Music - MYP 4 and 5 - Samuel Wright - Hodder 2020

Figure 7.33 Read about the additional sound design of
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game for communicating a storyline at
this
using
possible solutions to the following points:
brainstorm
What do you as the initial problem if you were
see
1
What do you would be a few possible
think
2
What does it make you about the
wonder
3
To what extent does a
leitmotif communicate
the storyline?
IS YOUR FRIEND
REPETITION
2017, a game was released by developer Guerrilla Games
In
on PlayStation 4 called ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’. The game
blended together unique concepts of machines, tribes and
Figure 7.34 Ostinato in ‘Greenpath’
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landscapes; and then requested the music reflect these
elements too! Three composers were brought in for the
crafting of the game’s score: Joris de Man, and The Flight
(Joe Henson and Alexis Smith). Yet these composers also
faced a unique problem; time.
“One of the main problems the team faced was
simply creating enough in-game music – the average
player is expected to take approximately 40 hours
to complete the whole game. Between them, the
composers were asked to produce about four hours
of material, which had to be supplied in such a way
Figure 7.35 ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ press kit images
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that it could be rearranged to make new pieces.”
SEE–THINK–WONDER
game scoring involves many sketches and
Often
improvisations, and recordings that never make it to
the game. Many pieces are recorded in layers called
stems so that they can be triggered during game
play. Sit with a partner and,
your portfolio,
a composer with this game?
solutions? How could you approach such a
massive task?
importance of developing a music roadmap?
www.asoundeffect.com/horizon-zero-dawn-sound-design
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