These are the dynamic rhythms and soaring melodies that soundtrack stunning vistas, epic storylines and intimate moments in miHoYo games like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. Like the unique cultures of those game worlds, the orchestral fantasias crafted by Yu-Peng Chen and other contemporary composers use elements of folk and world music to fashion distinct sonic identities—pipa and guqin for the Chinese pageantry of Liyue, shakuhachi and shamisen for Japan-inspired Inazuma, glass harp for Fontaine’s Belle Époque fashions. Fusing classical traditions to 21st-century digital aesthetics, these scores evoke the thrill of play for gamers and non-gamers alike.