Nima Fakhrara is a composer, ethnomusicologist and the founder of Zoo Creatives.  His film credits include “The Girl in the Photographs”, “Consumed,” “The Signal,” and “Gatchman” (Battle of the Planets), while within video game genre, his credits he has “Resident Evil: Revelations 2 and the 2016 release “1970 Revolution.”  One of his most recent projects for a video game is DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN, where is joined by composers Philip Sheppard and Joe Paesano in creating this highly anticipated game's original score. DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN is an adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, released worldwide on 25 May 2018. The plot revolves around three androids: Kara, who escapes the owner she was serving to explore her newfound sentience and protect a young girl; Connor, whose job it is to hunt down sentient androids; and Markus, who devotes himself to releasing other androids from servitude. They may survive or perish depending on dialogue choices that shape the story as customized by the player. In this episode of THE ANNOTATOR, Nima Fakhrara, over 8 tracks of his work, opens up about his main challenge of writing music for one of the games main characters, CONNOR. He talks about how, while creating something cold and robotic, he also needed his music for this android investigator to evoke emotion. That challenge was increased by choosing to use only synths and electronics to accomplish this. Nima Fakhara also talks about how Connor’s music is the type of music he believes an android might create for themself. ANNOTATED TRACKS 03:22 - Hostage 05:19 - Your Choice 09:27 - Now 11:41 -They All Look the Same 15:17 - I Trust You 15:31 - Meet Markus 18:08 - Wake Up 19:32 - Connor Suite SOUNDTRACK The original score has not been released. MORE ABOUT THE COMPOSER You can also hear more music and find out more about Nima Fakhrara at his official site (https://nimafilmmusic.com/) or follow the composer on twitter @ostadnima ABOUT THE ANNOTATOR Produced by Christopher Coleman (@ccoleman) and you can  Find more episodes at THEANNOTATOR.NET or you can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher Radio or wherever you find quality podcasts. FOLLOW US Twitter @audioannotator Facebook @TheAnnotator Email theannotatorpodcast@gmail.com SUBSCRIBE iTunes Spotify Stitcher Radio Google Play Podcasts RSS Feed