Bayonetta 3 dev blog offers new insight into the game's soundtrack

Yet another dev blog on Bayonetta 3 has been shared, and this one sees composer Naofumi Harada return to talk more about the game’s soundtrack.

The Bayonetta series is defined by its slick over-the-top action, but something else that makes it stand out are the battle themes accompanied by female vocals that play while you’re tearing down enemies. Today, Harada breaks down one such theme, Al Fine, which also acts as the game’s main battle theme.

This track plays during Bayonetta’s regular battle scenes, making it a “theme song” by Bayonetta series standards. So that means the track has the huge responsibility of reflecting the whole Bayonetta world, as well as match up to the magnificent theme song called “We Are As One”. The team decided to utilize the melody of We Are As One as a motif to compose a new battle theme. Kind of like an alternate version.

If you’d like to learn more about this song and how it came together, you can find the full dev blog here.