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Blast off with a journey to space (Gameplay with Baby Queen)

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It's Gameplay, IN SPAAAAACE! This week, Baby Queen mixes an intergalactic soundtrack to blast you into space, with tracks from Exo One, Dead Space and Surviving Mars.

Listen to the latest episode here (available from 02:00, Saturday 19/2/22)

Remember, you can suggest ideas for future episodes of Gameplay, either below or in our theme suggestion thread here, and you could hear them come to life on BBC Sounds!

What are your favourite sci-fi or space-themed game soundtracks? I actually struggled to think of a track for this theme, as while I enjoy space exploration in TV and films, I tend to skew towards swords and sorcery when it comes to gaming. Should have saved Metroid II for this week. :laugh:

I think I'll go with something from the puzzle game NightSky - short, ambient, haunting.

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What's yours? :smile:

Reply 1

AngryJellyfish

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Space time. :moon:

Thoughts on this ep to follow in about an hour~

Reply 2

AngryJellyfish

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Ooh, only 11 tracks on the playlist? That means they're either on the longer side, or there's a bunch of 'hidden' tracks not included, as happens every few eps. :laugh:

We'll see!

Starbound - Stellar Formation: Nice, cheerful and upbeat intro. Sounds suitably spacey. And yeah, quite long!

Surviving Mars - BaCL2: (sic) Whoever made the playlist doesn't know much about chemistry. :noway:

The actual game soundtrack calls it BaCl2, at least. Great track it is, too.

Dead Space - Welcome Aboard the U.S.G Ishimura: Very grand orchestral piece.

Metroid Prime - Phendrana Drifts: Yeah, I should have saved the Metroid II theme for this week. :sigh:

This was obviously less 8-bit, but had a few of the same sounds underneath it all.

Star Wars: Squadrons - Hyperspace Ambush: Has that signature, unmistakable Star Wars sound. Best piece so far in a strong (and very on theme!) playlist.

FTL - Faster Than Light - Last Stand: I had a friend who kept trying to get me into this game when it was new, but it wasn't for me. Great music though, I'll give it that!

Endless Space 2 - Across the Drift (Riftborn Theme): Something a bit slower, more bleak and ambient sounding.

Exo One - Meteor Shower: Hypnotic, slightly haunting.

Halo 3: ODST - Overture: Opening on rain sounds! Sounded like a pleasant morning at first, but got a bit darker later. Least obviously 'space sounding' of the lot if you take just the track on its own, but I understand a lot of the game is based on terrestrial planets, and is obviously sci-fi, so it fits.

So Let Us Melt - Counting the Atmospheres: Spacetastic. :yy:

Wasn't ready for the vocal part near the end!

And ending on Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - Grand Galaxy Anthem: Not the first track we've had from this, if memory serves. Great electronic beeps and boops.

8 planets and 1 Pluto out of 10, would highly recommend this episode. :congrats:

And no 'hidden' tracks, either. :p:

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Reply 3

AngryJellyfish

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And to space with it, here's the Metroid II music I used in last week's thread, as it just fits too well not to include here.

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