After loving the hell out of the Borderlands soundtrack, we had to check in with Gearbox audio lead Raison Varner to learn more about his inspirations for the score and how they managed creating such a cohesive sound with so many composers involved. The game not only featured Varner’s dark ambient contributions, but also the dreamy soundscapes of Jesper Kyd as well as gritty electronic tracks from Cris Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan.
In our interview, Varner tells us about his background in music, how he came to work on Borderlands, what a typical day working on Borderlands consisted of, and how the team decided on such a drastic shift in direction for the second DLC pack, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome. We also discuss some specific tracks from the game, and plans for an iTunes release of the material music from the game’s DLC.
All of this and more in our interview after the jump! (more…)
