Kate's conversation with Gareth
One of the challenges of using a small ensemble of ancient instruments was letting them sound like themselves while blending them with the other traditional Western instruments Gareth also used to create a fantasy feeling with the music. It was easier, he said, to adapt the Western instruments to the limitations of the Chinese ones. He relied on wind virtuoso Kristin Naigus once again to play many of the Chinese flutes, including the xiao, which was specific to the era of the Qin Dynasty.
Much of the foundation for how the music would work in
Myths of the Eastern Realms had already been laid when Gareth worked with Ubisoft Quebec on the original