What we’re listening to: Celeste Secret Hideaway and The Loop

In What We’re Listening To, Engadget editors and writers share what music they can't get enough of lately.

Rozen - Celeste Secret Hideaway

The original Celeste soundtrack by Lena Raine is a masterpiece that’s stuck around in my head ever since I played the game for the first time back in 2018. It beautifully evokes the game’s (and player’s) emotional journey scaling the eponymous magical mountain, and I find myself popping it on pretty regularly when I need some non-distracting background music to get work done or get into a creative headspace. To my delight, Rozen — a composer and arranger known for albums inspired by Studio Ghibli and other media — released an acoustic interpretation of the Celeste soundtrack at the beginning of November, and I’m loving its cozier take on the whole thing.

“The goal with Celeste Secret Hideaway is to transform the game’s ...