Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Video Game Soundtracks Special

Two hours of nostalgic and transportive lesser-known music from the world of video games. Sounds from The Sims, Secret of Mana, Everyone’s Gone To The Rapture and more.

Two hours of nostalgic and transportive lesser-known music from the world of video games. Sounds from The Sims, Secret of Mana, Everyone’s Gone To The Rapture, Hotline Miami and more. Stuart explores a departure from what we think of as video game music, traversing everything from new age jazz piano, choral music, vapor wave and acoustic hip hop to describe just a few gems.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 22 Jan 202320:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

More episodes

Previous

Experimental Explorations with The Cosmic Jokers

Next

Experimental Explorations with Ivor Cutler

See all episodes from Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone

Music Played

  • Jerry Martin

    Mall Rat

    • The Sims (Original Soundtrack).
    • Electronic Arts Music.

  • David Bowie

    New Angels of Promise (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Version)

    • Hours... (Expanded Edition).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 12.

  • C418

    Cat

    • Minecraft Volume Alpha.
    • Self-Released.

  • Metro Voices, London Voices, James Morgan & Jessica Curry

    Finding the Pattern

    • Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (Original Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Jessica Curry

    I Have Begun My Ascent

    • Dear Esther (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • thechineseroom.

  • Bear McCreary & Eivør

    God of War Ragnarök

    • God of War (Playstation Soundtrack).
    • Sony Interactive Entertainment America.

  • Peter McConnnell

    Grim Fandango

    • Grim Fandango Remastered (Original Soundtrack).
    • Disney.

  • Koji Kondo

    Super Mario Bros Main Theme

    • single.
    • Warner Bros Music.

  • Koji Kondo

    Zelda 1 (Chronberg's Relaxed Version)

    • The Sound of Scenesat, Vol 1.
    • SceneSat.

  • panpan

    Splattack! (Splatoon 3 Remix)

    • Single.
    • 2846770 Records DK.

  • Yuzo Koshiro

    Go Straight

    • Streets of Rage 2 (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Data Discs.

  • Jarboe

    The Never Deserting Shadow

    • The Thirteen Masks.
    • The Living Jarboe.

  • Einar Selvik, Jesper Kyd & Sarah Schachner

    Assassin's Creed Valhalla Main Theme

    • Assassin's Creed Valhalla: The Raven's Saga.
    • Global Master Rights C.V..

  • TOBACCO

    Blim City

    • High on Life Original Soundtrack.
    • Tobacco.

  • TOBACCO

    Zephyr

    • Tobacco.

  • Sea Power

    Whirling in Rags, 8AM

    • Disco Elysium.
    • Golden Chariot Records.

  • Gustavo Santaolalla

    The Quarantine Zone (20 Years Later)

    • The Last of Us.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Bobby Prince

    At Doom's Gate

    • Single.
    • JonDave Productions.

  • Yasunori Mitsuda & Nobuo Uematsu

    Secret of the Forest

    • Chrono Trigger: Original Sound Version.
    • Dracula9AntiChapel.

  • Olivier Derivière

    A Plague Tale

    • A Plague Tale: Innocence (Original Soundtrack).
    • Ameo Publishing.

  • Olivier Derivière, Eric-Maria Couturier & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    A Plague Tale Requiem

    • A Plague Tale: Requiem (Original Soundtrack).
    • Ameo Publishing.

  • Jasper Byrne

    Miami

    • Hotline Miami EP.
    • Space Recordings.

  • Darren Korb

    Terminal March

    • Bastion Original Soundtrack.
    • Supergiant Games.

  • David Whittaker

    Speedball

    • Amiga Music.
    • Self-Released.

  • David Whittaker

    Shadow of the Beast

    • Amiga Music.
    • Self-released.

  • Jeremy Soule

    Standing Stones

    • The Eldver Scrolls V: Skyrim.
    • Bethesda Softworks.

  • Kristofer Maddigan

    Introduction

    • Cuphead.
    • Studiomdhr Entertainment Inc..

  • Murcy

    Wii Turn Up (Wii Menu Remix)

    • Single.
    • Self-Released.

  • Apeture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories

    Science is Fun

    • Portal 2 : Songs to Test by.
    • Ipecac Recordings.

  • Ian McDonald

    DAY DREAM

    • Wachenröder.
    • Marvelous Entertainment.

  • Masashi Hamauzu & Nobuo Uematsu

    Hymn of the Fayth

    • Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack.
    • AWR Records.

  • Hiroki Kikuta

    Ceremony

    • Secret of Mana Original Soundtrack.
    • Square Enix Co.

  • Hiroki Kikuta

    A Wish

    • Secret of Mana (Original Soundtrack).
    • Square Enix.

  • Hiroki Kikuta

    Spirit of the Night

    • Secret of Mana Original Soundtrack.
    • Square Enix Co.

  • Sun Araw

    Deep Cover

    • On Patrol.
    • Not Not Fun.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Jan 202320:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music