Stewart Copeland isn't scoring the new Spyro game, and he's fine with it

Stewart Copeland, drummer and co-founder of The Police, has confirmed he has no involvement in Spyro: A Realm Beyond — the first original Spyro game since 2008, announced at the Xbox Games Showcase on June 7. The game is set to launch in 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC.

Copeland spoke to The Independent while promoting Copeland, a documentary about his life and career premiering at the Raindance Film Festival this week. He took the news in stride: "It happens that way. It's a new generation. They want a new generation of sound and everything… they've got to modernise it. No harm, no foul."

Copeland composed the soundtracks for the original Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, Spyro: Year of the Dragon, and Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly. He also returned to remaster his tracks for the Spyro: Reignited Trilogy and wrote a new title track for it. His connection to the series runs deep — there's even a classic PlayStation Underground featurette of him discussing and playing the original game.

Whoever ends up scoring A Realm Beyond has big shoes to fill. Copeland's Spyro work is widely considered some of the best video game music of the PS1 era, so the new composer will be under serious scrutiny from longtime fans.