Composer Inon Zur presents music for Starfield

When it comes to games with music from Bethesdy Game Studios, that’s always been the case in the past. Jeremy Soul in charge of The Elder Scrolls for now Inon Zur – Court composer of new games from the Fallout series. However, Soul is currently considered undesirable due to certain accusations, so Xur is called to something. In addition to Fallout, he has already managed to create music for a mobile failure called The Elder Scrolls: Blades, and of course he is signed to music for Starfield.

We know from what music is the first thing that comes into play when developing Bethesdy Game Studios games.so now we have a new development diary, so the third video in the Into the Starfield series, dedicated to the soundtrack for the upcoming space RPG.. In the video, Suhr and sound engineer Mark Lampert look to inspiration through first concepts and sketches that also come up very early in development, or the challenges the creators face when making music. From Zura’s point of view, the biggest challenge is to create something really recognizable, but Lampert says that as soon as the central song sounds in the world, everything immediately becomes calmerbecause the rest of the soundtrack is based on it.

There is also a comment related to the ideas behind it. The musical accompaniment of Starfield is perceived by the developers as a certain a circle in which some themes are repeated and in which the motive of discovery and return is important. They also know that music is a companion for the players. In addition, this time they should be accompanied not only by movement on the surface, but also by space travel, so that various elements of the central composition can find different uses throughout the game. For example, on the official Bethesda website, we find Xur’s comment that parts of the central motif can be accompanied by a level increase or the opening of a new location. For the acclaimed composer, Starfield is his most ambitious project yet, and he says it should raise big questions that people usually don’t pay attention to. And the motive for searching for answers is reflected in the soundtrack.

It also seems to be contagious the timeless tales of creative director Todd Howard, who has always liked to talk about things not being scripted, even when they appear to be. So Lampert points out in the video that Music tends to sound right at the right time, and this phenomenon happens randomly. and is not the result of any prearranged script. As always the video suggests look at new concepts from development. This time, however, you can also look at the process of recording music with a live orchestra, and of course you can hear some examples of what Inon Zur composed for Starfield and what we will hear during the performance.

Starfield will come out November 11, 2022 on PC (Steam, Microsoft Store) and Xbox Series X | S. The game will become part of the Game Pass offer from the release date.