Charlie Benante Creates John Wick Pinball Soundtrack

Stern Pinball·video·54s·analyzed·May 15, 2024

Analysis

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TL;DR

Charlie Benante composed John Wick Pinball soundtrack with Andy Lagus

Summary

Charlie Benante, drummer of Anthrax, discusses his creation of the John Wick Pinball soundtrack in collaboration with Andy Lagus. He describes the creative process of watching the films to capture the atmosphere, performing drums, guitar, and keyboards, and achieving a balance between subtle and aggressive music that complements gameplay.

Key Claims

Charlie Benante created the John Wick Pinball soundtrack with partner Andy Lagus
high confidence · Direct statement from Charlie Benante in official Stern Pinball video
Benante has been into pinball for a long time
high confidence · Direct statement from Charlie Benante
Stern approached Benante about doing something with the John Wick game
high confidence · Direct statement from Charlie Benante
Benante performed drums, guitar, and some keyboards on the soundtrack
high confidence · Direct statement from Charlie Benante
The soundtrack balances subtle and aggressive elements to match gameplay intensity
high confidence · Direct statement from Charlie Benante describing the music's effect on players

Notable Quotes

“I've been into pinball for a long time. Stern said, like, let me know if you wanted to do something else.”
Charlie Benante — Establishes Benante's longstanding passion for pinball and willingness to collaborate with Stern
“At times it was challenging because it was like, how are we going to achieve this atmosphere, this sound?”
Charlie Benante — Reveals creative challenge in translating film atmosphere into pinball audio experience
“I watched the movies and then we just took it and ran.”
Charlie Benante — Describes the research and development approach for the soundtrack
“When I was just playing it, the music was really nice and subtly placed and just makes you want to play, you know? It gets aggressive, so you get a bit aggressive when you're playing too.”
Charlie Benante — Articulates the intended emotional and behavioral effect of the music on players

Entities

Charlie Benanteperson Andy LaguspersonJohn Wick PinballgameStern PinballcompanyAnthraxorganization

Signals

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product_strategy: Custom soundtrack by Charlie Benante represents high-production value audio component of John Wick Pinball design
high · Charlie Benante composed drums, guitar, and keyboards specifically for the game to achieve atmosphere and complement gameplay

Transcript

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[Music] this is Charlie bate and I created with my partner Andy lagus the soundtrack to the John Wick pinball game I've been to pinball for a long time Stern said like let me know if you wanted to do something else John Wick was talked about and I said yeah I could do that let's let's work on that one at times it was challenging because it was like how are we going to achieve this atmosphere this sound so I watched the movies and then we just took it and ran I played all the drums Guitar some of the

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keyboards when I was just playing it the music was really nice and subtly placed and just makes you want to play you know it gets aggressive so you get a bit aggressive when you're playing too and I just thought works really well with the game