How did you approach building the soundtrack for DS2?

For the soundtrack, we worked with Ludvig Forssell, and I’ve also put Woodkid’s songs into the game. All the other musicians are those that I listen to on a daily basis and whom I like. Same as with actor casting, I contact them directly, and I ask them if we can use their songs, or sometimes they tell me they want to write a new song for the game, and we go back and forth.

I was listening to Caroline Polachek last year and became a big fan of hers. After I put that on my Instagram, she contacted me, and then we DM’d. We kept in touch and eventually met up in Paris, and that’s when she told me she wanted to write a new song for Death Stranding 2. She works very fast. You heard her song when you saw the Plate Gate – it’s called “On the Beach”.

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wonder if he put any songs from low roars new album in this

Am I the only one who has no interest in combat in this game? I just want to deliver cargo and create strands

I accept that

Kojima confirmed he did in his Japanese interview with IGN

This looks so much better than the first one in terms of player onboarding, might just jump into this one first

They made that PS5 plates swappable and proceeded to do pretty much nothing with them

i’m gonna cry

Wonder if the game goes buck wild in the second half?

It’s just so hard to imagine Kojima just doing a mostly iterative sequel.

It’s ready to go

That time jump is gonna hit like nothing else

Wait whoa Caroline in the game? Lemme get this PS5 and finish the first one

New Silent Poets song that'll appear in the soundtrack

I wish this game came out before the Switch 2 so I wouldn't feel tempted to get a Switch 2 at launch because I'd already be absorbed by this game.

Can't wait for the moment when I walk out on a field and suddenly the environmental sound effects fade out and a vibey melancholy song starts playing

Just wait a few weeks

nah the wait from the beginning of June to the 26th is gonna be unbearable, i’m glad the switch 2 will keep me occupied

Need to finish elden ring then im playing DS1 ASAP this looks so f***ing crazy my god

I'll definitely be getting the deluxe version of Death Stranding 2 to get that early access and play on the 24th. I just sold all my physical Switch games (only kept BotW in case I'd like that Switch 2 edition upgrade) and put my dusty Switch OLED up for sale on Facebook, so if I do get a Switch 2 I can (to some extent) mitigate the nasty price tag here in Sweden.

wait will it be your first time playing ds1? that's really exciting feel free to post your impressions in here even though its the ds2 thread

Dude yessss ive been wanting to play that thing since it came out but i had no PS4 or PS5 but finally caved in a week ago and got me a PS5 im so excited

Not to be vulgar but the talk of DS2 being kinda like MGS5 lowkey got me h**** lol