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Feb 11, 2011 39 min

Interview: Jason Graves - Dead Space 2

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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) Download the episode here Subscribe and more info here

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