Bit of a hard day so retreating into some all-time favourite songs and pieces As Time Goes By www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlDu... Nothing Wrong With You www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UGn... Balamb Garden (orchestral) www.youtube.com/watch?v=p45w...

Bowowow!! / Wheeeeee

Thursday 12th February - 15:00 CET | 14:00 GMT | 09:00 EST | 06:00 PST

[email protected] is a wonderful painter with music — there are some stupendous cues on the #DeathStranding2 soundtrack. I haven't even played the game yet, but "Womb" into "Neil Vana" conjures such a vivid image: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cA2...

Post a banger that isn’t English youtu.be/UlefkuBD2Cw?...

Via @rpgsite.net, Octopath series composer Yasunori Nishiki, on character themes: "I worked closely w/ a producer from Team Asano, aiming to craft music that would evoke the character's upbringing simply through listening to the track, [...] leaving players w/ distinctly memorable melodies" More:

Excited to experience the Tunic concert in London this evening. A GOATed soundtrack by @lifeformed.bsky.social & @alsojanice.bsky.social

We wanted to show you some of the processes behind the making of the @expedition33.bsky.social vinyl 👀 Created with care, from disc pressing through to assembly. Here’s a peek into how it was made! Full video: youtu.be/SxfGDmLKxGQ Now Streaming: lnk.to/clair-obscur...

Another huge milestone in an insane soundtrack campaign. What a ride it's been!

In light of recent events, the Sword of the Sea bandcamp page is set to "Pay what you want" very much including free. Just so endlessly grateful to all of who've reached out, tagged etc ♥️ austinwintory.bandcamp.com/album/sword-...

I shared some thoughts on the GRAMMYs. It won't let me post the full video here so below are the links to it on my IG page and on YT. (And yes I have some thoughts on Expedition 33 in there...) instagram.com/p/DURnze8D3A3/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6M...

Congratulations to @awintory.bsky.social for winning a GRAMMY for Sword of the Sea. I’ve been a big fan since flOw. This feels like the apotheosis of his thatgamecompany/Giant Squid collaborations. Couldn’t happen to a nicer person and champion of video game music and composers alike.

I find Octopath Traveler 2 so charming because of the hilarious lengths the story goes to define characters by their professional excellence to dancing, holistic medicine, flogging wares, etc. Modern-day version: Klarné saves the town with her emergency dentistry; no one codes CRM like Gerbilia

New piece - Eyesore Procreate on iPad (no AI!)

It took me until 2026 to realise that Dispatch’s Waterboy was 2025’s best video game character

New piece: “Elmbliss” Procreate on iPad.

Oh man, if you need a saxy pick-me-up, this'll get your toe-tapping today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrfP... "Brilliant Wings" - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Kenji Hiramatsu

Absolutely love Ben's soundtracks for FTL, Into the Breach and Subnautica Below Zero 👇

Favourite game of 2025: Tied between Split Fiction and Hollow Knight Silksong (too close to Clair Obscur to properly evaluate it) Favourite album: Sabrina Carpenter - Man’s Best Friend (pop perfection) Favourite movie: Tie between Sinners and Wake Up Dead Man Happy New Year everyone!

Every few years I need an infusion of Beatles inspiration- this year was the remastered Anthology on Disney+. The music, the story, the characters… It seems endlessly fascinating & builds towards Abbey Road as the final masterpiece album. My kids keep singing “Strawberry Fields”, so it continues…

The quality level of this year's shots in our Hall of Framed gallery is truly *INSANE*. Thank you all for contributing these wonderful shots. Keep in mind only ~20% of the shots posted reaches the gallery! Browse them all here: framedsc.com/HallOfFramed...

Hollow Knight Silksong Act 3 credits rolled. A spectactular game with with balletic encounters. A few frustrating elements, but if I can achieve 100% completion with my modest skill level, lots of folks can. Rich world design, poetic dialogue, wonderful music.

I have only played the most frustrating parts of this game because my wife and kids hand me the pad for the bits they can’t do. 10/10 game, no notes 😃

I got to the Nameless Town in Hollow Knight Silksong. That is all.

2025 has seen some of our biggest VGM drops yet 🎶 From announcing vinyl releases for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, to tons more! Here's our last roundup for 2025: www.lacedrecords.co/blogs/blog/l... Have a great festive break and see you in the new year!

This is the best video game music of 2025, as chosen by the composers behind it. vgc.news/features/thi...

New podcast is up tomorrow but before that, I have an announcement. We are launching a new video game news show! The Character Issues News Network for News will launch on December 29th! It will appear right in the Character Issues feed so you can just get it where you get the main show. Win win!

It's great to see some amazing OSTs recognised in the Game Audio Network Guild awards, including Borderlands 4, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening, Mafia: The Old Country, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, and Sword of the Sea. 👏 Full list here: www.audiogang.org/awards

What a lovely writeup of SWORD OF THE SEA! Bandcamp did a piece on their favorite game OSTs of 2025 & had these incredibly kind words to share! So grateful to get to do this kind of thing with people I love so much! @mattnava.bsky.social @giantsquidstudios.com daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025...

A humiliating victory for Arsenal against Wolves. Relieved we got there in the end, and credit to Saka deliveries, but Wolves pulling level felt as bad as Villa’s winner.

Time to stream stream!

To round it all up, here are my fav E33 portraits of the year. Now, let's watch #TheGameAwards.😁 📸Click for full view #Expedition33 #ClairObscur #VirtualPhotography | #FramedSc | #Sophie | #Maelle | #Verso | #Lune @expedition33.bsky.social @kepler-interactive.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social

They used my absolute favourite My Perfect Circle song for this trailer. Love to hear it. youtu.be/fVrHLZyoKxQ?... #TheGameAwards

"We don't know the colours of tomorrow, but we're ready to paint them with you." 😭

I think I will have the Silksong Courier’s Rasher route etched into my memory for eternity.

Chris Larkin @christopherlarkin.bsky.social's score for #HollowKnight #Silksong is magisterial, forlorn, & immaculately crafted. The thing I love most is the precision of musical restraint vs. breaking out the virtuosic bangers. Masterful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6is... @teamcherry.bsky.social

I kinda sorta ‘directed’ this product video - thanks to Alex Rogers at Good Things Design for Blender work

Huge #SilentHill vibes from Julianna Barwick’s 2011 album opener “Envelop” youtu.be/7H-m6nO8cyQ?...

just let my YouTube Premium lapse and my lord in heaven the insertion of adverts absolutely everywhere at every moment is like a dystopian parody.

In the ‘90s/‘00s we were in awe of Jeff Buckley as a vocal performer. Conor Mason from Nothing but Thieves also astounds me, but I feel like it’s harder these days to reach consensus with music-loving friends about standout talents. youtu.be/v78PSm1R7bg?...

Split Fiction is a brilliant game. Beautiful, endlessly likeable, inventive & affecting. Final level is bonkers brilliant. Score by Gustaf Grefberg & Jonatan Järpehag is superb & deftly dances between genres. Deserves all the GOTY noms it gets— what a year! 👏 @hazelightgames.bsky.social

Ghost of Yotei #GhostOfYotei #VirtualPhotography #ThePhotoMode @suckerpunchprod.bsky.social

Alan Wake 2 #ThePhotoMode #VirtualPhotography #AlanWake2

🎶 At 87,449, “Golden” has broken the record for number of times a chorus has looped in my head. The record was only recently recorded by Sabrina Carpenter’s “My Man On Willpower”, at a mere 76,666 loops.

Always thought Cassian Andor’s hair/facial hair was modelled on 70s McCartney. Can’t unsee it

Made a score reduction/analysis vid for the #Helldivers2 main theme, “A Cup of Liber-tea”! It transcribes both orchestra and synths/drums, and highlights themes. Try and guess how many times you hear the main motif repeated throughout? :-P Full vid on YT! #gamemusic

Improvising in the Dorian mode is the fastest way to get to SILENT HILL.

For fans of vast soundscapes and reverb-rich, ambient futuristic synths, two game OSTs have stood out in the last few years: • Solar Ash by Troupe Gommage/Disasterpeace/Joel Corelitz www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOz3... • After Us by Daniel Elms www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YUE... Superbly atmospheric

I'm excited to reveal I'll be joining Nordic Game 2026 for a conversation with Laced Records Matt Ombler about my musical journey, creative process and scoring Warhammer Darktide. @lacedrecords.com @fatshark.se @matombler.bsky.social @nordicgame.com #warhammer #Darktide

The SWORD OF THE SEA vinyls are for sale as of now from @lacedrecords.com I will be signing and selling a very short number via my Bandcamp merch page, also listed as of now: austinwintory.bandcamp.com/merch Thank you to all who've so generously supported the game; it's been such a joy 💓