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‘Arcane’ Composer Alex Seaver Says Music “Woven Deeply” Into Emmy-Winning Animated Series – Sound & Screen TV
For Alex Seaver, better known as the DJ Mako, strapping in and joining the thrill ride that is Arcane was a chance-in-a-lifetime adventure.
One of the most appealing aspects about the gig has been working with big artists like Sting, Imagine Dragons and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park to create the soundtrack for the series that follows League champions Vi and Jinx as they become caught in a power struggle between the utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underground city of Zaun. And unlike other projects that I’ve worked on, where you’re writing things in advance and you’re kind of editing it, they wanted us to film score these songs to picture,” explained Seaver, who serves as the series’ executive music producer. In the final chapter of the series that dropped in November, Jinx’s attack on the Council sets the stage for a dire escalation of the conflict between Piltover and Zaun.
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