I was listening to the butcher's bridge music and it struck me how much it reminds me of traditional Quebec music. Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QShZSiu9Mio
It got me thinking about whether certain pieces in LoL draw inspiration from specific styles. Tahm Kench's theme is another good example, being obviously based on the folk music of the southern states.
RiotUtora2 votesYeah, everyone on the audio team at Riot is certainly influenced and inspired by tons and tons of different styles. We use references when we're communicating to team members from other disciplines when we're trying to convey our vision by showing pieces and saying "something similar to this style but with these instruments instead of these and with these differences and these similarities". It's the best way for a composer or sound designer to convey the vision and style of what they're trying to achieve. Sound Designers do this as well by pulling references of cool sounds from games and film.
Akesgeroth1 votesYou certainly have a lot of variety, from metal (like Jinx's theme) to more instrumental (like the new Summoner's rift theme). Bard in particular, both his login screen theme but also the musical piece tied to his charm collection and his "voice" are particularly impressive in my opinion.
Still, I have a soft spot for more "folkish" music, like Tahm Kench's and the multiple pieces tied to the Bilgewater event. Hope to hear more like those!
Photos of Ghosts2 votesWill we ever get a champ/skin line/event related to good ole Prog? :3 Dunno, Yes, Genesis, Camel, Jethro Tull... FREAKIN' TIM FOLLIN
Akesgeroth1 votesJethro Tull is crescent fresh.
RiotUtora2 votesNice! Glad stuff is resonating with you. Honestly, what you've just highlighted is what I love about working on Champion Team and at Riot in general. Every Champion is so unique and different and each one has their own unique identity and sonic pallet to explore. Doing the sounds and voice for Rek'sai and then go immediately into doing the sounds and voice for Bard is completely crazy. So completely different in every way. It's one of the more challenging (and fun) things about my job as a sound designer.
Akesgeroth1 votesMentioning Rek'sai reminds me of how consistent you are with themes too. Void related champions for whom custom login screens were made (Rek'sai, Vel'koz and Kha'zix) all had heavily instrumentalized industrial/techno theme songs (reminds me of the stuff Rob Dougan did for the Matrix trilogy). It seems you're good at catching the tone of the lore through certain musical styles. Kindred is coming out soon and I look forward to what's in store then. Expecting something similar to Bard, though I may be mistaken.
Asayake 5150glow2 votesThe music is pretty awesome, as another thread said. I mean, I've got a kinda specific taste, such as the Project Yi login, (correct me if I'm wrong, but that was DnB, right? If it's not, please tell me what it was so I can find more music of the same type), and Braum login, Who could forget the Braum login?
Yeah, that being said... uh... continue making music! (hopefully one's I like xD)