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Despite its eventful development process, since it did not end in the way that Hideo Kojima I had thought regarding it, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain it was launched as a complete work and with a defined concept. Since its debut in September 2015, much has been said regarding all the symbolism included by the Japanese creative, always referring to the works of other media, and it was only he who gave a clue regarding the work that captures the concept of the game.
David Bowie’s song is essential to understand Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
As he has been doing for a long time, Hideo Kojima shared a series of tweets in which he shows movies, series, songs, books, a whole series of works that, in addition to being to his liking, influence him in his creative process. In one of those publications, the Japanese genius revealed that there is a song that is key to understanding the concept of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and it is none other than The Man Who Sold the Worldoriginal by David Bowie and that in the game appears in the cover version of Midge Ure.
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(Japanese subtitles are available from the second lap). What is the background of Bowie’s writing this song, and why is it a cover song? All the answers are clearly stated from the beginning.– HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) March 2, 2022
David Bowie’s artistic expression revisited in the Big Boss story
According to Kojima, David Bowie’s songwriting and what he expressed in The Man Who Sold the World shaped the idea of structure that I had for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painhence the theme appears at the start and end of the game.
Without falling into spoilers, we tell you that in The Man Who Sold the World, David Bowie expresses an identity crisis rooted in the success he achieved in those years and where he forms a conversation with himself but as if it were 2 personalities. In the end, the same thing happened with Big Boss following coming out of his coma and what had been planned to keep his legacy alive during an operation that covered 2 fronts until the paths met.
Since we’re talking regarding Metal Gear Solidwe remind you that the franchise has already sold 58 million copies and fans continue to hope that, at some point, he will be back with a delivery to match.
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