BEAT CONNECTION 002-2

0:00:00 – 0:07:07 Here we begin a Video Game Music Heat Check, inspired by Riot Games’ DJ Sona.
0:07:07 – 0:13:53 Mr. Cambier talks us through the part music played in the development process of The Last of Us, and how the soundtrack by Gustavo Santaolalla effected the experience of the game.
0:13:53 – 0:25:01 We take a trip back to the world of 8-bit video game music scrolling through its creation and evolution, and relationship with pop music.
0:25:01 – 0:36:37 And then we do a roundtable on our favorite video game soundtracks and music experiences, including Interstate ’76, FEZ, Sword & Sorcery, Kid Icarus, and Katamari Damacy.
0:36:37 – 0:47:18 Time for Nate’s Dope Archival Shit! First up: Saxophonist and composer Eddie Harris’s Silver Cycles, from 1968.
0:47:18 – 0:58:46 Follow that up with Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd, an overlooked album from 2000 that could have fit in with the indie rap pantheon we’d discussed earlier.
0:58:46 – 1:10:15 And we wrap up with a couple