Jason Graves

"I think any composer is the sum of their life experience, and thats what makes each of them interesting and different."

"When Im watching a scary movie and theres a shadow or a flicker under the bed, thats scary because the unknown is so much scarier than when, two-thirds of the way through the movie, its revealed that its a guy in a mask. Once it becomes tangible and fixed in your minds eye, it becomes a lot less scary to me and I think music is the same way. If you dont recognize that sound, your brain immediately tells you to run away. Its the shark fin in the water, its hearing the music and then maybe you see a fin, its all about the build up to the boo itself and that has been my entire philosophy about horror music from the beginning – how unrecognizable is it going to be?"

"My favorite aspect about horror music is you can literally write anything you want. You are limited only by your imagination! In fact, many times the more unique and completely original your music is, the better it works in the game and the more the developer loves it."