Episode #402 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. Today on the show, Bryan and Bedroth look back on the insane but wonderful year that 2025 was for gaming and game music, while also reminiscing on the past 12 months of BGMania as well.

Everything you'd likely expect to hear today will be featured, from Hollow Knight: Silksong to Hades II, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach to Ghost of Yotei, DELTARUNE Chapters 3+4 to South of Midnight, and of course... Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. What an absolutely stacked year this was. Join us for our annual end of the year celebration!

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EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS

1. Hammer of Justice from DELTARUNE Chapters 3+4 [Toby Fox, 2025]
2. Wakanda from Marvel Cosmic Invasion [Tee Lopes, 2025]
3. Talamh -End Credits- from Absolum [Gareth Coker feat. Rachel Hardy, 2025]
4. Storm Blade from Ghost of Yotei [Ilan Eshkeri/Toma Otowa, 2025]
5. Bellhart from Hollow Knight: Silksong [Christopher Larkin, 2025]
6. Map Screen Medley -Super Mario Bros. 3- from Mario Kart World [Atsuko Asahi, Maasa Miyoshi, Takuhiro Honda & Yutaro Takakuwa, 2025]
7. Jane from South of Midnight [Olivier Derivière, 2025]
8. BB's Theme from Death Stranding 2: On The Beach [Ludvig Forssell feat. Troy Baker, 2025]
9. Sazantos, The Divine Champion from Octopath Traveler 0 [Yasunori Nishiki, 2025]
10. Fixation from The Precinct [Sleepless Nights, 2025]
11. Sword of the Sea from Sword of the Sea [Austin Wintory feat. Malukah, 2025]
12. O quam gloriosum from Europa Universalis V [Håkan Glänte feat. Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, 2025]
13. Moonlight Guide Us from Hades II [Darren Korb feat. Ashley Barrett and Judy Alice Lee, 2025]
14. Une vie à rêver from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 [Lorien Testard feat. Alice Duport-Percier, 2025]

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