Classic FM, the UK’s most popular classical music station, is announcing the return of its video game music series, High Score – the first on UK radio dedicated to video game music – hosted by one of the world’s leading composers of games scores: Eímear Noone.

As part of Classic FM’s 30th anniversary year of programmes, Noone will present a new six-week run of the programme, which is now in its sixth series.

Launching on Sunday 19th June at 9pm, each hour-long programme will focus on a different theme, starting with a look back at the 2022 Games Awards and featuring music from winners and nominees, including Halo Infinite, TOEM, The Forgotten City and Chicory: A Colourful Tale.

Other themes in the series include heroes and heroines, with music ranging from Princess Zelda and Lara Croft to Uncharted’s Nathan Drake and John Marston from Red Dead Redemption; as well as a theme not often associated with video games: love. The final programme, on Sunday 24thJuly, will be compiled solely of music requested by listeners.

The launch of the new series of High Score is in addition to Classic FM’s popular Video Game Music playlist available on Global Player.

Described by the Irish Independent as “the Irish Queen of Games Music”, Eímear Noone is one of the industry’s premier composers and conductors. Her music has reached more than 100 million people through her award-winning scores for World of Warcraft and Warlords of Draenor.

Over the past 12 years, Noone has recorded most of the scores for Blizzard Games, including Overwatch, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm and Starcraft II, as well as recording for Nintendo and Sony Interactive. Most recently, Eímear performed Video Games in Concert, a sold-out show at featuring The Royal Philharmonic at The Royal Albert Hall.

In addition, Eimear is principal conductor for the worldwide tour of Callas in Concert, which brings the opera legend Maria Callas back to the stage via a state-of-the-art hologram, with accompaniment by a full symphony orchestra. Eimear will also conduct the debut performance of Stewart Copland’s new opera, “The Witches Seed,” premiering this July at Italy’s Tones on the Stones Festival.

Finally, alongside her success in the gaming industry, Noone has written extensively for film, recently receiving both an Ivor Novello and an Hollywood Music in Media Award nomination for her music to the animated feature, Two by Two Overboard.

High Score with Eímear Noone launches on Sunday 19th June at 9pm on Classic FM – available across the UK on 100-102 FM, DAB digital radio and TV, on Global Player and at ClassicFM.com.