![]() ![]() What was your involvement like compared to other games that you’ve worked on, in terms of story? Because obviously, in musicals, the story is told through the songs.Īustin Wintory: I wanted to make sure we never relegated songs to incidental moments. I don’t think I’m the guy to make a game like that, but, weirdly, a friend of mine is very much looking to build a team with that exact goal right now.” And he introduced me to the future studio director and co-founder of Summerfall Studios, Liam Esler. What I mean by that, though, is a game where the musical numbers themselves are properly interactive, and the gameplay centers around engaging with them.” He goes, “Wow. I was at the Game Developers Conference in 2018, and a friend of mine-a game developer named Ken Wong-said “What if you pitched me a game and we made that, instead of me making a game and asking you to write the score?” I said, “I always thought a video game musical would be one of the greatest things ever. West Side Story alone, I think, is one of the most significant contributions to music and musical theater by anyone, ever not to mention that the lyrics of West Side Story are written by a very young Stephen Sondheim, who is arguably the best composer of musicals to have ever lived, and probably ever will.īut this project began because it was one of my wish list ideas. But it’s a medium I’ve always thought was amazing.Įvery time I’m in public and someone asks me who the folks are that really shaped who I am, Leonard Bernstein is always one of the first people I’ll name, and he’s fundamentally a theater composer. ![]() ![]() I don’t claim to be one of those folks, if only out of respect for the friends that I have that I know live and breathe it all day. Screen Rant: I’ve heard a lot of your work, from Journey to Aliens: Fireteam Elite, but are musicals in your wheelhouse?Īustin Wintory: In the world of composers and musicians, there are some who live and breathe musicals day in, day out. ![]()
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