Whenever you’re sitting reverse Simon Viklund – the narrative director of the just-announced Den of Wolves movie and a celebrated composer – the music is the elephant within the room. He’s, within the eyes of many, the Huge Daddy of EDM, and for good motive. The Payday sequence has a nasty status for cash bag causes, not least the superb soundtrack that accompanies the heists.
However Viklund has taken a little bit of a hiatus from that style lately. After leaving Starbreeze, Viklund centered extra on freelance work earlier than rejoining with long-time bandmate Ulf Anderson at 10 Chambers, the place he would assist create GTFO’s extra angsty sounds. With the reveal of Den of Wolves at The Sport Awards, the highly effective bass line is beginning to mud off.
“It may be EDM as a result of it is sci-fi. “And that is my wheelhouse,” Viklund advised me on the Unity places of work, a while earlier than the sport’s official reveal. “I really feel like I can do a great job on this space. I could make you’re feeling good – make you wish to nod. Head bobbing pleasant music. One thing with perspective.
Viklund actually notes early on that he is not aiming to create a completely new style right here, stating that he is “not too bothered” given the potential for it to distract from the first targets of the soundtrack. As an alternative, he works with quite a lot of different profitable musicians as a way to nail that cool issue. One among them is none apart from Jimmy Kristofferson. Viklund has recognized him for 15 years once they collaborated on Bionic Commando, however you most likely know him from his excellent work on the Steel Gear Rising soundtrack.
Certainly, that is thrilling. The minds behind Razormid and Guidelines of Nature working collectively are an ode to your cellphone’s headphone quantity warning. However there may be extra! Given the setting of the Halfway Islands, 10 Chambers additionally collaborates with percussionist Greg Ellis.
“We’ll report some Polynesian stuff. We’re additionally working with Greg Ellis who labored on Argo, Transformers and Godzilla. He is nice with that model of rhythm. He’ll deliver all the things he is bought as a result of it fits the Pacific setting of Den of Wolves. We’ll weave that in – it will not be like conventional Polynesian music – However I need the drum fills and different little issues so as to add some taste and texture.
Whereas Viklund & co. He is writing music that is nearer to his work for Payday than his latest work, and he is actually seen some key variations, describing it like this: “Slower and heavier than what I’ve usually made for Payday. That is as a result of there’s this sense of grit and heaviness if you hear gradual music, and you’ll double Rhythm or hitting the sixteenth word to get that compression ingredient. Music that is round 100 beats per minute – I take heed to loads of it now. It’s totally heavy and groovy – digital music with a relentless beat (heavy bass sounds and snare hits). “
If you would like a style of the type of music Viklund is speaking about, he confirmed me his private Spotify playlist of hardcore EDM bands. He did not wish to share the complete playlist publicly — maintaining it his personal inspiration for now — however he did share some artists he thinks will unfold the Den of Wolves vibe.
- Skum – who remixed Viklund’s Steal from the Wealthy, Give to Myself.
- Farlin
- Whoosh
- Lick – Who wrote the heavy Valorant theme that everybody loves.
- Brandon Black
- Lemay – particularly their monitor “Digital Catastrophe”.
“It may have loads of perspective. You need it to have loads of likeability — it is a energy fantasy! You need the music to be like ‘Sure! That is actually cool’ when what you are doing is so cool.”