A few months ago, DJ F16 Falcon told me that he has been chatting with Daniel Masson, a French musician who composed the soundtrack to one of his favourite PC games, Pod. It turned out that Daniel Masson worked as an in-house composer at Ubisoft throughout the 1990’s, and contributed to the distinctive sound of the studio’s PC productions. He then worked in the chill-out / downtempo fields extensively, being featured on best-seller comps like the legendary Buddha Bar series.

Anyway, Daniel Masson kindly shared his video games’ soundtracks with DJ F16 Falcon who recorded a mix for the show. For my part, I selected some of my favourite video games’ soundtracks, and sort of avoided the classics (zero Nintendo).

Yoko Kanno – The Gate of the World – Swamper [Ragnarok Online 2]

Eriko Imura – Untamed Heart (Vision 6-1) [Klonoa: Door to Phantomile]

Masato Kouda – The Street Corner at Sunset [Wild Arms 5]

David Gregory Earl – The Fondlarium [Headlander]

Justin Scharvona – The Mine [Croc 2]

Matt Simmonds – Industrial Fields & Oil Rig [SpongeBob SquarePants : SuperSponge]

Alberto Jose Gonzalez – Stages Theme [The Morning Adventure : Mananitos Bollycao]

Ucchies – Magical Voice Shower [Pop’n Music 12 : Iroha]

Tomas Dvorak – The Glasshouse With Butterfly [Machinarium]

Masafumi Takada – Dissociative Identity [Killer7]

Ian Stocker – Upper City [Robots]

Eriko Imura – After the Battle: Blue Recollection [Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]

Jake Kaufman – Through the Trees [Shantae Risky’s Revenge]

Ryuji Iuchi – Christmas On Dobuita Street [Shenmue I]

Mitsuto Suzuki, Sana – Beyond the Bounds (Mitsuto Suzuki Mix Feat. Sana) [Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner]

Keiichi Okabe – End of the Unknown (vs. Adam and Eve) [NieR:  Automata]

Alberto Jose Gonzalez – Another World (The Mysterious Planet) [The Smurfs’ Nightmare]

Jun Fukuda, Masafumi Takada – Outside Akumojo Castle [Contact]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [S.C.A.R.S, Ubisoft, 1998]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Sethi et le sorcier Inca, Montparnasse Multimedia, 2001]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Les 9 destins de Valdo, Ubisoft, 1996]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Les 3 petits cochons, Dramaera, 1998]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Les 9 destins de Valdo, Ubisoft, 1996]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Les 9 destins de Valdo, Ubisoft, 1996]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [POD – Planet of Death, Ubisoft, 1997]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Les 9 destins de Valdo, Ubisoft, 1996]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Start Up, Montecristo, 2000]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Kitchenette, Le Lab France, 1998]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Les 3 petits cochons, Dramaera, 1998]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Wall Street Trader, Montecriso, 1998]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [World Cup Football, ??, ??]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Start Up, Montecristo, 2000]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Donald PK, Disney Interactive/Ubisoft, 2000]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [City Racer, Ubisoft, 2003]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Wall Street Trader, Montecriso, 1998]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Les 9 destins de Valdo, Ubisoft, 1996]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Wall Street Trader, Montecriso, 1998]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [F1 Racing Simulation, Ubisoft, 1997]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Monaco Grand Prix, Ubisoft, 1998]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Monaco Grand Prix, Ubisoft, 1998]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [Monaco Grand Prix, Ubisoft, 1998]

Daniel Masson – Untitled [S.C.A.R.S, Ubisoft, 1998]