{"id":365,"date":"2014-08-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=365"},"modified":"2022-05-24T11:57:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:57:52","slug":"brian-reitzell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/brian-reitzell","title":{"rendered":"Episode 15: Brian Reitzell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">Watch Dogs (&#8220;Donovan&#8221;)<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SongExploder15.png\" alt=\"SongExploder15\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SongExploder15.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SongExploder15-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=cc999dc79909c19b31c4bc69018b3d9c\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/song-exploder\/id788236947?&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/5b22ec51-1f31-4af3-8629-fa31acc72791\/SongExploder15-BrianReitzell-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>In May 2014, the video game company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ubisoft<\/a> released <a href=\"http:\/\/watchdogs.ubi.com\/watchdogs\/en-us\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Dogs<\/a>, about a vigilante hacker in Chicago in the near future. Here&#8217;s how the game is described on their website: &#8220;You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. While seeking justice for those events, you&#8217;ll monitor and hack those around you.&#8221; It sold over 4 million copies in its first week of release.<\/p>\n<p>The music for the game was made by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_Reitzell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Reitzell<\/a>, who played drums in the bands <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_(French_band)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Redd_Kross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Kross<\/a> before becoming a composer and music supervisor for films like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0335266\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lost In Translation<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1532503\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beginners<\/a>. He also creates the music for the NBC television show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2243973\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hannibal<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Brian talks about the unique challenges posed by scoring video games, where players control what happens on screen and as a result, what happens in the music. He&#8217;ll break down a piece called Donovan, which he wrote for a chase sequence within the game. He also describes the instrument he created from a hundred-year-old piano.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is presented in conjunction with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2014\/8\/6\/5974975\/going-deep-with-the-composer-of-the-watch-dogs-score-and-song-exploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polygon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Buy &#8220;Donovan&#8221; on iTunes <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/donovan\/id871222191?i=871222199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, or on vinyl <a href=\"http:\/\/invadarecords.bigcartel.com\/product\/pre-sale-watch_dogs-original-game-soundtrack-by-brian-reitzell-black-blue-splatter-vinyl-lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/brian-reitzell-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\nThe Tangerine Dream song that plays is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/mysterious-semblance-at-strand\/id277110944?i=277111312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mysterious Semblance At the Strand of Nightmares<\/a>.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"endsign\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch Dogs (&#8220;Donovan&#8221;) DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 In May 2014, the video game company Ubisoft released Watch Dogs, about a vigilante hacker in Chicago in the near future. 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