I had never played a game when [developer Dan Pinchbeck] asked me to write the music for Dear Esther - games just weren't in my world. It was strange but liberating to compose a games soundtrack before I'd ever listened to one!
The first piece of games music that I heard that I really loved was 'Leaving Earth' by Clint Mansell on the Mass Effect 3 soundtrack. Melancholy epic that evokes endless, soaring landscapes - what's not to love?
I wanted to make music that didn't sound like anything else but there were two tracks that were definitely in the back of my head when I was writing this piece. First one is 'Baba O' Riley' by The Who - I love the electronic arpeggio that pulses so energetically through the track.
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