{"id":13617,"date":"2024-03-08T10:37:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T09:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/it-seems-it-has-its-own-mind-the-bizarre-and-terrifying-instrument-behind-alan-wake-2s-soundtrack\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T10:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T09:37:14","slug":"it-seems-it-has-its-own-mind-the-bizarre-and-terrifying-instrument-behind-alan-wake-2s-soundtrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/it-seems-it-has-its-own-mind-the-bizarre-and-terrifying-instrument-behind-alan-wake-2s-soundtrack\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It seems it has its own mind\u2019: the bizarre and terrifying instrument behind Alan Wake 2\u2019s soundtrack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the game\u2019s hero into hellish madness, Petri Alanko required an especially unsettling score. Enter a noise machine that disturbed even Stephen King<\/p>\n

On Petri Alanko\u2019s website, where the \u200b\u200bBafta-nominated Finnish musician offers his services as a composer for video games and film, the artist and performer makes a bold claim: \u201cNo deadlines missed since 1990\u201d. If you\u2019re a creative of any flavour, you\u2019re likely to read that with a mixture of awe, suspicion and incredulity. Deadlines are flexible, right? Right?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a boast, it\u2019s a service promise, more or less,\u201d laughs Alanko. \u201cI\u2019m really good at scheduling my own work, but I am very careful when dealing with someone else for the first time. Not all clients know exactly what they want, despite me helping them to figure out what\u2019s needed. I need to be the creative, the analyst, as well as the crisis negotiator.\u201d Video game music production is often chaotic: composers have to be malleable, lean, adaptable, unafraid of killing their darlings or working to impossibly tight deadlines. That Alanko shrugs this off as simply part of the job is testament to his dedication.<\/p>\n

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\nFollowing the game\u2019s hero into hellish madness, Petri Alanko required an especially unsettling score. Enter a noise machine that disturbed even Stephen King
\nOn Petri Alanko\u2019s website, where the \u200b\u200bBafta-nominated Finnish musician offers his services as a composer for video games and film, the artist and performer makes a bold claim: \u201cNo deadlines missed since 1990\u201d. If you\u2019re a creative of any flavour, you\u2019re likely to read that with a mixture of awe, suspicion and incredulity. Deadlines are flexible, right? Right?
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not a boast, it\u2019s a service promise, more or less,\u201d laughs Alanko. \u201cI\u2019m really good at scheduling my own work, but I am very careful when dealing with someone else for the first time. Not all clients know exactly what they want, despite me helping them to figure out what\u2019s needed. I need to be the creative, the analyst, as well as the crisis negotiator.\u201d Video game music production is often chaotic: composers have to be malleable, lean, adaptable, unafraid of killing their darlings or working to impossibly tight deadlines. That Alanko shrugs this off as simply part of the job is testament to his dedication. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the game\u2019s hero into hellish madness, Petri Alanko required an especially unsettling score. Enter a noise machine that disturbed even Stephen King On Petri Alanko\u2019s website, where the \u200b\u200bBafta-nominated Finnish musician offers his services as a composer for video games and film, the artist and performer makes a bold claim: \u201cNo deadlines missed since …<\/p>\n

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