Interview with Tomb Raider composer Jason Graves

Marius Masalar from Tracksounds has done an in-depth interview with Tomb Raider composer Jason Graves. Here’s what’s in the interview above:

Music:

0:00 – Adventure Found Me
7:18 – First Blood
13:33 – The Scavenger’s Den
18:08 – The Scavenger’s Camp
21:26 – Reaching Roth
23:09 – Scaling the Ziggurat
36:30 – Infiltrating the Bunker
44:06 – The Tomb Raider
 
Conversation:
 
0:00 – Intro
0:45 – The new studio
1:40 – Jason’s first encounter with Tomb Raider
3:00 – Musical goals for the new Lara
5:35 – What makes Lara iconic, why we care about her, and what her new iteration is like
10:32 – Building “The Instrument”; the voice of the island
16:18 – Matt’s other sculpting work
17:25 – Creative freedom and collaboration
19:37 – Traditional thematic elements; Lara’s piano theme
22:27 – Exotic percussion, recording live
26:00 – Tomb Raider and Uncharted: inspiration?
27:53 – A thematic coincidence and inspiration from within
29:05 – Tomb Raider’s audio implementation story
35:50 – Jason samples his own orchestra
39:28 – Hints about future titles, and scheduling multiple projects
40:57 – The single best piece of advice Jason has ever received as a composer
43:56 – Conclusion and contact info