<P> What Remains of Edith Finch is the second game developed by the team at Giant Sparrow, led by creative director Ian Dallas, with their debut effort being the BAFTA - award - winning The Unfinished Swan . The game was first announced with an on - stage trailer at the 2014 PlayStation Experience event as a title to be published by SCE Santa Monica Studio, with a subsequent trailer released prior to E3 2015 . What Remains of Edith Finch resurfaced again with a new on - stage trailer at the 2016 PlayStation Experience event with a new publisher, Annapurna Interactive . </P> <P> Composer Jeff Russo, whose previous works include the soundtracks to the Fargo TV series, The Night Of, and Power, composed the soundtrack for What Remains of Edith Finch . </P> <P> The Finches are an American family living on the coast of Washington state . Dubbed "America's most unfortunate family," the Finches believe they are being pursued by a curse; every member of the family, going back at least five generations, has died an untimely death, and only one child from each generation has survived to have children of their own . </P> <P> Odin Finch (1880--December 1937), the earliest known member of the family, sets sail for the United States in 1937 in hopes of escaping the curse, after it claims his wife and newborn child . Traveling with his daughter Edith "Edie" Finch (8 April 1917--5 December 2010), his son - in - law Sven (17 June 1915--26 August 1964), and his granddaughter Molly (11 December 1937--13 December 1947), and tethering their entire house to the boat, the family eventually crosses the Pacific Ocean and arrives on the coast of Washington . However, high tidal waves sink the house at sea, and Odin drowns with it . </P>

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