Sound Byte Interview: Inon Zur, Composer of the Dragon Age Series

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Mar 9, 2011

In this week's Sound Byte, we talk to the composer of Dragon Age II, Inon Zur, about what he learned from Dragon Age: Origins, what instruments he prefers to compose for, what his process is, and who he collaborated with this time around.

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24 comments

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Poodlejumper

Hey I just discovered the only thing I like about DA2! This guy's music!

jjwho29

INON that is a crazy name that guys eyes are leaking blue gas that demon guy is beast i hope i can make my own guy like a two sword guy

romanon5

A genius. Made also music for Crysis, Prince of Persia, fallout, EverQuest 2, Lineage 2, Baldur's Gate 2 and more. Israeli, started in The Music Academy of Tel Aviv. Love his work!

VidGamAnonymous

He has an epic name

neverenoughpl

This guy is awesome. He really knows how to explain music (game music to be exact).

Ripper_TV

Finished on a low note.

Ripper_TV

Oh, I'm interested in WINNING, alright. So what he's basically saying is that they asked him to dumbed it down and he feels sorry for working in a hassle.

Darkhol0w

Hes working on some "High profile projects"..DA2 expansion hint hint? =P

mikey1611

I don't know how you explain it but the music just sounds so "epic". With the background story and just watching the cinematic trailer, once Hawke appears and the music starts, it has a"gypsy-ish" feeling to it. Then there's that "rising champion" feeling at the end of trailer. Gives me chills everytime. Great series, I hope you'll get an interview with Bethesda about Skyrim because how can you not ignore the soundtrack in recent Skyrim trailer!

Sophia

For anyone who's interested in winning a copy of the soundtrack, read the blog post for details. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6302937.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks%3Bimg%3B9

funkchild75

This was a very cool interview. Thanks.

COWZ14

@Sophia Thank you so much. Awesome.

uberjannie

Inon Zur is great. He is starting to become the Hans Zimmer of games :D

Sophia

@COWZ14 - They're coming, just need to find the time and coordinate with people's schedules.

dvader72

Good, fair review. The game may not be perfect but I have not doubt it will be very enjoyable.

monowasp

Good review, I'll get it when it's a bit cheaper.

garfield

*Great* review, thanks! Now I know I will pass (sadly)!

COWZ14

Awesome. I love that gamespot has taken interest in the music in games very impressive. Thumbs up Gamespot. But i'd love it if they did interviews on the sound design as well.