The next big Nintendo Switch adventure, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, releases on December 1st – but before then, you can find out more about the game's music straight from Music/Sound Producer Yasunori Mitsuda (PROCYON STUDIO)! You can also sample a track from the game, Shadow of the Lowlands, performed by the Irish chorus group ANÚNA.

Here's what Mr Mitsuda had to say:

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was the biggest and most challenging project I have ever worked on. It consisted of a number of processes, including composing (needless to say), acting as a co-ordinator (for recording sessions), a producer (managing budgets) and working as a sound director, managing schedules, proofreading every composer’s scores, finalising/brushing up the scores and printing them all out, looking at the sound controls for Nintendo Switch, etc.

I was careful especially in choosing the musicians, and in being efficient in recording sessions as much as possible, Another point to highlight was that musicians from all over the world were involved, such as a chorus from Slovakia, an orchestra from Japan, vocal songs sung by Ms Jen Bird, who came all the way from England, and finally the Irish chorus group ANÚNA. One of ANÚNA’s performances is featured in a music video. All kinds of genres of music were made, so I am sure that the game will not bore you no matter how long you play it.