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Sounds Like with Sean Chen

Sounds Like with Sean Chen - Musical Möbius strip

By Sean Chen,
Sam Wisman
Published October 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM CDT
Link, from the Zelda video game, and composer Erik Satie.
Link, from the Zelda video game, and composer Erik Satie.

Video game composers like Koji Kondo have a unique challenge: the music must function on repeat—looping, yet foreshadowing. If you take Kondo's music out of its digital soundscape, does it evoke Satie or Chopin?

Music referenced in this episode:

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
by Koji Kondo

Gymnopédie No. 1
by Erik Satie

Sounds Like with Sean Chen
Sean Chen
Sean Chen creates custom musical mashups for Classical KC's "Sounds Like with Sean Chen."
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Sam Wisman
Sam Wisman is Production Director for 91.9 Classical KC and a backup announcer for KCUR 89.3
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