"You could argue that the soundtrack doesn't supplement the narrative, but is a part of it," Schreiber said. This project was a mammoth undertaking, he said, and the final product is that extra "umph" that brings the world to life. The panel, moderated by Pitchfork Media founder Ryan Schreiber, featured Rockstar music supervisor Ivan Pavlovich Woody Jackson, whose composition credits include films like Oceans 12 and 13 and a handful of Rockstar titles founder of German electronic music group Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese hip hop producer Alan Daniel Maman, known as The Alchemist, who is currently working as rapper Eminem's official DJ and Maman's partner in the power duo Gangrene, Michael Jackson, also known as Oh No.įor the first time in the Grand Theft Auto series, the score - which has always been an integral part of the experience, Schreiber noted - is fully interactive, changing with mood and tension as players move through Los Santos. Even the narrative is helped along by the game's culturally-driven music.įive of the game's composers sat down during the New York Film Festival this week to discuss creating the sounds of Los Santos.
In Grand Theft Auto 5, a lot of the city's and the characters‘ heart is something that can't be conveyed in boisterous dialogue alone. A soundtrack can make or break a game, and many game composers and series have cult followings fervent for the music alone - just look at Final Fantasy or any other popular Japanese role-playing series, and the fans who still blare old Kirby and Castlevania tunes from their car speakers. If Grand Theft Auto 5 is a picture of Los Angeles' more underground and (sometimes) criminal culture, the game's soundtrack is a substance of sound that feeds that culture directly into your soul. For the streets and hills of Los Santos, Rockstar vowed not only to continue the tradition, but ramp up the volume. Ribcage-rattling beats blaring from a dozen different radio stations and bawdy tongue-in-cheek commercials have become the staple soundtrack to players' adrenaline-laced adventures. One of Grand Theft Auto’s most iconic elements has always been its soundtrack.
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