Do you listen to other music when writing?
Oh, I’ve listened to an awful lot of music. I’ve been listening to a lot of orchestral music as well as some Russian and Bulgarian choral music. Plus, a lot of electronic scores; Brian Eno has been one of my references, but even moments of the Prodigy and Radiohead. Plus classic film scores, some John Williams, some Cliff Martin — Solaris, in particular. But there’s also just a lot of me doing what I do: sitting in the studio playing around with sounds, with melodies, seeing how the contrasting elements of distorted and effected electronics with pure orchestra and melody fit together. And always trying to find the angle, something that will make that piece a unique experience. Every sound is pretty original on this game because it’s a whole other galaxy, a whole other universe. It’s in space. It’s alien.