The Alan Wake 2 Soundtrack Was Custom-Made To Expand The Lore

It's hard to forget the soundtrack to 2010's Alan Wake. Featuring world-renowned performers like David Bowie, Nick Cave, and Roy Orbison, its music was pulled from various genres and decades to deliver companion songs as each TV-style episode came to a close. In Alan Wake 2, chapters are still presented like episodes, punctuated by licensed music. However, Remedy is going in an entirely new direction, partnering with the Helsinki, Finland-based Fried Music studio to create custom songs from artists from across the globe to bring each chapter to a close. The end result is a soundtrack that, Remedy hopes, feels modern, eclectic, and deeply woven into the fabric of the survival-horror story.

The reception to having Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall in Alan Wake and Control "was so positive that, ever since, I've been thinking that we should just go all the way and be a lot more ambitious with this, and make all the songs custom-created with different and really, really talented musicians," Remedy's creative director, Sam Lake, said in a recent interview with GameSpot. "Let's do different kinds of songs, but let's have them all be about the fiction and lore and an extension of the storytelling."

For Remedy's obsessive fanbase, "Space Oddity" over Alan Wake's end credits is iconic, and a fitting accompaniment to the game's weirdness. But it isn't as closely connected as a song written and produced specifically for Alan Wake2--especially when the lyrics are pulling from Lake's own writings, including his poetry.Continue Reading at GameSpot


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