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DorkTunes is the UK's first, original game music podcast. We have two shows a month, one with your hosts who select music from games they are currently playing or play music based on a gaming theme. Our second episode each month is a chat with composers from the world of game music where we discuss…

DorkTunes


    • Apr 18, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 55m AVG DURATION
    • 86 EPISODES


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    Episode 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025


    We did it! Episode 101 is here, and this one is special. This time I chat with Pawel Gorniak about composing for film and games. Speaking about Love Death and Robots, and composing for Wingspan and so much more.  

    Episde 100 – Joe Henson (The Flight), Kristin Naigus & Joris De Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025


    It's finally here, episode 100! After many years of podcasting in various ways and guises, DorkTunes was born. Here we are celebrating my 100th episode with some dear friends, talking about videogame music, covid, recording, and so much more. Join us as we celebrate 100 episodes of DorkTunes, each other,… Continue Reading Episde 100 – Joe Henson (The Flight), Kristin Naigus & Joris De Man

    Episode 99 – Richard Jacques

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024


    In this episode Richard and I chat about being the first VGM composer to record in Abbey Road, scoring Guardians of the Galaxy, and so much more…

    Episode 98 – SCNTFC

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024


    This time I chat with the incredible SCNTFC about composing Oxenfree and much more…

    Episode 97 – Winifred Phillips

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024


    This week we chat about composing for different mediums, the journey to being a composer and beyond, Madonna, and so much more…

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    Episode 96 – John Robert Matz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024


    This week I chat with John about scoring for games, Tchia, and so much more…

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    Episode 95 – Petri Alanko

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2023


    This week I chat with Petri Alanko about composing for Alan Wake 1 and 2 and much more

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    Episode 94 = Ben Emberley

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023


    This week I chat with Ben about composing, live shows, Zelda, Final Fantasy and much more…

    Episode 93 – Rik Godwin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023


    This week I chat with Rik Godwin, Senior writer & narrative designer for Act Zero Games about working on Under the water, Harmony: The fall of reverie, emotions in games and of course, the music!

    Episode 92 – Jamie Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023


    In a slightly different episode, I chat with Jamie Smith, the Principal Game Designer for People Can Fly about implementing audio and music in games and much more…

    Episode 91 – Grant Graham

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2023 30:44


    In this weeks episode, I chat with Grant Graham about composing for the game Ghost Song, sad ambient music, and much more…

    Episode 90 – Jonathan Van Den Wijngaarden

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 35:19


    This week I chat with Jonathan about about composing for VR, After the fall, Arizona Sunshine 2, The 7th Guest and more!

    Episode 89 – Doyle W Donehoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 30:44


    In this episode I chat with Doyle W Donehoo about scoring Aliens: Dark Descent, Warhammer and more…

    Episode 88 – Rob Kovacs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 31:15


    I was lucky enough to chat with Rob about composing Straylight, performing live, and lots more…

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    Episode 87 – Alex Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023


    This week I chat with Alex Jones about her new game The Quiet Things, and much more…

    Episode 86 – Dan Wakefield

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023


    This episode I chat with Dan Wakefield about scoring Bramble: The Mountain King and so much more!

    Episode 85 – Oleksa Lozowchuk

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023


    This week I chat with Oleksa about scoring Horizon Forbidden West and so much more!

    Episode 84 – Markus Hedges

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023


    This week I chatted with Markus Hedges about composing, life, work and so much more…

    Episode 83 Peter McConnell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023


    This week I chat with Peter McConnell about composing, Grim Fandango, LucasArts and so much more…

    Episode 82 – Daniel Lindholm

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023


    This week I chat with Daniel about Streetfighter, Resident Evil, and lots more!

    Episode 81 – Joel Bille

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023


    In a first for DorkTunes, I chat with Joel who is the first person to be chatted with for the third time! We talk about family, gaming, and scoring Wavetale, and so much more…

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    Episode 80 – Kristin Naigus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023


    This week I chat with Kristin Naigus about music, games, and much more…

    Episode 79 – Salla Hakkola

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022


    In the episode I chat with Salla about composing for mobile games and much more

    Episode 78 – Kristopher Eng

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022


    In this weeks episode, I chat with Kristopher Eng, composer of the smash hit game It Takes Two, about composing, family, and so much more…

    Episode 77 – Mat Ombler

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2022


    This time I chat with Mat about videogame music soundtracks, live music, and a lot more…

    Episode 76 – Fabio Baumgartner & Joel Schoch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022


    This week I speak with Fabio Baumgartner & Joel Schoch about creating the music and sound design for Far: Lone Sails, and Far: Changing Tides, and much more…

    Paul Wolinski – 65daysofstatic – Episode 75

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022


    This week I speak to Paul Wolinski from 65daysofstatic about scoring No Man's Sky, technology, and so much more…

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    Episode 74 – Dara O’Briain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022


    This week I chat with comedian, TV host, and all round nice guy, Dara O'Briain about videogame music, and so much more…

    Episode 73 – Mike Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022


    This week I speak with Mike Miller of Naughty Dog about composing, audio, PS5 and so much more…

    Episode 72 – Nicolas de Ferran

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2022


    In this weeks episode, I chat to Nicolas de Ferran about Lords of Xulima, They Are Billions, Vampyr and so much more…

    Episode 71 – Oscar Rydelius

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022


    WE'RE BACK!!!   After a long absence, which noob will explain as to why, I chat with the lovely Oscar Rydelius about The Gunk, and so much more…

    Episode 70 – Julie Elven

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2021 24:05


    This week I chat with the wonderful Julie Elven about World of Warcraft, singing in games, Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West and so much more!

    Episode 69 – Justin Bell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 42:27


    After a bit of a break, we are back! This week we chat with Justin Bell about music, scoring The Outer Worlds, composing and so much more.

    Episode 68 – Jim Fowler

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 23:51


    This week I chat with Jim Fowler about Little Orpheus, Sackboy and a lot more…

    Episode 67 – Jon Everist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 26:25


    This week I chat to Jon Everist (The Solitaire Conspiracy, Disintegration, Battle Tech, Shadowrun & more) about composing, music and so much more…

    Episode 66 – Darren Korb

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 29:08


    in this episode noob chats to Darren Korb about Hades, Bastion, Supergiant Games & so much more…   Please see our YouTube channel for the video – link in bio.  

    EPISODE 65 – BARRY TOPPING

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 36:47


    This week, noob chats with Barry Topping, composer of Paradise Killer about everything from composing for the game to the physical size of the PS5, and much more…

    EPISODE 64 – JOEL BILLE

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 35:41


    This week, I chat to Joel Bille (Fe, Stick it to the man, Ghost Giant & more) about his work, how he approaches composing, and much more… Joel is also our second composer to return to the show for a second time!

    EPISODE 63 – Niels Van Der Leest

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 31:28


    Today I chatted with Niels Van Der Leest about Horizon Zero Dawn, and so much more!

    EPISODE 61 – JORIS DE MAN

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 72:46


    In this episode, Jamie chats with Joris De Man (Horizon Zero Dawn, Killzone 1/2/3 & more!)

    Episode 60 – Gareth Coker

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 60:50


    In this episode we chat with our first ever returning interviewee, Gareth Coker, about all things Ori & more!

    Episode 59 – Jason Graves

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 74:34


    In this episode Jamie chats with Jason Graves about a multitude of things!

    Episode 58 – Nainita Desai

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 54:56


    In this episode, Noob speaks to Nainita Desai who recently composed the music for the game ‘Telling Lies’.

    Episode 57 – Bob & Barn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2020 56:04


    In our first show of 2020, we chat to industry legends Bob & Barn about their recent work on the Playstation classic MediEvil that has been remastered for the PS4, and so much more…

    Episode 56 – EGX 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 43:30


    This episode we hve our panel from this week’s EGX in London with our wonderful panel; David Garcia The Flight Kenny Young Tess Tyler Discussing everything about videogame music & more!

    Episode 55

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 55:09


    This week we chat to Jack Le Breton, composer of 2 Point Hospital & more! Please note – this episode was recorded prior to allegations made regarding a prominent VGM Community member & contributor.

    Episode 54

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 60:57


    Here are ten more tracks hand picked by Noob & Jamie for your listening pleasure. This week we have tracks from Wild Arms, Sunset, and more…

    Episode 53

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2019 30:37


    A chat with the marvellous Kevin Penkin for our newest episode. Enjoy!

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    Episode 52

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2019 80:06


    We are back!

    Episode 51

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 45:51


    This week we chat to Nathan McCree about all things Tomb Raider!

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    EGX Rezzed 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 43:34


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