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‘Mirror’s Edge’ Composer Wants to Score a Horror Game
Solar Fields is the stage name of Magnus Birgersson, a Swedish electronic musician and the composer of the breezy energy of the music that’s since become such an integral part of the identity of the City of Glass, in which the Mirror’s Edge series takes place. When the narrative falls short or the gameplay grows repetitive — as it does far too often in both the original game and its frustratingly unimaginative sequel — it’s Fields’ brilliantly realized soundscape that’s left to carry the experience until it regains its footing.
I finished Mirrors Edge Catalyst the other day and immediately went online to learn more about its innovative use of sound, which dynamically ebbs and flows with the pacing of the action in a very clever way. That’s when I came across this interview with FGE, where Solar Fields briefly mentions that he “would really like to score some horror game in the future.”
I thought it might be a throwaway comment until I dug just a little bit deeper and found more evidence of Fields’ interest in the horror genre. When asked what kinds of games he plays, Fields replied, “I’m a huge fan of well-made horror games, and also games that deliver something new to the gaming experience.”
Someone needs to give this guy a (well-made) horror game to score right now.
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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August
We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.
A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.
Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.
Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”
“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.
“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”
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