Renowned video game director David Jaffe (God of War, the Twisted Metal series) described Phillips's book as «an important, deep, and rare exploration of video game music by one of the medium's smartest and most talented voices.»
Akira Yamaoka, Let It Die «s musical
director, is a veteran of Japan's
video game business, and gained
renown composing music for the Silent Hill series of horror
games in the late 1990s and early aughts.