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08/18/2025

How Jessica Curry’s Video Game Music Became a Lifeline for So Many | Shielding Songs & Game Scores

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Join us in this deeply moving conversation with Jessica Curry, the BAFTA-winning composer behind the hauntingly beautiful game scores Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture and Dear Esther. In this episode, Jessica opens up about her recent five-year journey of shielding due to a chronic illness—a time marked by profound isolation, grief, and creative silence.

Eventually, music became her lifeline. Her new album, Shielding Songs, reimagines her own compositions into ethereal choral arrangements performed by the London Voices—pieces born from resilience, hope, love, and loss. Jessica gratefully shares:

“My music holds your hand and says, ‘you are not alone.’”  

We explore how trauma shaped her creative voice, the cathartic return to composing, and how collaborative resilience—especially through choral music—can become a powerful statement of solidarity. Whether you’re a longtime fan of her evocative game soundtracks or just discovering her work, this episode is a testament to the healing journey of art.

Jessica Curry is former co-head of the British video game development studio The Chinese Room.

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* In This Episode*
• Discover the personal story of a composer emerging from darkness into music once more.
• Learn how choral music served as a form of communal healing and hope.
• Explore the creative evolution—from game music to deeply introspective choral compositions.

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How Jessica Curry’s Video Game Music Became a Lifeline for So Many | Shielding Songs & Game Scores⸻Join us in this deeply moving conversation with Jessica Cu...

08/15/2025

New episode drops this Sunday with BAFTA-winning composer, Jessica Curry, on the release of her new album, Shielding Songs, a choral masterpiece featuring an intimate collection of new works and fan favorites from her game music soundtracks, reworked for chorus. Jessica is an Ivor Novello nominated composer of contemporary classical music and is also co-founder of renowned games company The Chinese Room. Her work has been performed in diverse and high-profile venues such as The Old Vic Tunnels, The Barbican, Sydney Opera House, The Royal Albert Hall, Great Ormond Street Hospital, The Wellcome Trust, MOMI New York, The Royal Opera House, Sage Gateshead and Durham Cathedral. The Washington Post described her music as “stupendous” and The Guardian praised her “gorgeous orchestral score” for Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture.