Composer and designer Lena Raine explains how Pigstep altered Minecraft's approach to music: 'The prompt I keep hearing is "Oh, Pigstep was such a banger that they want more bangers"'
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π° What Happened
Composer Lena Raine says her Minecraft track Pigstep changed what the game's team asks her for. She told PC Gamer that the request she keeps hearing is that Pigstep was such a banger that they now want more bangers.
Pigstep is one of the music discs players can find and play inside Minecraft. Raine also wrote other disc tracks for the game, including Creator and Otherside.
The comment came in a longer interview about the games she plays and the music she builds for them.
π The Backstory
Raine started in the games industry as a tester for Nintendo America, then became a designer at ArenaNet. While working on Guild Wars 2, she made a bell-choir minigame for a winter event and wrote its music too.
She later wrote the soundtrack for 2018's Celeste, a game as famous for its music as for its hard climbing. That work led to several years of composing for Minecraft.
She is now writing music for Beastieball and building her own RPG, ANOTHEREAL, which she hopes to release within the decade.
π― Why It Matters
One song can change how a whole game sounds. Her story also shows that a career in games can start from a small side project.
Composer Lena Raine says her Minecraft track Pigstep changed what the game's team asks her for. She told PC Gamer that the request she keeps hearing is that Pigstep was such a banger that they now want more bangers.
Pigstep is one of the music discs players can find and play inside Minecraft. Raine also wrote other disc tracks for the game, including Creator and Otherside.
The comment came in a longer interview about the games she plays and the music she builds for them.
Raine started in the games industry as a tester for Nintendo America, then became a designer at ArenaNet. While working on Guild Wars 2, she made a bell-choir minigame for a winter event and wrote its music too.
She later wrote the soundtrack for 2018's Celeste, a game as famous for its music as for its hard climbing. That work led to several years of composing for Minecraft.
She is now writing music for Beastieball and building her own RPG, ANOTHEREAL, which she hopes to release within the decade.
One song can change how a whole game sounds. Her story also shows that a career in games can start from a small side project.