Minecraft YouTuber to present new Classic FM video game music series

Classic FM is launching a new series of video game radio stations presented by Minecraft YouTuber DanTDM.

The Next Level with DanTDM program starts on Saturday 11 January at 21:00 and will last an hour and will run every week until Easter.

The first episode will focus on the legendary soundtracks from games such as The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy 7The Elder Scrolls and, of course, Minecraft.

Classic FM has been promoting video game music for quite some time and has been inducted into the Hall of Fame since 2012. launched High Score in 2017radio series presented by BAFTA Award-winning composer Jessica Currie, who is also co-founder of Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture’s The Chinese Room.

However, it seems clear that the radio service is targeting a younger audience with the hiring of Daniel Middleton, aka DanTDM.

The YouTuber has 29 million subscribers. his channelwith over 20 billion views of its online content.

“As a teenager, I couldn’t believe I had my own radio show!” – he said. “Having studied music production at university and then worked on video games for the last 15 years, to see a show celebrating the meeting of these two worlds feels completely surreal.

“Classic FM is such an iconic radio station and I am so grateful and delighted to have been given this opportunity.”

“Over three months, he will not only showcase the best video game music to our loyal listeners, but under Dan’s leadership we look forward to welcoming VGM fans to Classic FM for the first time,” added the Classic FM manager. editor Philip Noyce. “We’ve always championed new forms of classical music, from film soundtracks to game scores, so I’m excited to announce the next chapter in our support of video game music.”

DanTDM has recently been involved in charitable activities. donation of play trolleys to Great Ormond Street Hospital for children. Moreover, he admitted that he was invited to the set of the film “Minecraft”and some fans are speculating that he has some kind of cameo.

Second Minecraft movie trailer released in November, and the full film will be released on April 4 this year.