yoshinori Kawamoto - Heroic Pursuit (Star Fox: Assault) - Tokyo New City Orchestra; Susumu Kazuhara, trumpet
Hajime Wakai - Break Through the Ice Field (Star Fox: Assault) - Tokyo New City Orchestra; Susumu Kazuhara, trumpet
Yoshie Arakawa, Yoshinori Kawamoto - Aparoid Fierce Attack (Star Fox: Assault) - Tokyo New City Orchestra; Susumu Kazuhara, trumpet
Lifeformed, Janice Kwan - Flux is On (Tunic) - Original soundtrack
Lifeformed, Janice Kwan - The Librarian (Tunic) - Original soundtrack
Lifeformed, Janice Kwan - Sunset Breakfast (Tunic) - Original soundtrack
Masami Ueda - Princess Sakuya’s Theme (Ōkami) - Original soundtrack
Rei Kondoh - Thank Goodness for Kokari (Ōkami) - Original soundtrack
Akari Groves - A Great Spirit Lies in Wait (Ōkami) - Original soundtrack
Rei Kondoh - Shachimaru’s Theme (Ōkami) - Original soundtrack
Casey Koyczan - Cutscene 2 Opening (Thunderbird Strike) - Original soundtrack
Casey Koyczan - Level 2 Loop Structure (Thunderbird Strike) - Original soundtrack
Winifred Phillips - The Gathering (Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole) - Original soundtrack
Winifred Phillips - The Guardians (Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole) - Original soundtrack
Winifred Phillips - With Hearts Sublime (Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole) - Original soundtrack
River Boy - Shop (Cult of the Lamb) - Original soundtrack
River Boy - Knucklebones (Cult of the Lamb) - Original soundtrack
River Boy - Pilgrim’s Passage (Cult of the Lamb) - Original soundtrack
