The City Getaway

Louise Blain goes on a virtual city break, sampling the
soundtracks of gaming’s most compelling urban landscapes. She
takes in some of the cities which are centre stage in video games
such as Venice in Tomb Raider 2 with a score by Nathan McCree and
the terrifying plague ridden imaginary city of Yharnam in
Bloodborne, beautifully brought to life by the composer Tsukasa
Saitoh and others. And to hear how music enhances these gaming
metropolises, Louise hears from the composing duo Joe Henson and
Alexis Smith - known as The Flight - who wrote the Ivor Novello
award-winning score for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, which imagines
the cities of ancient Greece.