Extraterrestrial Gaming
One of the most fantastic environments for gaming is outer space, Louise Blain looks at what happens when gaming and its music leave the comfort of planet Earth.
Louise Blain probes the universe for gaming’s alien beings in pursuit of an 'out of this world' selection of extraterrestrial gaming music. Her line-up includes George Strezov’s ‘Stranded Alien Dawn’, Austin Wintory’s ‘Aliens: Fireteam Elite’, Mick Gordon’s ‘Prey’, Andreas Waldetoft’s and Bert Meyer’s ‘Stellaris’, Winifred Phillips’s ‘Spore Hero’ and Andrew Prahlow’s ‘Outer Wilds’. Louise also focuses on scores for the ‘Mass Effect’ franchise and Destiny 2. Her guest is the ‘Beyond Skyrim’ composer Eric Gordon Berg.
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George Strezov
Stranded: Alien Dawn
Performer: George Strezov.- Stranded: Alien Dawn (Original Video Game Soundtrack).
- Frontier Foundry.
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Garry Schyman
Destroy All Humans! 2 "Furon Theme"
Performer: Garry Schyman.- Destroy All Humans! 2 (Soundtrack from the Video Game).
- Lakeshore Records.
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Austin Wintory
Aliens: Fireteam Elite "Contact", "Boarding"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Aliens: Fireteam Elite (Original Soundtrack).
- Hollywood Records.
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Winifred Phillips
Spore Hero "Main Theme"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Spore Hero (Original Soundtrack).
- EA Music.
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Mick Gordon
Prey "Experiment"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Prey (Original Game Soundtrack).
- Bethesda Softworks.
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Andreas Waldetoft
Stellaris "Alpha Centauri"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Stellaris: Complete Soundtrack.
- Paradox Interactive.
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Andrew Prahlow
Outer Wilds "Outer Wilds"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Outer Wilds (Original Soundtrack).
- Annapurna Interactive.
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Jack Wall
Mass Effect "Theme"
Composer: Sam Hulick. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Mass Effect (EA Games Soundtrack).
- EA Music.
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Christopher Lennertz
Mass Effect 3 "A Future For The Krogan"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Mass Effect 3 (Original Soundtrack).
- EA Music.
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Eric Gordon Berg
Beyond Skyrim: Morrowind "An Architect of Time"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Beyond Skyrim: Morrowind - The New North (Original Game Soundtrack).
- 1977238 Records DK2.
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Eric Gordon Berg
Beyond Skyrim: Morrowind "The New North"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Beyond Skyrim: Morrowind - The New North (Original Game Soundtrack).
- 1977238 Records DK2.
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Eric Gordon Berg
Beyond Skyrim: Morrowind "Daglin's Footsteps"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Beyond Skyrim: Morrowind - The New North (Original Game Soundtrack).
- 1977238 Records DK2.
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Eric Gordon Berg
Greyhill Incident "Greyhill Incident"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Greyhill Incident (Original Game Soundtrack).
- Eric Gordon Berg.
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Michael Salvatori
Destiny 2 "Inner Light"
Composer: Skye Lewin. Composer: Pieter Schlosser. Composer: C Paul Johnson. Composer: Rotem Moav. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Destiny 2 (Original Soundtrack).
- Bungie Music Publishing.
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- Sat 1 Jul 2023 15:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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