Time and Place: The Music of Assassin’s Creed Liberation

Photo of Grammy Award-winning composer Winifred Phillips. This photo was taken in Phillips' music production studio, and was included in the article discussing the music of one of her projects (Assassin's Creed Liberation).

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Hey, everyone!  I’m Winifred Phillips, and one of my most memorable projects as a video game composer was the original soundtrack for the video game Assassin’s Creed Liberation.  In this article series, I’m sharing my creative process for the music composition of this bestselling entry in the awesome Assassin’s Creed franchise.

This is the second installment in this article series.  In part one, we discussed the unique cultural heritage of the game’s protagonist.  As the daughter of an African slave and a French aristocrat, Aveline de Grandpré lived her life balanced between two culturally rich and highly-divergent legacies.  On the one hand, she enjoyed a life of wealth and privilege at the very top levels of society.

Image depicting the protagonist of the video game Assassin's Creed Liberation. This image is included in the article by Grammy Award-winning game composer Winifred Phillips, in which she discusses her musical score for the bestselling video game Assassin's Creed Liberation.

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