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Robin Beanland has been a mainline composer at Rare since the early 90s and has worked on franchises such as Killer Instinct, Jet Force Gemini and Conker's Bad Fur Day. He won awards for his recent work on Sea Of Thieves. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @TheRealBeano #seaofthieves #killerinstinct #rare TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - How Much Of Sea Of Thieves Was Recorded During The Pandemic 01:16 - Transition Period Of Working From Home On Sea Of Thieves Vs Kinect Sports 03:30 - Finding Unorthodox Instruments Used For Sea Of Thieves 05:19 - Learning How To Use & Record The Hurdy Gurdy For Sea Of Thieves 08:47 - Sea Of Thieves Main Theme/Cow Ribs 10:52 - We Shall Sail Together Theme 13:38 - Robin Composes With Melody In Mind 14:45 - Composing Killer Instinct/The Early Rare Days 16:25 - David Wise Was A Master Of HEX/Robin Avoiding HEX 17:50 - DKC Funky Kong Theme Was Originally Written For Killer Instinct 19:40 - How Short Robin Had To Keep Killer Instinct Themes/Keeping Music Under 4MB 20:30 - Combo’s Theme/Compression System 21:49 - Killer Instinct Killer Cuts Album Was Written After The Original Music Was Composed 22:15 - Sabrewulfs Theme Originally 23:45 - Cinder’s Theme Had To Be Shortened/Avoiding Feedback 25:30 - Discussions Over Shortening Music With Developers/Sample Rate Was 32Khz 27:19 - 90’s Music Influenced Diversity Of Killer Instinct Soundtrack 29:55 - Robin Would Be Open To Scoring Another Fighting Game 31:00 - Robin Gave Mick Gordon DAT Tapes From Killer Instinct 31:48 - Why The Culture Of Rare Has Stayed The Same From The Nintendo To Microsoft Era/In-house Composing 37:45 - Its A Long Process For Robin To Find A Musical Palette 39:39 - Being In The Musical Zone/Exploring 41:19 - Deadlines/Arts Never Finished/ 42:22 - The First Listen Of The Day Is The Most Important/Taking Breaks 43:46 - Cycling Caused Robin To Be Addicted Lollies & Chocolate 45:01 - Robin Thinks Of Melodies Well Cycling 46:30 - Loony Tunes Inspired Conker’s Bad Fur Day Music 48:15 - Being Inspired By The Rare Developers/Instruments Robin Plays 49:05 - The Accessibility Of Playing Music/Not Many Effects Used On Sea Of Thieves/Waterphone 51:45 - Taking An Instrument And Playing It In A Way Its Not Meant To Be Played/Spitfire 54:05 - Just Create & Don’t Worry About Having All The Gadgets 56:25 - Implementation Of The Music In Sea Of Thieves 1:00:36 - Robin Doesn’t Get Offended When His Music Gets Rejected 1:01:20 - A Tune From Conker’s Bad Fur Day Ended Up In Jet Force Gemini/Cutting Room Floor Tunes 1:02:50 - Robin Is Influenced By Miles Davis Philosophy 1:04:04 - Robin Thinks Mick Gordon’s Sound Is Incredible/Loves His Sabrewulf Theme 1:05:23 - Where To Follow Robin Beanland 1:06:15 - Meeting Shigeru Miyamoto & Phil Spencer 1:07:11 - The Gaming Industry Is More Grounded Than Music & Film 1:09:30 - Bike Rides/Find Something You Enjoy