Show Notes
Jessica Curry has the latest and greatest music for video games plus an interview with composer Sarah Schachner. Music played: Sarah Schachner - Return Of The Medjay (Assassin’s Creed Origins) Jessica Curry (arr by Materia Collective) - All the Earth (Everybody's Gone to the Rapture) Yoko Shimomura - The Other Promise (Kingdom Hearts II) Cœur De Pirate – Final Breath (Child Of Light) Sarah Schachner - Main Theme (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) Sarah Schachner - Ezio's Family (Assassin's Creed Origins) Sarah Schachner - Legion of Dawn (Anthem Legion of Dawn) Yoko Kanno - Hana Wa Saku "Flowers Will Bloom" Joel Nielsen - Apprehension (Black Mesa) Jerry Martin - Under Construction (The Sims) Sarah Schachner - Piccadilly Circus (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) Mike Morasky - Icosahedron (Half-Life: Alyx) Sam Webster - Puzz (Grindstone)
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