Basic FM has confirmed a brand new present celebrating the legacy of online game soundtracks.
Basic FM usually performs the music of Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach and Straus however Subsequent Degree will share music from iconic online game scores. The programme can be offered by YouTuber DanTDM.
Throughout the collection DanTDM will “showcase the best gaming music, packed into every 60-minute programme.” The primary episode airs this Saturday (January 11) and can “have fun gaming’s most legendary soundtracks, together with The Legend Of Zelda, Closing Fantasy 7, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, Avenue Fighter 2 and Minecraft”.
Subsequent Degree will air each Saturday night on Basic FM between 9pm and 10pm till Easter. It would even be out there to stream for 7 days after broadcast by way of the official Basic FM app.
The most important cheer simply went up from my kids this morning when this thrilling information was introduced
Dan TDM has been a contented a part of my kids’s childhoods, this can be a welcome boost to Basic FM
Introducing a brand new technology to the great thing about classical music 🎶 https://t.co/Cl7SfYng7d
— Cllr Angela Morey (@Cllr_Morey) January 8, 2025
“Teenage me wouldn’t be capable to consider I’ve my very own radio present! Having studied music manufacturing at college after which labored in video video games for the previous 15 years, being given a present that celebrates the assembly of those two worlds feels completely surreal,” DanTDM stated in a assertion. “Basic FM is such an iconic station and I’m actually grateful and excited to have been given this chance.”
DanTDM presently has greater than 29million subscribers on YouTube, the place he principally shares Minecraft content material.
Basic FM’s managing editor Philip Noyce added: “This can be a very thrilling day for Basic FM. Watched by thousands and thousands, DanTDM is a big star within the gaming world, in addition to being a fan of classical music.
“Throughout three months, he is not going to solely showcase the best online game music to our loyal listeners, however with Dan on the controls, we’re wanting ahead to welcoming online game music followers to Basic FM for the primary time too. We’ve all the time championed new types of classical music, from movie scores to gaming soundtracks, so I’m happy to announce this subsequent chapter in our help of online game music.”
In 2017, Basic FM broadcast the UK’s first devoted online game music collection with Excessive Rating.
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