Playable Leitmotifs (with Laila Carter)

Iconic musical themes from games such as The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, or Undertale are deeply ingrained into the minds of any avid gamer. This week, With a Terrible Fate video game analyst Laila Carter joins us for an exploration of how these and many other leitmotifs frame, complement, constitute, or even subvert video game stories.

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00:05:04 Musical Leitmotifs (with Laila Carter)
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The Legend of Zelda Theme, Kōji Kondō
Zelda's Lullaby, Kōji Kondō
Ballad of the Goddess, Hajime Wakai & Takeshi Hama
Temple of Time Theme, Kōji Kondō
Hyrule Castle, Manaka Kataoka & Yasuaki Iwata
Ballad of the Wind Fish, Ryo Nagamatsu
Gwyn, Lord of Cinder, Motoi Sakuraba
Hollow Knight Title Theme, Christopher Larkin
Sealed Vessel, Christopher Larkin
Karma (Tales of the Abyss Opening), BUMP OF CHICKEN
Meaning of Birth, Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura, & Motoo Fujiwara
Unbreakable Chains, Yoko Shimomura
Octopath Traveler Theme, Yasunori Nishiki
Super Metroid Soundtrack, Kenji Yamamoto & Minako Hamano
Magmoor Caverns Theme, Kenji Yamamoto & Kouichi Kyuma
Angel Island Zone Act 1, Brad Buxer, Michael Jackson, Cirocco Jones, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby, Sachio Ogawa, Tatsuyuki Maeda, & Jun Senoue
Angel Island Zone Act 2, Brad Buxer, Michael Jackson, Cirocco Jones, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby, Sachio Ogawa, Tatsuyuki Maeda, & Jun Senoue
Hydrocity Zone Act 1, Brad Buxer, Michael Jackson, Cirocco Jones, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby, Sachio Ogawa, Tatsuyuki Maeda, & Jun Senoue
Hydrocity Zone Act 2, Brad Buxer, Michael Jackson, Cirocco Jones, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby, Sachio Ogawa, Tatsuyuki Maeda, & Jun Senoue
UNDERTALE Soundtrack, Toby Fox

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