Tom speaks to one of the busiest working video game composers — Will Roget. They chat about projects past and present with Will having had an incredible, BAFTA-winning 2024, not only with Helldivers 2 but also shipping Star Wars Outlaws, Pacific Drive AND animated series Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance.
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We’re back for another chatty summary of video game music news from the last couple of weeks. Tom returns from an Undertale concert – an experience he describes as one of the best vgm concerts he’s ever attended – but with so many new productions popping up, is there a risk of the video game concert space becoming saturated? We chat through this, share our music highlights from the video game summer showcases and smash through a mountain of news!
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Via Eurogamer, Ed Nightingale speaks to Grant Kirkhope about the Donkey Kong Rap appearing in the upcoming Donkey Kong game and Grant’s lack of credits - he calls it "the worst rap track in the history of rap tracks"
Via GameInformer, US dates have been announced for PlayStation in Concert
Via Aftermath, SiIvaGunner Is An Elaborate Game Music Joke Collective And One Of The Best Parts Of YouTube — Makes Tom feel very very old
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Video game concerts are more popular than ever before, but what goes on behind the scenes to bring these productions to life?
This week, we’re joined by Gaetano Fazio, founder of SOHO Live, to talk about the logistics of video game concerts, why they’re growing so popular, and SOHO Live’s upcoming productions of the Stardew Valley and Death Stranding concert tours.
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Sandfall Interactive’s debut RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has been an overwhelming success amongst critics and the official charts. With more than 90 million track streams on DSPs and top spots on the Billboard Classical Charts in less than one month after its release, Mat and Tom explain the hype behind the game’s original soundtrack and how its enjoying the same critical praise as the game itself.
As always, there’s a lot of news to get through too. We share our thoughts on the mammoth 200+ tracklist for the new Mario Kart game, the series’ synonymous link with jazz fusion and the biggest updates for your favourite video game composers.
[Via Nintendo] Ask the Developer Vol. 18: Mario Kart World — Part 1
[Via thatgamecompany] The Aurora concert in thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of the Light is coming back between June 9th-22nd 2025
[Via Denz1000] What is Rally House?
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Asterism is a playable album set in a hand-crafted solar system. Tom chats with artist and solo dev Claire Morwood (aka shimmerglitch) about how to keep 12 tracks’ worth of gameplay fresh, inspirations for the project (Outer Wilds, MTV music videos), and getting in the flow of physically making the game.
The game is available now on Steam and itch.io.
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We’re back for more chatty news! After attending PlayStation The Concert in Manchester, Mat shares his thoughts on why it sets a new standard for game concerts but struggled to fill enough seats in the massive Co-Op Arena. We also explore Sabrina Carpenter’s concert in Fortnite, legal troubles over at Roblox and LOTS of video game composer news.
[Via GamesRadar] Final Fantasy 14 and 16 composer says working on the MMO and an action-RPG at the same time was awful: "Every day was a really horrible hell"
[Via TimeExtension] "Music Is Pretty Much All I Think About" - PaRappa The Rapper's Masaya Matsuura On His Journey From Pop Star To Game Dev
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Jessica Curry drops by to talk about her haunting new album with the London Voices, Shielding Songs, comprising 13 choral works from across her career including several from video games (out 13th June 2025.)
Jess is co-founder of video game developer The Chinese Room and is also a BAFTA-winning composer who has scored seminal games including Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture. Her music has been performed around the world in high-profile venues including during the first — and so far only — video game Prom. She’s been a radio presenter for video game music shows on Classic FM and Radio 3.
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We’re back for more chatty news, covering a range of topics from VGM concerts, Overwatch 2’s pricing of Le Sserafim skins, composer corner (pour one out for soundtracks to cancelled games) and badly named rhythm game peripherals.
In the news…
Via Billboard, ‘Death Stranding’ Concert World Tour Announced For 2025 and 2026
Via PCGamer, Overwatch 2 is launching another Le Sserafim collab with 'more transformative' skin designs
Via Gamereactor, Ghost of Tsushima's composer explains the differences in scoring a video game compared to a movie or TV series
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We're uncoupling our industry interviews from our more chatty, news-centred shows to get podcast episodes to you faster while making sure news pieces remain topical.
This episode, Tom interviews Aaron Hamel, Label Director at Materia Music, a video game record label, music publisher and rights administrator.
Aaron is perhaps best known as the co-founder of the video game record label Ship to Shore Phonograph Co., which built an enviable reputation for its historical and contemporary soundtrack releases, including Mother 2 (AKA Earthbound) and Celeste.
They chat about the absolutely monstrous vinyl box set announced by Materia — a 46LP collection covering every game in the Castlevania series up to 2010 — by far the biggest video game vinyl release to date and it might be one of the biggest soundtrack (or just general vinyl) releases ever.
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This week’s episode marks a new format for the show where topical news and guest interviews will be split into different episodes. This means we can get episodes out faster while ensuring news pieces remain topical - so if you truly never want to miss what’s happening in the world of video games and music, make sure you subscribe!
In this episode, we chat about our recent appearances on video game music panels, the ambitious soundtrack for the rumoured Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 remake, and a new custom music feature in Fortnite adding extra value to Jam Tracks. There’s a mountain of composer news and upcoming video game concerts to check out too!
In the news…
Via IGN, Dice Awards 2025 the full list
Via Rock Paper Shotgun, Persona's composer is making a Metal Gear Solid-inspired RPG with a side order of "Great Reset" conspiracy
Via ABC, The music of Civilization VII
NieR Piano Concert, The Witcher 10th Anniversary Concert, PlayStation The Concert, Distant Worlds tickets.
Check out the recent Shovel Knight concert here.
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Tom interviews musician and producer Josh Trinnaman, the driving force behind Cactuar Collective – an experimental math rock take on Nobuo Uematsu’s classic PlayStation 1 Final Fantasy scores taking influence from artists such as Snarky Puppy, Periphery, The Mars Volta and Knower.
They talk about Uematu’s composition style, drum chops, incorporating his original sounds into their covers, and how the Collective approach less-covered Final Fantasy tracks.
News - 00:03:02
Interview - Josh Tinnerman - 00:33:20
Done in 60 Seconds (recommendations) – 01:09:50
In the news…
Via MobileGamer, Next Beat Wants to Make The Next Guitar Hero
Via Kerrang, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will score the next Naughty Dog game, revealed as Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
Via Fortnite, Hatsune Miku x Fortnite Festival (check out the other games Hatsune Miku has appeared in in Hardcore Gamer)
Via VGC, A speedrunner played Crazy Taxi with a live band to avoid copyright issues
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It’s time for the 2024 Alternative Video Game Music Awards! Anthony John Agnello joins us for an alternative twist on the traditional end-of-year Awards categories to celebrate an eclectic selection of weird, wonderful, and unfortunately-too-long video game soundtracks from 2024.
A big thank you to Pierre and his NowPlaying video game music newsletter which continues to be the ultimate source for tracking video game music releases. Make sure you check it out!
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BBC Radio 3, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & others recently created a pilot virtual experience for its Sound of Gaming video game concert, but how will the technology evolve, and is this an exciting milestone in solving accessibility challenges around live music events?
We chatted to composer and conductor Eímear Noone, best known for her video game music orchestral tours and work on World of Warcraft. We discuss the benefits of virtual concerts, how VGM concerts are bringing in new audiences to concert halls, and the challenges around programming such events.
News - 00:06:40
Introduction to interview + impressions of virtual concert - 00:30:21
Interview - Eímear Noone - 00:39:02
In the news…
Via Polygon, Fortnite’s latest event breaks its record, with more than 14 million players
Via NME, ‘Hunt: Showdown 1896’ Teases Explosive Collaboration with Post Malone, Before Announcing In-Game Event
Via RollingStone, How ‘Arcane’ Went Global for Its Big Season Two Soundtrack
Check out the playlist for S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2’s radio station on YouTube
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For Star Wars: Outlaws, Cody Matthew Johnson took a musicological approach to the various hives of scum and villainy when he was asked to create an entire album of diegetic music for the Cantina bars in Star Wars: Outlaws. The resulting album, “Songs from the Underworld” is full of bangers, bringing together an otherworldly mix of music from EDM and futuristic pop to guttural grooves and world fusion.
News - 00:15:30
Interview - Cody Matthew Johnson - 00:58:32
In the news…
Via NME, ‘Cult Of The Lamb’ announces metal EP featuring members of While She Sleeps, Trivium and Polyphia
Via Polygon, the original Halo trilogy OSTs are returning to vinyl in early 2025
Via The Verge, Nintendo’s music app has great ideas and frustrating limitations
Via PushSquare, Grammy Nominees for Best Video Game Soundtrack Revealed
Save & Sound festival by Bedtime Digital Games
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Licensed music has always played an important role in video games, and the ways in which licensed music can be integrated into games are constantly evolving. Vickie Nauman founder and CEO of consultancy and advisory firm CrossBorderWorks, joins us to discuss the biggest trends impacting music in video games and the growing relationship between major record labels and video game studios.
News - 00:03:02
Interview - Vickie Nauman - 00:38:33
Done in 60 Seconds (recommendations) – 01:15:04
In the news…
Via BBC, Grand Theft Audio? The tricky business of music and gaming
Via IGN, Upcoming Alan Wake Update Will Remove David Bowie's Space Oddity From the Soundtrack, Replace It With a New Original Song
Via MusicBusinessWorldwide, Roblox launches music charts and partnership with DistroKid at Roblox Developer Conference
Via ABC, How Final Fantasy maestro Nobuo Uematsu legitimised video game music
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When Tony Hawk's Pro Skater was released on the PlayStation 25 years ago today, no one could have known the impact it would have on not just skate culture, but music culture too.
What started as low expectations for an extreme skateboarding game went on to become one of the best-selling video game franchises at the time, with estimated sales of more than 30 million.
In an era where there was no YouTube and no Spotify, the soundtracks in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games introduced a generation of young and impressionable kids to ska, punk-rock, rap, hip-hop, heavy metal and hardcore, while catapulting the careers of bands that featured in those soundtracks such as Goldfinger and Suicide Machine.
To celebrate the epic milestone of the series, we're joined by Scott Pease, who spent 15 years at Neversoft as Studio Development Director, overseeing the development of nine THPS games.
We talk about Pease's epic career journey, the foundations of the THPS series, the relationship between music and skate culture, and how the series' soundtracks shaped the music tastes of an entire generation.
We’re joined by the multi-instrumentalist and singer Lacey Johnson, who has found success on YouTube, TikTok and beyond with hundreds of video game music covers and energetic music videos. Lacey chats about how she chooses tracks to cover, the state of YouTube for VGM artists, and the soundtracks that inspire her.
News 00:04:00
Topic - Lacey Johnson intro - 00:24:20
Interview - Lacey Johnson - 00:25:55
Done in 60 Seconds (recommendations) – 01:15:44
In the news…
Via MusicEXP Roblox Game ‘Dress to Impress’ Gets 12m Player Boost from Charlie XCX Collaboration
Via SportsIllustrated, Hololive to expand video game presence
Via Mashable, Duolingo partners with Sony Music to bring pop songs to its music course
Via Saiganak, THE LAST ROCKSTARS x Tekken8's new song "MASTERY" video was released
Via 80.lv, Adele Visited Creators of Garry's Mod & Rust
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Tom explores how music is ‘implemented’ in Disneyland Paris and finds several ways in which it is similar to adaptive video game music, high-intensity arcade games, and how too much music can be oppressive. Like the virtual spaces found in games, Disneyland is a carefully designed, highly artificial space, and it’s obvious there’s a guiding hand directing the musical experience.
News 00:02:23
Topic - the music design of Disneyland - 00:21:02
Done in 60 Seconds (recommendations) – 00:44:01
In the news…
Via The Gamer , Skate’s Dynamic Soundtrack ‘Evolves Over Time’
Via NoisyPixel, Atlus Launches Official Game Music Website
Via Polygon, Polygon launches Polygon FM, weekly special of articles exploring the intersection of video games and music
Via Rocket League, Alan Walker Brings the Beat to Rocket League Neon Nights
Via Gamesindustry.biz, Hybe Interactive Media raises $80m for publishing operations
Via MBW, As HYBE raises $80m for its gaming business, could it try to emulate Sony Corp’s cross-media strategy?
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Tom discusses chiptune, jazz, and genre with Demon Throttle composer Scott Mitchell aka ZBW. They circle around composer Aivi Tran’s ‘Digital Fusion’ as a more inclusive genre name than ‘Chiptune’; it also overcomes the negative connotations of ‘fake-bit’ or ‘post-chiptune’.
News: 00:03:33
Topic introduction: 00:27:10
Topic: 00:28:01
60-Second Recommendations: 01:17:15
In the news…
Via Emmy Awards, Fallout TV show has 16 Emmy nominations
Via Pocket Tactics, thatgamecompany is betting big on virtual concerts
Via Gamerant, Theatrhythm developer indiezero is behind Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
(Former) Genshin Impact composer Yu-Peng Chen has a new solo album out FANTASYLAND
Via GameRant, Zenless Zone Zero collabs with Lofi Girl
Via NME, Deep Rock Galactic unveils new music collaboration with Dwarf Metal Band, Wind Rose
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Twitter — @gxmpodcast | @tquillfeldt | @matombler
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Produced by Tom Quillfeldt and Mat Ombler
Edited by Tom Quillfeldt
Music by Zak Foster
Show artwork by Joshua Klein
From K-Pop collaborations with NewJeans and BTS to one-off activations with musicians like Tiesto and Aurora, video game studios are making a concerted effort to engage with the music industry, but why? Music and gaming consultant, Eric Tan, joins us to provide insight into some of the gaming industry’s biggest music collaborations from the perspective of his time at Riot Games and Sony Music, while highlighting the importance of every game studio having an active music strategy.
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We're GXM (Games X Music), a fortnightly podcast exploring video game music and the intersection of video games and the music industry. Your hosts are freelancer Tom Quillfeldt (also Laced Records community manager + A&R) and Mat Ombler (also Laced Head of Music and Game Partnerships.)
Whether you work in the music or games industries or simply enjoy video game music and want to learn more about this area of interest, make sure to give us a listen…
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We'd love to hear your feedback, thoughts on topics you'd like to hear us discuss, and ideas for guests.
Email — gxmpodcast@gmail.com
Twitter — @gxmpodcast | @tquillfeldt | @matombler
Instagram — @gxmpodcast
Produced by Tom Quillfeldt and Mat Ombler
Edited by Tom Quillfeldt
Music by Zak Foster
Show artwork by Joshua Klein
