Bethesda Releases New ‘Starfield’ Video, And It’s All About Music

Bethesda has put out another Starfield video, this one focusing on the music and sound design in the upcoming RPG.

The video, titled The Sound of Adventure, features Audio director Mark Lampert and composer Inon Zur. The two talk about what music means to them, and how it affects a player’s experience.

I always say that music is the fourth dimension,” opens Zur. “It is the emotional dimension. In order to create this you have to ask these questions. ‘Where are you going? What’s your motivation? What is your story?’ This is what really drove me more than anything else.”

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While Zur is talking, you can hear some of the music that will likely be featured in the main game. It certainly has a big sci-fi, space faring tone to it, quite reminiscent of older sci-fi film scores. Lampert goes on to explain that music started very early on in development, as early as concept art in fact. He says that ever since he’s been at the studio, since 2005, working on Fallout 3, the main theme for the game set the tone for everything else in it.

Zur also spoke about how the artwork for Starfield acted as inspiration for his music. He noted how he wanted the music to have a “circular” motion. Adventurers go out, discover, and return home. It’s clear that the circular idea reflects other aspects of the game, given the use of one in the logo.

Some new concept art was also shown off, giving players more of a taste of what the game might look like. Though of course, Bethesda is yet to show any actual gameplay from the darn thing. At least the lead writer says that “players are going to lose their minds.”

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