With weddings and holidays scrambling the schedule a bit, we’ve got a fair bit of news to catch up on, and Tom gives his spoiler-free first impressions of Austin Wintory and co’s ambitious musical theatre X video game experiment, Stray Gods. We also trial a new occasional segment, the GOAT Round-up, looking at iconic VGM cues — this time covering Marty O’Donnell’s unforgettable main theme for Halo.
In the news…
Via GTPlanet: Gran Turismo Soundtrack features a legendary line-up of video game composers (and T-Square in Japan)
Via Video Game Chronicle: Bandai Namco launches official music YouTube Channel
Via Eurogamer: Hitman gets first new Elusive Target for several years, and it's DJ Dimitri Vegas
Via Video Game Chronicle: Nicki Minaj is joining Call of Duty as a playable character
00:06:30 - News
00:31:02 - Topic - Stray Gods spoiler-free impressions
00:53:09 - GOAT Round-up
Other links:
Inon Zur’s Masterclass: Composing for Video Games takes place 7 PM, Monday 4 September 2023 at BAFTA 195 Piccadaily, London. You can buy tickets here.
David Housden’s ‘World Building through Music and Narrative Panel’ takes place 2 PM Friday 13th October in the EGX Theatre.
Chipzel is performing at 8 PM on Saturday 14th October in the EGX Theatre.
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