The 1UpBeat: Best Game Scores Of 2025 - Part One

About this episode

This episode counts down the best game scores of 2025, featuring selections from various composers.

Today's episode is a countdown of the best game scores of 2025. This is part one of the two-part series going deep into the ten best musical scores of the past year. You'll hear selections for such composers as Yuzo Koshiro, Olivier Deriviere, Christopher Larkin, Yasunori Nishiki, Gareth Coker, Mick Gordon, Yuka Kitamura and Motoi Sakuraba. Enjoy! —— Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Matt DeWater, David Ballantyne, Joe Wiles, Maxime, William Welch, Alan Rogers, Dave Williams, Max Hamulyák, Jeffrey Graebner, Don Mase, Victor Field, Jochen Stolz, Emily Mason, Eric Skroch, Alexander Schiebel, Alphonse Brown, John Link, Matt Berretta, Eldaly Morningstar, Jim Wilson, Glenn McDorman, Chris Malone, Steve Karpicz, Deniz Çağlar, Brent Osterberg, Jérôme Flick, Alex Brouns, Randall Derchan, Angela Rabatin, Larry Reese, Rudy Amaya, Stacy Livitsanis, Carl Wonders, Lee Wileman, Nathan Blumenfeld, Daniel Herrin, Scott Bordelon, James Alexander, Brett French, Ian Clark, Andy Gray, Joel Nichols, Steve Daniel, Corey O'Brien, John Leggett, Mim Williams, Grace Hamilton, Rob Kemp. —— Cinematic Sound Radio is fully licensed to play music by SOCAN. Support us on Patreon…

Topics covered

• game scores
• music
• composers
• 2025

Keywords

• Yuzo Koshiro
• Olivier Deriviere
• Christopher Larkin
• Yasunori Nishiki
• Gareth Coker
• Mick Gordon
• Yuka Kitamura
• Motoi Sakuraba

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