Journey composer Austin Wintory is writing the music and score for Assassin's Creed Syndicate.
In an interview on the Ubi blog, the award-winning composer of Journey and The Banner Saga, stated that he analyzes characters -- in this case, Jacob and Evie Frye -- and uses their personalities to drive the tone of the soundtrack.
"The setting, London itself, is also important, but I didn’t aspire to create a period score in any real way," says Wintory. "It’s more that London then was simultaneously this beacon of progress, of the promise of a truly amazing economic future, and yet also home to horrendous cruelties and disenfranchisement. I tried very diligently for the score to try and capture, and even reconcile, those two elements to make London beautiful and grimy at the same time."
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In an interview on the Ubi blog, the award-winning composer of Journey and The Banner Saga, stated that he analyzes characters -- in this case, Jacob and Evie Frye -- and uses their personalities to drive the tone of the soundtrack.
"The setting, London itself, is also important, but I didn’t aspire to create a period score in any real way," says Wintory. "It’s more that London then was simultaneously this beacon of progress, of the promise of a truly amazing economic future, and yet also home to horrendous cruelties and disenfranchisement. I tried very diligently for the score to try and capture, and even reconcile, those two elements to make London beautiful and grimy at the same time."
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