Sometimes, fantastic video game scores come from games that fail commercially and critically. This week we highlight the soundtrack to one such title: 2022’s Babylon’s Fall.
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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:
All selections from the Babylon’s Fall Original Soundtrack
Hiroshi Yamaguchi - Sonnet of the Sorrowful Soldier - Toru Sakurada, lute
Hiroshi Yamaguchi - Babylon’s Fall Theme - Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir
Hiroshi Yamaguchi - Poem of the Ancient Emperor - Toru Sakurada, lute
Hiroshi Yamaguchi - Descendants of Babylon - Yoshimichi Hamada, cornetto; Nobuko Miyashita, Kohei Minami, tenor sackbuts; Yuka Mitani, bass sackbut
Hitomi Kurokawa - The Civic Cloister - Takako Tanaka, viola da gamba; Akira Harada, viola d'amore; Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir
Hiroshi Yamaguchi - Silent Little Bird - original soundtrack
Hyun Kim - Silent Assembly Hall - Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir
Hiroshi Yamaguchi - Communion with a False God - Violeta Radomirska, Emiliya Kirtcheva, sopranos; Mihail Mihaylov, tenor; Plamen Kumpikov, bass; Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir
Aoba Nakanishi - Divine Wisdom - Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir
Hiroshi Yamaguchi - Dragoon’s Pride - Violeta Radomirska, Emiliya Kirtcheva, sopranos; Mihail Mihaylov, tenor; Plamen Kumpikov, bass; Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir
Hyun Kim - Helioscope - Bulgarian Choir; Vanya Moneva, conductor
Hyun Kim - Prelude to Reclamation - Violeta Radomirska, Emiliya Kirtcheva, sopranos; Mihail Mihaylov, tenor; Plamen Kumpikov, bass; Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir
