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

Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast · Mar 23, 2026 · 1h 25m

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.

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