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Jumping, climbing, running, Louise Blain focuses on music for platform games, from Donkey Kong to the present day and she’s joined by ’Celeste’ composer, Lena Raine.

Jumping, climbing, running, Louise Blain focuses on music for platform games, from Donkey Kong and Mario to the present day. Lena Raine, composer of the award-winning 2018 game ’Celeste’ joins the programme to talk about that and some of her more recent work, and there’s music from Rayman Legends, Cuphead, and Ori and the Blind Forest.

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Sat 6 Feb 2021 15:00

Music Played

  • Grant Kirkhope

    Donkey Kong 64 - Hideout

    Performer: Grant Kirkhope.
    • Donkey Kong 64 Official Soundtrack.
    • Rare.
  • Frida Johansson

    Unravel - Halling Efter Per Loof

    Composer: Henrik Oja. Performer: Fredrik Ljungberg. Performer: Elin Soderberg. Performer: Petter Berndalen. Performer: Adam Johansson. Performer: Torbjörn Näsbom. Performer: Malin Silbo Ohlsson.
    • Unravel (EA Games Soundtrack).
    • Electronic Arts Music.
  • Peter Thomas

    Temple Run - Theme

    Performer: Peter Thomas.
  • Jami Seiber

    Braid - Tell it by heart

    Performer: Jami Seiber.
    • Second Sight.
    • Out Front Music.
  • Alexey Nechaev

    Inmost - Unleash the pain

    Performer: Alexey Nechaev.
    • Inmost - Original Soundtrack.
    • Bandcamp.
  • Gareth Coker

    Ori and the Blind Forest - The Sacrifice

    Singer: Aeralie Brighton. Orchestra: Nashville Music Scoring Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Rudd.
    • Ori And The Blind Forest - Original Soundtrack.
    • Microsoft Studios.
  • Kristofer Maddigan

    Cuphead - Threatenin' Zeppelin

    Performer: Kristofer Maddigan and his Big Band.
    • Cuphead - Original Soundtrack.
    • Bandcamp.
  • Christophe Héral

    Rayman Legends - Medieval Dragon

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Rayman Legends (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Ubisoft Music.
  • Lena Raine

    Celeste - First Steps

    Performer: Lena Raine.
  • Lena Raine

    Chicory: A Colorful Tale - Supper Woods

    Performer: Kristin Naigus.
    • Chicory: An Afternoon in Luncheon.
    • Bandcamp.
  • Lena Raine

    Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns - Attack on Tarir

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Guild Wars 2: Heart Of Thorns Original Soundtrack.
    • ArenaNet.
  • Disasterpeace

    Fez - Adventure

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Skeet.
    • The Greatest Video Game Music 2.
    • X5 Music Group.
  • Koji Kondo

    Super Mario Odyssey - Fossil Falls

    Composer: Naoto Kubo. Composer: Shigetoshi Gohara. Composer: Shiho Fujii. Composer: Yuki Tsuji. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Super Mario Odyssey Original Soundtrack.
    • Being Group.
  • Sarah Schachner

    Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Twilight of the Gods - Voices of Fornburg

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Twilight of the Gods.
    • Lakeshore Records.

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