- Ripple Effect studio sound director Jeff Wilson has discussed the game’s “gritty” soundtrack
- “The campaign has the largest amount of music in it because it’s thematic,” he said
- He also explained how the team wove “musical flavor” into the multiplayer experience
Ripple Effect studio sound director Jeff Wilson has spoken about the creation of Battlefield 6 the soundtrack, which he says was intended to capture the “gritty, authentic, modern soldier experience”.
In a new interview with TechRadar Gaming, the veteran first-person shooter (FPS) developer talked about working on the three “big marquee experiences” that underpin the game: the Premium campaign and multiplayer offering, plus the free-to-play Redsec battle royale mode.
“The campaign has the biggest amount of music in it because it’s thematic, that’s where we tell our characters’ stories,” he said. “As we move into multiplayer, we need to scale back the music quite a bit to enhance the key moments.”
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Still, the team was careful to capture the “world environment” and add some “musical flavor” at the start of each match. Loading screen music helps “set the tone for the location, pull you back into some of the story arcs and single player,” with subtle motifs and themes that “tie back” to some of the most memorable moments in the campaign.
The music is scaled back even more Redsecas Wilson says the team wants “to keep the soundscape open for sound effects and voiceovers that are super important.”
“You want to be able to hear the enemy running up behind you, don’t you?” he adds, but emphasizes the importance of “little musical jabs” at key moments.
Although distinct, all music in the game is unified in that it is intended to convey the fantasy of a “gritty, authentic, modern soldier experience.”
“That was the first creative direction put in by Thomas Anderson, who is the creative director Battlefield. Embracing that was the key to everything.”
“It’s different for every game. Battlefield 1 was nostalgic, right? This game is not. We had to figure out what our version of heroism is; we’re talking grounded and authentic.”
Battlefield 6 is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S and PC.
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