Interview: Jason Graves (Dead Space 2)

Recorded January 25, 2011

Published February 11, 2011

Marius talks with composer Jason Graves about his compelling work on the highly anticipated game, DEAD SPACE 2.

Episode Highlights

00:00 — Introduction

01:40 — Celebrating the Release of the game, the London premiere

03:40 — How the Lacrimosa concert piece ended up in the game

06:25 — How Jason got involved with the Dead Space franchise

10:15 — Music implementation in Dead Space

12:10 — Preparing for the sequel

14:24 — Things to improve

15:07 — The string quartet vs. orchestra in Dead Space 2

18:43 — Dead Space 2's themes

21:20 — Portraying the Church of Unitology

24:29 — Differing instrumentation between Dead Space and Dead Space 2

26:04 — The recording sessions

28:25 — Preparing the abstract musical material

30:53 — How creatively fulfilling were the Dead Space scores?

33:17 — Upcoming projects

34:50 — Fear of typecasting?

37:57 — Conclusion

Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast)

00:00 — "Welcome to the Sprawl" (Dead Space 2)

09:34 — "Much Ado About Necromorphs" (Dead Space 2)

11:48 — "Welcome to the Sprawl" (Dead Space 2)

18:10 — "Lacrimosa" (Dead Space 2)

22:40 — "It Had To Be Unitology" (Dead Space 2)

39:00 — "Much Ado About Necromorphs" (Dead Space 2)

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