News culture The devil is in the details: in season 2 of Arcane, Riot invented a whole language
Published on 12/31/2024 at 8:02 p.m.
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With the end of Arcane, fans of the series are dissecting each image in the hope of deciphering the possible directions of a future series once again adapting the universe of League of Legends…
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The following article partially spoils it Arcane.
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On November 23, Arcane was reaching its end with the release of the final arc of its final season. Despite the flaws of the second season, the series is widely considered one of the most successful animated productions in history. Riot has already expressed the desire to try the adventure again, enough to stimulate the imagination of fans.
While waiting for possible announcements on a future series adapting again League of Legendsspectators continue to sing the praises ofArcane et the creators continue to detail their production process through interviews and responses to fans. Recently, Alex Seaver, musical producer on the second season, returned to the construction of one of the major scenes.
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Religion, children and fictional languages
In an interview with PCGamesNSeaver returned to the production of “To Ashes and Blood”, a Woodkid song that the American artist co-produced. Punctuating the fight between Caitlyn, Vi, Jinx, Sevika and Isha from the third episode of the final season, the song quickly attracted the attention of spectators thanks to its chorus partially sung in a fictional language. This language, imagined for the specific needs of this music, is thought of as a religious song for Janna, a character that the players of League know well and who is revered as a goddess by the inhabitants of Zaun.
The screenwriters wanted to pay homage to the Zaunite culture and the Shuriman songs that survived the vanished civilization.. “We invented an entire language,” explains Alex Seaver, “the whole concept of the song is to be a sort of ancient, mystical warning from the past. (…) I went to see (Riot’s lore department ) and here we had a person who could create languages.” With this newly constructed language, Alex Seaver, Christian Linke and Woodkid then relied on a children’s choir to create the famous chorus of “To Ashes and Blood”, thus forming one of the most appreciated music of this last season and creating one of the scenes regularly cited as one of the series’ highlights.
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