May 2003

Enter the Matrix Music Interview....
Posted by [Frag-girlie] @ 3:51 PM MDT Friday, May 16, 2003 [Comment on news]

Action Vault has posted an Enter the Matrix music interview where they chat with Erik Lundborg about scoring, orchestrating and composing for Shiny's eagerly awaited game. Here's a taste:

Action Vault: To what extent was the computer game taken into account during the creation of the movie score? Were there any significant differences between scoring and orchestrating for the movie and the game?

Erik Lundborg: It was assumed from the start of the project that the computer game would inhabit the same musical sound-world as that of the films and the animes. Game music is designed to enhance and sustain action, while film music contains a varied range of emotional experience. In film, the entire experience is an unfolding; the music is typically composed in smaller sequences and is ultimately combined into one long wave with crests and troughs, scrupulously following the action on the screen.

The image is kaleidoscopic in game music; it is designed to fit various actions - the walk, the chase, the fight - and various moods - impending danger, suspense, victory. Each is scored differently within the many levels of the game and is typically longer, lasting 1:30 to five minutes in duration. The music must enhance the game play and be able to be endlessly combined in different ways, depending on the actions of the player. In game playing, the player has a hand in creating the ultimate experience. As to the differences in scoring and orchestrating, there is no difference. They occupy the same special space in the cosmos.