Resident Evil 4 Remake Keeps Merchant And Safe Room Music

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Resident Evil 4's remake is gutting QTEs, losing the Hookman, and overhauling knife combat. But not everything is changing; while music is also being revamped and modernised with new techniques and instruments, the iconic Merchant and Safe Room themes are staying the same.

Speaking to Game Informer, lead composer Kota Suzuki said, "I gave a lot of thought into what to carry over from the original, what new to add. For instance, the save theme, the merchant music; those are arrangements of the original music in the RE4. I want fans of the original to pick up on those and feel happy hearing something familiar... We've used modern techniques to express the same nuances that the original did."

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The Merchant and Safe Room track is called Serenity, and there's an uncomfortable bliss to it - it's calming, but just off enough to stay creepy. Perfect for Resident Evil. And that atmosphere is something Suzuki is conscious of, "We gave a lot of thought on how to build a sense of fear. I think tone is incredibly important, which is why it's an area I gave especially a lot of attention to as I created the music."

However, while the theme is staying the same, everything is still 'new', in that it has been updated and re-recorded. Overall, about 30 percent of the music in the remake keeps "a melody line from the original or [arranges] a phrase from the original", meaning that 70 percent is completely new work.

Interestingly, each area will have its own distinct sound. For instance, the village uses acoustic guitars, old pianos, and even nails to further that rustic feel. In this case, it was to "create the feeling of an old village" while still adhering to