Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago

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This video looks at how Middle Eastern instruments and styles influence soundtracks in video games set in the desert, as well as potential insensitivities that arise when using music from a different culture.

Aladdin: World of Longplays (youtube.com/watch?v=_inY8qT5UT4&t=355s)
Crash Bandicoot: Zanar Aesthetics (youtube.com/watch?v=u7ozq0q1Irk&t=18s)
Prince of Persia: BunnyBoiler72 (youtube.com/watch?v=xdnMtYwBVtg&t=3s)
Castlevania: Rodriguezjr Gaming (youtube.com/watch?v=YpMKB_dIU3A&t=47s)
Yoshi's Wooly World: NintenU (youtube.com/watch?v=z5cM0-y9jvM&t=78s)
Spyro 2: 100% Guides (youtube.com/watch?v=D5mZuD6GGDU&t=65s)
Kirby's Air Ride: Kerras Menthol (youtube.com/watch?v=websYv-WHFY)
Super Monkey Ball: BeastlyBro26 (youtube.com/watch?v=N_kOI-GxUcs&t=26s)
Kingdom Hearts 2: Seraph22x (youtube.com/watch?v=04Q-gdNEQmM&t=356s)
Super Mario 3D Land: KokiriGaming (youtube.com/watch?v=yDGH6hG_HJA&t=26s)
Link Between Worlds: TheStrawhatNO! Let's Plays (youtube.com/watch?v=G6ktoWEyGX8&t=528s)
Egyptian Ney: Turrim Aurea (youtube.com/watch?v=wYQ_ol3L9Ag)
Zurna: Museum of Fine Art, Boston (youtube.com/watch?v=54hKk_01XAA)
Tombak: Kirill Osherov (youtube.com/watch?v=SoVN-_yvT3A)
Tombak: Naghmeh Farahmand (youtube.com/watch?v=5nwSGGUgK9M)
Riq: Arab Instruments (youtube.com/watch?v=b85uz8u0oTI)
Kanun music, Maya Youssef: The Update (youtube.com/watch?v=xL1QRZ1nfro)
Uncharted 3: CM Vivid Gamer (youtube.com/watch?v=_tB6h6MnzHU&t=55s)
Assassin's Creed: TetraNinja (youtube.com/watch?v=8aYLOQ0q6Zc&t=994s)
Paper Mario Sticker Star: NintenU (youtube.com/watch?v=6xDYQYoBQHQ&t=14s)
Banjo-Kazooie: ZorZelda (youtube.com/watch?v=1sdVGqAsuyA&t=363s)

I don't own any of the music in this video.