What did you consume during Development or Pre-Production?
The following were my influences:
Musically:
1. Nine Inch Nails, esp.:
- The Fragile.
- The Downward Spiral.
- Ghosts.
- Add Violence.
- Still.
- Pretty Hate Machine.
2. Modest Mouse, esp.:
- Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks.
- The Moon and Antarctica.
- The Lonesome Crowded West.
3. Tool, esp.:
- Lateralus. (The Holy Gift.)
- Fear Inoculum.
4. Radiohead, esp.:
- Kid A.
- OK Computer.
5. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours.
6. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. ("Choral.")
7. Keiichi Okabe and Keigo Hoashi: Nier: Automata. (O.S.T.)
8. Josh Mancell: Jak and Daxter. (trilogy O.S.T.)
9. Kikiyama: Yume Nikki. (O.S.T.)
10. David Bergeaud: Ratchet and Clank. (O.S.T.)
... and many more...
These influenced not only the writing for the Original Score. but ALSO the mood and tone of the entire Work!!
Narratively, Literature:
Eishima, Jun and Yoko Taro. NieR: Automata: Short Story Long.
Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time.
Joyce, James. Finnegan's Wake.
Kafka, Franz. The Castle.
Kierkegaard, Soren. Either/Or.
MacIntyre, Alasdair. After Virtue.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter y la Orden del Fenix. (Spanish Version.)
Shakespeare, William. King Lear, Julius Caesar.
... and parts of Faust, of course.
Narratively, Cinema:
Anohana.
Better Call Saul.
BoJack Horseman.
Breaking Bad.
Death Note.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
Lost.
Neon Genesis: Evangelion.
The Office.
Rick and Morty.
Twin Peaks.
The X-files.
Games:
Jak II.
NieR: Automata.
Doki Doki Literature Club.
The Curse of Monkey Island.
Deponia: the Complete Journey.
God of War. (Original and 2018.)
Yume Nikki. (Original and Remake.)
Spyro the Dragon. (Original and Remake.)
Et cetera, et al...
Share your Influences if you wish!! We stand on the shoulders of Giants.
Rinzai Gigen,
Subliminal Mind Games.
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