1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title
Dark Souls 2
Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples that establish…
Clearly state what production technique(s) you think have
been used to create specific soundtrack elements
Setting
The trailer gives no signs of Setting until 1:10 when you can hear the sound of
lightning and 1:24 where you hear the sound of an eagle/avian creature and the
sound of wings.
Mood
The trailer music as well as the combat SFX that’s playing around 1:26 (the peak of
the music starts here too) creates a very dramatic and suspenseful trailer.
The crashing of metal objects can create a
thunder/lightning like sound effect when edited in
post-production it can sound even more
authentic.
The music can be created with an orchestra +
opera singers and blended together/refined in
post-production
Game genre
Dark Souls is a Hardcore Fantasy RPG, you can gather this from the medieval SFX
weapons clashing and the dragon you later here in the trailer.
The first minute of the trailer there is a small amount of narration, from this you can
gather that the character is some kind monster and that straight away this isn’t your
typical game setting.
Narrative