Anecdote 2022-12
“It almost seemed like a waste to add my voice over it, but since he created it with this purpose in mind, I'll take advantage of it.”
What it documents
Kojima said the Brain Structure theme is an original piece that Michiharu Shimoda (Silent Poets) created for the program; he felt very fortunate and grateful, calling it a pure song, very much Shimoda. He said that knowing Silent Poets made the music made it hard to speak over it and that it almost seemed like a waste to add his voice, but since Shimoda created it with that purpose in mind he would take advantage of it.
Source
HIDEO KOJIMA presents Brain Structure, ep. 14 «The Velvet Queen (Nick Cave)» (Spotify Studios × Kojima Productions); official English dub, own transcription, 2022-12 (00:01:11–00:01:42). View source ↗
“Yes, we were very fortunate to have Michiharu Shimoda create the song for us. And it's an original track. I mean, to think that silent poets made the music, it becomes hard to talk over it.”