Detroit: Become Human cover art

Soundtrack · 2018

Detroit: Become Human

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The story

Philip wrote the music for Kara, one of the three characters at the heart of Quantic Dream’s Detroit: Become Human. Her theme, “Little One”, has become one of his most played pieces.

Press

“Feels cinematic in a way that’s unlike anything I’ve seen or felt before”
VICERyan Bassil, June 2018Read the article
“A masterful string-based score”
Soundtrack CentralKara’s scoreRead the review
“Inhumanly great music scores”
PlayStation LifeStyleApril 2018Read the article

Film

How to build a theme

Philip takes apart Kara’s theme and builds it again from nothing, with one cello and a loop pedal.

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Behind the score

Game director David Cage wanted three composers, one for each android, with radically different styles and moods, so that players feel they are moving between three different games. Philip wrote Kara’s music.

Kara’s score was recorded in Studio 1 at Abbey Road, with Philip conducting, and mixed by Andrew Dudman. Mary Lockwood was music supervisor and Aurélien Baguerre audio lead at Quantic Dream.

Film

The music of Detroit

Sony’s behind-the-scenes film on Kara’s theme and the game’s three scores.