Stephanie Economou Talks Scoring Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök, and More

Groundbreaking composer and resident board member for The Alliance for Women Film Composers, Stephanie Economou breaks down her Grammy nominated, pulse-pounding, primal score to Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök. Stephanie recently made history, becoming the first woman ever nominated in the first ever Grammy video game category: Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media.

In our wide ranging conversation, we discussed Pink Floyd, Mendelssohn, comic books and geek culture, the chief importance of immediacy and instincts, collaborating with Ubisoft to sculpt the game’s hard hitting, raw, emotional sound palette, how to constantly challenge listener expectations, the cross section between Death Metal, Black Metal, Neo Folk and mythology, how NOT to score a boss fight, Stephanie’s main takeaways from the great Harry Gregson-Williams, how to tackle writer’s block, performative vs practical initiatives to promote Women Film Composers, how slowing down a track can create killer intensity and chaos, and so much more.

Stephanie Economou's epic score for Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök is out now worldwide via Lakeshore Records.