Video Game Music

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Matthew Sweet presents a special programme from the current "Video Games: Design/Play/Disrupt" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London exploring the nature and function of modern video gaming music. Matthew is joined by curator Kristian Volsing and composer and gaming expert Stephen Baysted ("ProjectCARS; "World Of Speed"; Need For Speed: Shift") to discover more about composing music for the medium, the function of music in games, and the current state of gaming itself. Including: Journey (Austin Wintory) The Last of Us (Gustavo Santaolalla) No Man's Sky (65DaysofStatic) Overwatch (Derek Duke/Neal Acree) Assassins Creed III, SimsAnimals (Winifred Phillips) Zelda (Koji Kondo) Cuphead (Kristofer Maddigan) Red Dead Redemption (Woody Jackson)