Ludvig Forssell

Websitehttps://www.ludvigforssell.com/ Twitterhttps://twitter.com/LudvigForssell Ludvig Forssell is a puzzle solver and the aural mastermind behind several blockbusters by the cinematic game auteur Hideo Kojimaincluding Death Stranding the mysterysoaked phenomenon that was widely hailed as a masterpiece when it came out in 2019. Forssells textural otherworldly score won multiple accolades and he was nominated at the BAFTAS for both best music and audio awards. As the former inhouse audio director and composer for Kojima Productions he helped conceive the games entire sound world from the ground up. Previously at Konami Forssell was the lead composer on Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 2015 which The Guardian called the greatest stealth game ever made. Like movies series creator Kojima said I think sound is 80 percent of it. Growing up in the northern Swedish town of Ume Forssell joined his first band at age eightsinging music by heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath. He soon started writing his own songs and he became obsessed with Japanese pop culture. After graduating from a music high school in Sweden he moved to Tokyo and studied the art of game scoring. He quickly landed a job at Konami and his gamescoring career took off like a rocket.