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I f*cking love them. There are plenty of creators out there who have a specific lane of expertise who I really think add a lot to the overall conversation and it's deeply appreciated. Especially the music producers in the community; I think it's all super valuable.

I worked on the Villain MV and one of my favorite things of the last few years was TB Skyen's HOUR-ASS-LONG breakdown of it. It felt so validating, and I know Trizz (the studio who made it with us) had a similar reaction.

Right on, thanks so much! Appreciate the nuanced question.

Lost Chapter is legitimately so great and I gained such a big appreciation for PK through it. I'll definitely pass the kind words along to the composers & musicians!

Much love to you too! Seriously, that's what makes music so universal & cool and it's awesome our stuff hits home for you that way. Be well.

Mutaris hears you, my child.

Our Love. I just adore it.

Personally, as a non-composer? God, just talking and hanging out with people smarter than you about music. It's really special to be able to talk with someone making a K/DA track (for example) about what it feels like viscerally to you, then digging into the guts of their process. Helps you articulate what you hear in better ways.

tl;dr, listen to a bunch of music, but talking to people who deal with music in different ways is key and has personally helped me understand a lot of nuances there. Bonus points if you know they're smarter than you about it, haha.

There's not a single thing we could do that doesn't also involve the help or creative collaboration with multiple teams at Riot tbh. As music we're a bit more insulated from, say, the actual games themselves - we're just more naturally detached from that specific part of things most of the time, so it's "easier" for us avoid some of the critique - but we all have the same values and share the same goals, and Riot really is a place where you can't do sh*t unless you have the coordination and support of people who work on different things than you do. Narrative, Audio (who helped provide voice acting talent for PK, for example), skins, etc. were all key for the last PK campaign, including a ton of other teams and individuals.

And hey, we're going to f*ck up -- that's a given! As music, I guarantee you we'll miss the mark occasionally given a long enough timeframe. That terrifies me, of course, but it's life. It'll probably make things better after we do. This isn't a post to ...

Thanks for the kind words! Believe it or not, that's actually an Alex Seaver/Mako track that he wrote for that scene. I don't know if we'd ever release that as a standalone track as it isn't really mixed as such, but works just fine in context when given the vintage vinyl treatment and room reverb in the scene.

This is delicious feedback, keep it coming btw everyone

I've been playing since season 3 and I'm still playing around 1-2 games a day unless things are busy. I barely play any ranked though - I usually play feast-or-famine top laners and I find the game to be most fun when going for the limit-testing all-ins rather than the more methodical, cautious approach I find myself taking in ranked.

80s hair metal vibes for sure. I loved the Jorn and Noora duet, would love to see them try more of that in the future.

Usually we work with an orchestra contractor, and we tell them exactly how many players we need and for how long of a recording session. They then assemble the group of players from a combination of freelance session musicians and sometimes symphony orchestra musicians, if there isn't a concert that day. That said, even though these are ad hoc groups of players that aren't collectively known or organized into a named orchestra, we often see the same faces at our sessions, and we can always request specific players if we want.

When we're looking for soloists as opposed to section players, we often look for ones who have a bit of their own extra sonic brand that they can bring to the table. There's one cellist in particular that we love using named Cameron Stone. While he's great as a session cellist, he is absolutely phenomenal at improvising to lead sheets or even just to the playback of the track alone, particularly in this snarling yet controlled sul ponticello styling t...

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We've not forgotten about PK. And even in terms of Lost Chapter, there's plenty of loose threads I'd personally love for us to explore with y'all in the future. Viego is being tortured by a God of Metal for the Noiseome Host's sake...

No specifics, but they're a staple of the roster for sure :)

I am not reflective of the team's overall taste (k, we're all weird), but personally and recently:

Uzi Vert

Gesaffelstein

Lord Huron

Glass Animals

flor

MEMBA

0171

GRANDMA

Dandy Warhols

La Dispute

King Princess

Legit one of the most amazing things I've ever worked on. The band are gods and it was an honor to help create the show. We f*cking love you guys for listening.

the PK gang for sure. Check out Tre Watson's YT for some cool stuff (they were a big part of the Lost Chapter album and played Mutaris in the concert).

Vi: Growing Flowers - xander.
Diana: Ever Fall - Toyko