Demon’s Souls remake ‘The Music of Demon’s Souls’ developer diary
Remake score reimagined and re-recorded.
Following yesterday’s new gameplay trailer, publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developers Sony Interactive Entertainment JAPAN Studio and Bluepoint Games have released a new developer diary for the Demon’s Souls remake that goes behind the scenes with the game’s music.
The music of the Demon’s Souls remake has been reimagined and re-recorded as performed by a 75-piece orchestra, a 40-person choir, and multiple vocal and instrumental soloists.
Here are some details, via Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios External Development creative director Gavin Moore on the PlayStation Blog:
Only when you face your greatest challenges, the horrific and terrifying bosses, does music burst onto the scene, creating the backdrop to an epic encounter. The music defines these unforgettable moments.
It’s not only the music that defines this world, but also the incredible characters that inhabit it. Some good, some bad, but all with a tale to tell. We were lucky enough to get many of our original voice cast back to take on their iconic roles, with all dialogue being rerecorded. It will be great to see players of the original game falling in love with their favorite characters and voices all over again.
Countless hours were spent adding thousands upon thousands of new sounds to the game, really bringing this world to life. These are the sounds of Boletaria that will disturb your dreams. Will you go mad from the incessant beating of the heart and the haunting singing in the Tower of Latria? And how many of you will find courage in the face of the skin-crawling skitterings of the Armored Spider deep in the belly of Stonefang?
Perhaps that courage will come from the music. We lavished as much attention to this as the game’s soundscape. We reimagined the original score by Shunsuke Kida, creating dramatic new arrangements of his wonderful themes. Everything was rerecorded at Air Studios in London, with a world-class orchestra and choir. You can even hear the famous pipe organ at Temple Church that adds a haunting backdrop to many of the tracks. 120 of the finest musicians in the world perform on this score. And we’re incredibly proud of it.
Sony Interactive Entertainment also confirmed it will release the soundtrack to the Demon’s Souls remake on digital platforms on November 26, followed by a CD release by Milan Records shortly after. Pre-orders for a vinyl will open in early December.
Demon’s Souls is due out for PlayStation 5 on November 12 in the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea, and November 19 in the rest of the world.
Watch the developer diary and listen the the “Flamelurker” track below.