Making the infinite music for No Man's Sky's absurdly massive universe is a pretty daunting task. Thankfully, Hello Games found the best people for the job - 65daysofstatic. Here's the story of how the British experimental post-rock band came to make the procedurally generated soundscapes for No Man's Sky's infinite universe. -- Follow me on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/mittopotahis Support Game Score Fanfare on Patreon and help make more videos like this happen: http://www.patreon.com/gamescorefanfare Thanks to Polyphonic for helping me out with the thumbnail (and for inspiring a lot of this video's aesthetic.) He's the reason it's so pretty. null -- All game footage in this video is from No Man's Sky. All of the music was "written" by 65daysofstatic. Some of them are procedurally generated soundscapes from the planets in-game, but here's a tracklist anyway: 0:00 - Debutante (from We Were Exploding Anyway, 2010) 0:28 - Planet soundscape (from Aiminag Layokmi in the Pikatos system) 1:00 - Debutante 2:06 - Blueprint for a Slow Machine (from No Man's Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe, 2016) 3:22 - Red Parallax (Live from Playstation studio session) 3:54 - Sleepwalk City (from Wild Light, 2013) 4:28 - Debutante 5:27 - Heliosphere (No Man's Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe) 5:52 - Blueprint for a Slow Machine 6:14 - Asimov (No Man's Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe) 6:42 - Hypersleep (No Man's Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe) 7:33 - Planet soundscape (from Igiyptio-Uai Bong in the Ukryommel system) 8:46 - Planet soundscape (from Aiminag Layokmi in the Pikatos system) 9:18 - Planet soundscape (from Leato Sigma in the Rifurfreen system) 9:36 - Planet soundscape (from Borweierc Niepad in the Ukryommel system) 9:56 - Planet soundscape (from Kettemu-Dap Hetesho in the Reteckn XV system) -- Interview sources , further reading/watching, etc. "In Space, No One Can Hear You Score: 65daysofstatic" (via EGX) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Jm8hDbPO8 "The Sound of No Man's Sky" (via GDC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJ_XuQjjiw "Creating No Man's Sky's Infinite Soundtrack" (via Game Informer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRJbFQGyIE "No Man's Sky Interview: Making Music for an Infinite Universe with 65daysofstatic's Joe Shrewsbury" (via DualShockers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbJFHj8VNxc "65daysofstatic’s Paul Wolinski about Science Fiction, Nostalgia and “No Man’s Sky” " (via real virtuality) http://realvirtuality.info/2014/09/65daysofstatics-paul-wolinski-about-science-fiction-nostalgia-and-no-mans-sky/ "Interview: Hello Games’ audio director on the sound and music of No Man’s Sky" (via Laced Records) https://www.lacedrecords.co/blogs/news/interview-hello-games-audio-director-on-the-sound-and-music-of-no-man-s-sky " "80% of bands don't need to exist": DiS Meets 65daysofstatic" (via Drowned in Sound) http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4150270-80-of-bands-don-t-need-to-exist---dis-meets-65daysofstatic -- Other footage used in this video: "No Man's Sky Gameplay Trailer | E3 2014 | PS4" (via PlayStation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtmEjqzg7M "No Man's Sky - Infinite Worlds" (via EurogamerPortugal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DThbWdKNFAI "The Art Direction of No Man's Sky" (via GDC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Q_chMbcAE "No Man's Sky | 65daysofstatic Studios Session | PS4" (via PlayStation Europe) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OAKUlRlNF0 "Playstation Experience | A Night Under No Man's Sky" (via PlayStation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIXIl1lUY_s "PlayStation Music Presents: Music from 65daysofstatic for No Man's Sky" (via PlayStation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Var10K5YNp0 "65daysofstatic: Sleepwalk City - Tramlines Festival 2013 at Millennium Gallery" (via MuseumsSheffield) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrGytynN4p0 "Silent Running - Trailer" (via YouTube Movies) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBWO6oJStZk -- Game Score Fanfare is a show that celebrates music in video games, an aspect so overlooked as that's often the point: to work without you even realising it's there. I look at games through the lens of its score, discovering the unique perspective and roles that music can bring.