
Considering that we’re still in business, it must mean we are doing something right!”Īlthough he’s responsible for overall game audio, he isn’t alone: “All of us at Croteam wear many hats and luckily I’m not the only sound designer on the team.

We’ve been recognised as one of the leading companies in the gaming world, which is no small achievement. We’ve all learned a lot since Serious Sam: The First Encounter.

We’ve done some really great things and some not so great (but still damn good). Mravunac has been audio lead at Croteam for 18 (ish) years, explaining: “It has been an awesome roller coaster ride so far. One thing is certain though: You can now pre-order The Talos Principle soundtrack on glorious double LP vinyl from -and check out the music right here, right now whilst you read on: Mr. Are these my fingers typing on this keyboard? Who made this coffee? Mind you, dear reader, you can’t really be sure that this article was penned by a human.
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Since Damjan Mravunac, game music composer and sound designer across the Serious Sam and The Talos Principle series (as well as Chief Marketing Officer at Croatia-based Croteam), emailed me his interview responses, I can’t really be sure they weren’t written by an AI. What does it mean to be alive? Can a robot be, or become, considered human? Are we all just pre-programmed mechanical animals? A disembodied voice tells the player during philosophical puzzler The Talos Principle that “games are part of what makes us human.” That’s just as well, because we all bloody love games here.

We chatted to Damjan Mravunac, the composer (among other things) for Croteam’s Serious Sam and The Talos Principle series, about his audio philosophy.
