The first Mirror’s Edge, released in 2008, was filled with electronic music that many fans loved. It already seems that Fields is receiving a warm welcome from the community in round 2.
Fields says he’s approaching the project on a hands-on level to create the best musical environment possible:
The electronica soundtrack familiar to the original will proceed into Catalyst with the continuation of the Fields’s unique mixture of “analogue technology with modern synthesizers… modular systems, lo-fi synthesizers, VHS tape recorders…” and really, anything that gives him inspiration.
Fields explains that in Mirror’s Edge, the music was limited to one stereo channel, where now they have four. Fields is hopeful that it will allow him to “create an even deeper and more dynamic musical experience” than the first one.
The fans and Fields are optimistic for the new game, set to release in North America February 23, 2015:
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