Petri Alanko
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Control Resonant composer reveals that he hides easter eggs in soundtracks and he 'will go to extremes to add depth to everything' — 'Nothing is obvious' and sometimes people email him years later having noticed that 'the rhythm of a certain sound was actually Morse code' for something
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko has revealed that his music features easter eggs that may take fans years to uncover.
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Control Resonant composer reveals he would 'love to do a proper sci-fi score one day' and enjoys 'emotional psycho-thrillers a lot' but 'cute cartoon-like games' are a pass — 'Just gimme a project and free hands, thank you'
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko has revealed which genre of game he would love to work on next, but insisted that "cute games" are a hard pass.
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Control Resonant composer says Dylan is an 'involuntary hero' who 'provided a lot of writing material' for the soundtrack — 'His path from a blank, soulless, and partially mindless being into something willing to sacrifice himself to find his sister is worth a dozen stories alone'
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko has shared how the game's setting and the relationship between Dylan and antagonist Hedron informed the soundtrack.
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'Its nature is very prominent, and there is a psychological aspect to it all' — Control Resonant composer says every Remedy game has 'absolute evil lurking in there' and he relies on the player's intelligence to understand it through music
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko says each Remedy title has "evil" at its core, and he relies on the player's intelligence to understand it through music.
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Control Resonant composer says Dylan's theme 'is essentially Jesse's theme backwards' and is 'texturizing his path from nothing to a superhero' — 'From the very early points of development, I had the feeling Dylan was asking for a justification for his release and his freedom'
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko has shared his process for developing Dylan's theme song, compared to his sister's, Jesse.
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'Please, no library or AI music. Love your game, love your handiwork' — Control Resonant composer suggests studios should appreciate music more if they 'value and respect your IP and your game'
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko has suggested studios should value music more if they care about their games and avoid AI at all costs.
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'I tried not to re-do Inception' — Control Resonant composer says 'it was a great relief that we exited The Oldest House' and that 'accentuating Dylan’s starting point was an origin point for conceptualizing the music'
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko has shared how the game's new setting affected how he scored the soundtrack and how he represented Dylan.
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'The weirder, the better' — Control Resonant composer says he records sounds on a 'daily basis' that he then turns 'into something I could use musically,' but there is no 'audio bible' for Remedy's games
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko has explained how he created the eclectic soundtrack for Remedy Entertainment's latest game.
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'I carry the responsibility of respecting both the story creator and especially those who enjoy the story' — Control Resonant composer says it's his duty to 'represent the story in the most beautiful light possible'
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko has said that it's his job to represent a game's story "in the most beautiful light possible."
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Control Resonant composer says his 'synesthesia' allowed him to 'hear' Remedy's concept art which inspired Resonant's soundtrack — 'Those pictures have a "sound" in my head, and following those intuitional sources often bring me a few melodies, harmonies… a feeling'
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko has revealed that he has synesthesia, which allows him to find inspiration by looking at Remedy's concept art.
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Hear Control Resonant's 'Sibling Theme', a track that its composer says 'is a subset of the origin theme'
Control Resonant has launched on PC and console, and to mark the game's release, we've got a track from its official soundtrack to debut exclusively for fans.