Mixtape’s Playlist Is the Story: Behind the Game’s Soundtrack
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Beethoven & Dinosaur describe a track-by-track breakdown of Mixtape’s soundtrack, revealing how the team built the game around a curated playlist—from Devo’s opening track to a finale with The Cure—using each song to shape mood, scenes, and character moments and making the music a central storytelling engine for Stacy Rockford’s coming-of-age journey.
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