Required listening: Spangly pianos, blood dragons, and the Russian military on the move

It’s been a while since we discussed music on GamesBeat. So long, in fact, that a season’s worth of amazing music has nearly passed us by. That’s why in this edition of Required Listening, I’ll take you through some of the best scores you might have missed, starting with the medieval-meets-cyberpunk world of Shin Megami Tensei IV, moving on to the dystopian future in Remember Me, cheesy ’80s synth tones of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, and finishing up with the overwhelmingly atmospheric scores for Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine and Company of Heroes 2.

I also talk to Company of Heroes 2 composer Cris Velasco about why he chose to work in games and his classical inspirations.