{"id":560099,"date":"2026-03-12T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/how-returnals-dlc-music-creates-rising-tension"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:39:00","slug":"how-returnals-dlc-music-creates-rising-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/how-returnals-dlc-music-creates-rising-tension\/","title":{"rendered":"How Returnal&#8217;s DLC music creates rising tension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/how-returnals-dlc-music-creates-rising-tension.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nFresh from its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/returnal-wins-big-at-this-years-bafta-games-awards\">BAFTA Games win<\/a> for Music, PlayStation has released a new video detailing the music of Returnal&#8217;s Ascension DLC.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPresented by Glen Andrew Brown from PlayStation Studios Creative Arts Music team, the video highlights how composer Bobby Krlic and the team heighten tension the higher Selene climbs in the endless Tower of Sisyphus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSpecifically, every music track has been composed and edited into all twelve musical keys so that every time Selene moves up a floor of the tower the music rises by a semitone.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/how-returnals-dlc-music-creates-rising-tension\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/how-returnals-dlc-music-creates-rising-tension\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh from its BAFTA Games win for Music, PlayStation has released a new video detailing the music of Returnal&#8217;s Ascension DLC. 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