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The theme was a collaboration effort between Breezee and composer Ludvig Forssell. The two noted particular difficulty working from different locations and timezones, one being in LA and the other in Tokyo while having only recently known each other.
The key ideas behind the theme were amalgamation of sounds and human mimicry in order to reflect Bel’Veth’s nature and origin. The end product was an ominous, twisted and chaotic melody that lures human preys towards their predator.
Breezee wanted to convey “the regal and queen-like qualities she has, the alluring and peaceful, yet dead and decaying beauty of the Lavender Sea, and the underlying alien horror that created it.”
The theme was made from Ludvig’s dying laundry machine and hungry stomach sounds
Ludvig’s laundry machine had been making erratic rhythmical clicking sounds that he had been trying to make sense of. They ended up becoming the core rhythms of the theme, something “musical while not understanding it itself”
He also recorded his own malnourished stomach’s sounds to mimic the feeling of being inside the belly of a beast. Breezee then combined this with sound design on modular synths to create the undulating and gurgling sounds familiar to the Void.
Bel’Veth is the 160th champion of the game and certainly not the last – new champion roadmap for 2022-2023 will be released next month.
However, along with LoL’s latest champion Nilah, recent new champion releases have not been well received and raised skepticism among the fans about the direction the game is going. Let’s hope the next releases be more successful and vanquish that doubt!
