To see this content please enable targeting cookies. "However, I did write a unique track for the Framing Frame escape mission, so if you've pissed the cops off enough, I guess you'll be awarded by hearing a different sort of track for the additional escape job." We don't want the music to get in the way of your game at hand, also, some people might not even hear a specific track for this reason, which would ultimately be a waste. Viklund replied, "We didn't want to take the experience away from the player. I was interested to know if there was any music that you'd only hear if you stuck around for longer - seeing as the intensity of the music grows during a job. The tracks play at random for each heist and are not specific to certain jobs unlike the first game. The 15 tracks that make up the Payday 2 score are all lavishly heavy when it comes to synth and dance music. With the chaos that the heist world brings, it needs to feel well paced, with smooth crescendos from the very quiet moments and then heavy beats when the shit hits the fan.Īsking for his inspirations for Payday 2's game's soundtrack Viklund mentioned that for the second game he was able to take the 'bull by the horns' and take it in any direction he felt made sense the film Heat was used as inspiration for the design of a track in the original game. So, days after the release of the Payday 2 beta I found myself on the phone with Simon Viklund, the man behind the music. Immediately I spoke with the right people and had to find out more about the production.
Bloody talent.īut when I started playing Payday 2 for all of our video stuff, I was literally stunned and perplexed by the musical heartthrob that this game produces. Yeah, I'm the video editor and sure as hell don't write much on the site, I'm usually told to remain silent in the corner and let the 'professionals' get on with the 'writing'. The soundtrack will be available at launch if you've got the Steam special edition and then shortly after on music service Bandcamp.įirst off, please don't scream when you realise I'm the one who has written this article. He previously spoke with us about Payday 2's watchdogs mission when the game got announced earlier this year. His previous soundtracks include 'Bionic Commando Rearmed'. He's been in sound design and music composition for over ten years. Simon Viklund was born in 1979, Stockholm Sweden
VG247's Sam Clay spoke to the composer Simon Viklund to get a peek inside his mind.
To hammer home the epic action and tense stealth play it needed a great soundtrack and boy does it have one hell of a score.
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