Composing Fear – Tobias Lilja on Little Nightmares & Game Audio – Gaming Podcast
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What is the main topic of this episode?
Hello fellow gamers and welcome to the video gamers podcast. A video game can be a work of art from storytelling to visual art to an incredibly memorable soundtrack. Music and sound is such an important part of the feel of a game, whether it's joy or fear. But how the heck does someone even do that? Well, on today's episode, we're diving into the world of video game music.
Who are the hosts of the podcast?
But first, some introductions are in order. I am your host, Josh. And joining me, he's said multiple times that Little Nightmares is one of his favorite series. So I have a feeling he's really going to enjoy this episode.
It's John. And yeah, advance warning for anybody who's been on the Discord. You guys have heard me talking about this for a very long time. I would say if you were to say series, Little Nightmares is my favorite series and certainly my favorite soundtrack. So I'm absolutely stoked to be talking to our guest today.
What are Tobias Lilja's contributions to Little Nightmares?
Well, we're going to explain why, because joining us, the man behind the incredible music and sound of Little Nightmares, this man is responsible for those feelings of dread and fear. So you can thank him for all your anxiety. It's Tobias.
Hi, guys.
How you doing, Tobias?
I'm good. Thank you. Thanks. Thanks for having me on the show.
Oh, we're very excited to have you, man. Thanks so much for hopping on with us. We're going to make this a good time. I know it's always a little weird to be like, I'm going on this podcast? I don't know who these guys are. But we are very excited to have you. And just to kind of give you a little bit of background, we've been doing this kind of fun series where we're really trying to talk to various people that are responsible for making the games that we love. So... We have talked to voice actors. We have talked to developers. And you are our first actual music composer that we've had a chance to talk to. So I know we're both very excited because, I'll be honest, this is a world that I know nothing about. Okay, yeah. I make the joke, and this is a true story, that I was once kicked out of third grade band. I took trumpet lessons for a year and then went to band. And they actually said, no, hey, you're probably not ready for that. And so, you know, I'm not musically inclined at all.
And so I'm always fascinated by people that just have a talent for that. And so we're really excited to have you and kind of pick your brain a little bit. Okay, cool.
I was actually playing the trumpet myself when I was a kid for a few years.
You know, people think it's only three keys at the top.
It's so hard. It's so hard. I mean, kids shouldn't play the trumpet. You need so much airflow to make it sound like one note even. It's really difficult.
I'm curious, why didn't the trumpet make the cut for Little Nightmares soundtrack?
Is that not a... I mean, there are actually some trumpets in there, like the doctor character. He has a lot of kind of brass instruments layered in there, the music for that character. So there are some trumpets in there. Okay, interesting. Yeah. Yeah.
So Tobias, let's get to know you a little bit better for our listeners. Cause we've had a chance to kind of chat offline a little bit and stuff like that. But we were, we were talking a little bit before we actually started recording. We were kind of asking you if you were a gamer being that we're a gaming podcast, you know, obviously that's, that's one of our interests here. So you were saying that you do quite enjoy video games. It's just one of those things where when you work on them and, you know, sometimes coming home from work and then playing them is, Not always ideal.
Exactly. I mean, I've been playing video games all my life. It was a huge thing when I was a kid. I got a PlayStation when I was 11 or something, and I played that all the time. But these days I spend a lot of time working with games, working with the sound and sound effects and music. So it's not the first thing maybe I want to do when I get home from work. But I still enjoy games.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic of this episode?
0:11–0:40
2
Who are the hosts of the podcast?
0:40–1:17
3
What are Tobias Lilja's contributions to Little Nightmares?
1:17–7:36
4
How did Tobias get into video game music?
7:36–11:08
5
What challenges did Tobias face in the gaming industry?
11:08–18:37
6
How is sound design developed for video games?
18:37–26:45
7
What influences the creation of soundscapes in games?
26:45–32:17
8
How does the music in Little Nightmares enhance the gaming experience?
32:17–53:16
Speakers
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