This week’s selection is a marimba-driven blend of percussion instruments, some real and some more fanciful.

The week’s cue is a bit of adventurous derring-do from the WW2 aerial combat game Jane’s Attack Squadron.

The bassoon is a lyrical and versatile instrument, but many times is relegated to music with a comedic or clownish character. This cue is one of those times.

This choral/orchestral piece accompanies a cutscene in the game Empire Earth 2 wherein the historical Knights Templar are cast in an ominous light. The lyrics are a twisted take on the familiar Kyrie Eleison: while the chorus starts with the conventional words, the basses and tenors switch to Ohi Eleison, meaning “No Mercy”.