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Episode 408: The Grammys II
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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The 2024 Grammy Awards honored outstanding video game soundtracks for only the second time ever!

Bought by WNYE


  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Toward a Theory and History of the Loop
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the book "Now and Forever," one of the first book-length investigations into the many ways that loops (repeated audio...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2024
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 407: Celtic music
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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Celtic music has inspired numerous video game scores.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WKAR, WNYE, Vermont Public, WBAA and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Episode 406: Jason Graves
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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"It's about learning new things and trying something different all the time."

Bought by KUCO, WXXI Rochester, WKAR, WNYE, Vermont Public and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 405: The Last of Us
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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Hear music from the game that inspired HBO's hit TV series.

Bought by KUCO, WKAR, WXXI Rochester, Vermont Public, WNYE and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 403: The Legend of Zelda
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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The Legend of Zelda series boasts some of the most beloved scores in gaming history, with melodies that are woven into the fabric of video game cul...

Bought by KUCO, Vermont Public, WKAR, WBAA, WNYE and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 402: Garry Schyman
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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"When you get something as cool as BioShock to score, that's your chance to spread your wings."

Bought by KUCO, Vermont Public, WKAR, WBAA, WNYE and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 401: Final Fantasy XVI
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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A new Final Fantasy title inspires as much excitement for its soundtrack as for the game itself, and 2023’s Final Fantasy 16 is no exception.

Bought by KUCO, Vermont Public, WKAR, WBAA, WNYE and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Blues, Talk, & Plenty of Nothing
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Putting It Together
The Blues, Too Much Talk and other Things That Stop You Dreaming with music mixed into another blend of alternative reality and produced by Peter B...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:40
847: Deep Time: The Cosmos And Us / 848: Music Without Genre, 11/18/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: The Cosmos And Us" - Our lives are so rushed, always on the clock. Counting the minutes and seconds. In the latest episode of...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Sound Actions
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we discussed the book "Sound Actions," which reduces musical activity down to its most essential components so that we can re-conc...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Number 9 Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Nine
An extended reworking of the Beatles track "Number 9" which serves as the introduction to Shortcuts and it's influences with additional music from ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:24
Universal Harmonies: Sonifying images for science and accessibility
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: “Universal Harmonies” (released on Mar 10, 2023) is an album comprised of sonified observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This collection hopes to make space images more accessible to those with vision loss by allowing them to listen to images r, Credit: Chandra Labs
Kim Arcand from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory joins Planetary Radio to share her team’s new album “Universal Harmonies.”

Bought by KVSC, Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Episode 326: Halo
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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We're taking a musical tour of this iconic video game franchise!

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WBAA, Vermont Public, WKAR, KECG and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 325: The first Grammys
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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Video game scores have earned a category of their own at the 2023 Grammy Awards. Join us for a look at each of the nominees!

Bought by WBAA, WXXI Rochester, Vermont Public, WKAR, KUCO and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
676: Afro-Tech: Stories of Synths in African Music, 1/19/2023
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
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In this episode, we explore the synthesizer, looking closely at the history of this ubiquitous (and often debated) piece of musical technology, and...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Episode 324: Eímear Noone
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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We talk with the "Irish queen of game music" and the first woman to conduct at the Oscars.

Bought by WBAA, WXXI Rochester, Vermont Public, WKAR, KUCO and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Episode 323: Kena: Bridge of Spirits
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: Many artists collaborated to create the soundtrack to Kena: Bridge of Spirits, including composer Jason Gallaty and the traditional Balinese orchestra Gamelan Çudamani.
Hear Kena: Bridge of Spirits' atmospheric and emotional original score.

Bought by Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, KECG, WKAR, KUCO and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Episode 322: Kristin Naigus
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: Multi-instrumentalist Kristin Naigus in her studio.
Hear our interview with the video game industry’s go-to woodwind soloist and music that features her playing.

Bought by Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, WGTE Public Media, WBAA, KECG and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Episode 321: Babylon's Fall
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: A team of composers led by Hiroshi Yamaguchi scored the 2022 action role-playing game Babylon’s Fall. The original soundtrack contains over five hours of music.
Sometimes, fantastic video game scores come from games that fail commercially and critically.

Bought by Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, WGTE Public Media, WBAA, KECG and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 320: Animal Control
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: In the 2006 game Okami players take the role of white wolf Amaterasu, the Shinto sun goddess. The original score uses traditional Japanese instruments.
Hear a musical menagerie of themes from video games with animal protagonists.

Bought by Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, WGTE Public Media, KECG, WKAR and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Episode 319: Game Brass Spotlight
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: The members of The Game Brass explore the vastness of outer space on their 2022 album BRASS EFFECT, which features over 40 musicians.
Classical chops meet video game music with brass ensemble The Game Brass.

Bought by Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, WGTE Public Media, GCR (Global Community Radio), KECG and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 318: Inon Zur
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: Inon Zur has composed soundtracks for blockbuster video game series like Fallout and Dragon Age.
Award-winning composer Inon Zur joins us this week to talk about his music for titles like Fallout 4, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Sybe...

Bought by Vermont Public, WGTE Public Media, WKAR, KUCO, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode 317: Horror
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: The 2022 cinematic horror game Immortality charges players with unraveling the mystery of an actress’s disappearance. Nainita Desai composed a haunting original score.
Hear spine-tingling scores from Resident Evil, Dead Space, A Plague Tale and more.

Bought by Vermont Public, KECG, KUCO, WXXI Rochester, WBAA and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode 316: Austin Wintory and A Journey Symphony
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: For the 10th anniversary of the game Journey, Austin Wintory re-orchestrated the Grammy-nominated soundtrack that launched his career.
Composer Austin Wintory tells us about how his collaborations with musicians represent the heart of his music.

Bought by Vermont Public, WGTE Public Media, WNYE, KUCO, WKAR and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10