Woodkid composes for Death Stranding sequel

French director Woodkid.

- FANNY LATTACH

French singer and director Woodkid has composed the music for the hotly awaited Death Stranding 2 video game, with the 42-year-old saying that the songs unfold “almost like origami”.

The author of hit 2013 debut album The Golden Age, who has previously worked with Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey, has produced dozens of hours of music for the Japanese-made action-adventure title.

“The main challenge is creating procedural music — music that evolves with the player, depending on their actions. And yet, still writing pop songs with vocals,” Woodkid, whose real name is Yoann Lemoine, said.

“You have to unfold the songs almost like origami, turn them into versions that last several hours, which are then condensed and reprogrammed by developers,” he explained.

A longtime video game enthusiast, Lemoine calls it a “completely different approach” from scoring a film or writing a conventional album.