How the frenetic jazz of Ape Out elevates its violence

From the languid tempo that starts each level, to the frenetic bebop energy driving a series of devastating assaults, the soundscape of the indie beat ‘em up Ape Out is all about contrasts. As the eponymous gorilla, Ape Out lets players exact revenge against a battalion of doughy humans who are too feeble to stand directly against your wrath. It’s thunderous centrifuge of jazz and violence where the former is just as important as the latter.

“It’s a game that goes between extremes,” says Matt Boch, an associate arts professor at the NYU Game Center and the composer and sound designer of Ape Out’s dizzying soundtrack. “We’re trying to give people [the experience of having] these heights of intensity, and then the low points that build suspense.”

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