Battlefield 1 theme song
I remember Nobuo Uematsu, saying "the battlefield music is cool". When I was attending some of the concerts playing the battlefield 1942 music I met some game composers that I like myself. I'm honored when I hear from some people that my music has created such emotions as well. Joel Eriksson: My own game memories, from playing Zelda, Metroid, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, definitely has strong music connections. About the music in the battlefield sequels, some interpretations are great sounding and others are like someone's trying to twist the arms on your baby.īattlefieldBR: Do you feel that it somehow gave personality to the Battlefield franchise? Joel Eriksson: It is cool when people and orchestras is covering and playing the theme, and heart warming. Joel Eriksson: I participated only for Battlefield 1942.īattlefieldBR: What do you think about the multiple versions of the music that were created for the different Battlefields always keeping the essence of the original version? I got more and more confident in writing orchestral songs, and went to my old school Hvitfeldtska and sampled the grand piano in the concert hall, for to use in some of the Battlefield songs.īattlefieldBR: Did you create just the Battlefield 1942 theme or did you also participate in the creation of other games in the Battlefield franchise? If writing music for an actual orchestra to perform, it would probably not be smart to put so much focus on rhythm, but if producing digitally you may quantize a 70 piece orchestra exactly the way you want. When starting to play around with these new orchestral samples, my aim was still to make groovy and beatbased music.
All of us were collaborating (and competing) and made different forms of underground electronic music. We had a community we called Gonkyburg, a bunch of friends and music producers under one roof in different small rooms in an old margarine factory.
Kirk Hunters, Peter Siedlaczek and Hans Zimmer was a few of the names showing up in those sample collections. Later Olof came over to me with a bunch of orchestral samples, 30 or so CD-ROMS in, which opened up a new world. I got the job, because my compositions sounded original and in the right mood, but I learned that the sounds I used had a lot to be wished for. I had to make a demo showing some compositions, and I used my Roland JV-1080, the only synth I had containing orchestral sounds. Olof asked around for tips and Daniel suggested him to work with me. One day he headed to the local music store, where my brother Daniel worked. Joel Eriksson: Olof Gustavsson who is one of the founders of DICE were looking for a composer for the game. I also do sound design, implement assets in games collaborating with game developers.īattlefieldBR: How were you invited to create the famous Battlefield soundtrack and what was the inspiration for creating such an iconic theme? Joel Eriksson: I compose tracks for different game projects and trailers in a wide variety of styles. We at Battlefield Brasil talked exclusively with Joel Eriksson, who even gave us the honor of introduce first hand a new version 2021 of the original theme, which is being released today.Īt the end of the interview, we shared the link for you to listen to Joel's new version, which by the way is amazing! Let's goīattlefieldBR: Before we start, tell our readers briefly what are your main projects in the gaming industry.