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4 Mainstream Artists Who Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight in Your Favorite Video Games, Old and New

If you didn’t already know these artists worked on these video game soundtracks, you might be pleasantly surprised.

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Video game soundtracks are key components of a game that help keep a player engaged and focused, or emotionally connected to the narrative. Some of the most iconic compositions of this modern age came from video games. But unless you’re really into instrumental compositions, you might not recognize their names immediately. However, you might know these mainstream artists who have contributed to video game soundtracks.

Florence The Machine

Florence The Machine contributed several songs to the soundtrack of Final Fantasy XV, released in 2016. Notably, a cover of the 1961 hit “Stand By Me”, which was allegedly the first time a cover song was used as a main theme in the extensive series. Additionally, Florence Welch and Co. wrote and recorded two original songs for the game. “Too Much Is Never Enough” was featured over the credits and broke into the Top 40 iTunes chart in the U.K. Another single, “I Will Be”, featured crystalline........

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