“I built up the world of Death Stranding in parallel with Ryan's music, and I talked to him about how I wanted to use his music in the game too, not just the teaser.”
Kojima described a close symbiosis with Low Roar: after the teaser he spoke with Ryan about using Low Roar’s music not only in the teaser but in the game, and he said he built the world of Death Stranding in parallel with Ryan’s music. He said Ryan shared the third album with him before it was finished, and when the fourth album was nearly ready Ryan sent more songs to choose from; the game was completed just before that fourth album was released, so they worked on it together for a long time.
“He told me he was working on his third album, and he shared that with me before it was completed. […] And then, when their fourth album was nearly ready, Ryan sent me more songs to choose from that album. In the end, the game was completed just before their fourth album was released, so we worked on it together for a long time.”