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Sound of Gaming: Lost masterpieces

Lost masterpieces

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Jessica chats to Bafta-winning composer Austin Wintory about the 'ones that got away'.

What happens to the music when a game gets cancelled? Jessica plays music lost to the whims of history and chats to composer Austin Wintory about the ones that got away.

On Sound of Gaming we celebrate the greatest music from the best video games, but what about the almost hits? The should've-beens? The has-beens? 

What happens to the music when a game gets cancelled, a character is changed or a game is taken off the shelves? Today Sound of Gaming is dedicated to Lost Masterpieces - music that could have been heard by millions of players but instead has been lost to the whims of history and the creative process, with never before heard gems from composers like Joris de Man, The Flight and Jim Guthrie.

The BAFTA winning composer Austin Wintory - well known for his work on games like Journey, Abzu and the Banner Saga - talks to Jessica today not about his hits, but about the 'ones that got away', music he's written for pitches that didn't make it and games that didn't see the light of day.

Plus music from games such as Alien: Isolation, Chrono Trigger and Borderlands 3 that didn't find its way into the game, plus a lost gem of a game score by composer Michael Nyman and other treats you just don't hear enough.

Austin Wintory - Crude Gum
Joris de Man - Knights (unreleased)
Raison Varner - General Traunt Sketch (Borderlands 3 - unreleased)
Austin Wintory- Death Arisen
Austin Wintory - Squares
Austin Wintory - A Guessing Game
Austin Wintory - Oases
Michael Nyman - Enemy Zero (Enemy Zero)
The Flight - The Space Jockey (Alien Isolation - unreleased)
Yasunori Mitsuda - The Singing Mountain (Chrono Trigger - unreleased)
Frank Ilfman - Akiro (Akiro - unreleased)
Chris Hülsbeck - The Great Giana Sisters Suite (excerpt)
Austin Wintory - Whiskers and Beams
Austin Wintory - The Call (Journey)
Hitoshi Sakimoto - Staff Roll (Vagrant Story)
Jim Guthrie - You, Me and the Sun Swallowing Sea (Below - unreleased) King George's Hall, Blackburn
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