Death Stranding 2 is bigger and more ambitious — and that includes its music

Death Stranding 2: On the beach It is an expanded supplement, a family full of huge environments to explore and a great story of Hideo Kojima to try to wrap your head. But one of my favorite additions is a small one: a game inside the game works mainly as your iPod.

Woodkid, a co -compound on the game (and his real name is Yoann Lemoine), tells freedom The music operator was important for Cogima because “the way Hido was in daily life … he plays songs all the time.” (And jobs about songs on social media as well)

Music was a large part of the original game. Some of my favorite moments from the first They cut off death Songs were performed by artists such as Low Roar, Silent Poets and Woodkid while exploring the game world. This still happens a lot Strand 2 deathIt is effective in mood mode. But with a personal music player, it can be accessed directly from the temporary suspension menu, you can create your own atmosphere while crossing the wide environments of the game.

Woodkid work with Kojima for three years to make music for DS2. In the game, his music can turn and change based on the player’s behavior. In the opening moments, for example, Sam must cross some treacherous mountainous terrain to return to his shelter with Lu Wooded “minus sixty” in the background.

Kojima also explained in Livestream recently, when you run, you will hear the drums in the song, and when you stop, you will stop. If you take a specific path, the piano will run with the other elements fading. The whole sequence contains a group of such elements. Woodkid told me that he had to reverse the song as part of what was required to make everything working behind the scenes, and when the sequence plays, he is still surprised by what the engine does.

To help write music for Strand 2 deathWoodkid digest the big topics of the game, which says it is the intimate relationship, paternity, sadness and escape, “a very aggressive sense of political violence” about the ecological communication of the world, the concept of the relationship and how it is positive and negative in the time of social networks. Then try to pump these ideas into songs.

All this is manifested in a wide range of music styles in Woodkid music for Strand 2 death. The main theme of the game, “To the Wilder”, slow, painful, and beautiful, while “TMRRW”, which plays in Cutscene axis that includes the character called tomorrow (playing Elie Vanning), is a much more difficult industrial edge. Songs from artists such as General Hoshino and Caroline Palachik also appear. Ludvig Formsell, who composed music for They cut off death and Metal Gear Solid VHe is author of DS2 also.

I think the breadth of musical styles is good, and perhaps almost necessary. Strand 2 death He still has a lot of long trips from one place to another, so like a great song on a realistic trip, the right time in time can make driving dull and unforgettable.