diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/FailAnimation.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/FailAnimation.cs
index 71bea2a145..e250791b72 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/FailAnimation.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/FailAnimation.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Audio.Sample;
 using osu.Framework.Audio.Track;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Utils;
+using osu.Game.Audio.Effects;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
 using osuTK;
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
     /// Manage the animation to be applied when a player fails.
     /// Single file; automatically disposed after use.
     /// </summary>
-    public class FailAnimation : Component
+    public class FailAnimation : CompositeDrawable
     {
         public Action OnComplete;
 
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 
         private Track track;
 
+        private AudioFilter failLowPassFilter;
+
         private const float duration = 2500;
 
         private Sample failSample;
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         {
             track = beatmap.Value.Track;
             failSample = audio.Samples.Get(@"Gameplay/failsound");
+
+            AddInternal(failLowPassFilter = new AudioFilter(audio.TrackMixer));
         }
 
         private bool started;
@@ -68,6 +74,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
                 Expire();
             });
 
+            failLowPassFilter.CutoffTo(300, duration, Easing.OutCubic);
+
             track.AddAdjustment(AdjustableProperty.Frequency, trackFreq);
 
             applyToPlayfield(drawableRuleset.Playfield);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index 30ba2bfe6d..090210e611 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Framework.Screens;
 using osu.Framework.Threading;
-using osu.Game.Audio.Effects;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -215,7 +214,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
             InternalChild = GameplayClockContainer = CreateGameplayClockContainer(Beatmap.Value, DrawableRuleset.GameplayStartTime);
 
             AddInternal(screenSuspension = new ScreenSuspensionHandler(GameplayClockContainer));
-            AddInternal(failLowPassFilter = new AudioFilter(audio.TrackMixer));
 
             Score = CreateScore(playableBeatmap);
 
@@ -770,8 +768,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 
         private FailAnimation failAnimation;
 
-        private AudioFilter failLowPassFilter;
-
         private bool onFail()
         {
             if (!CheckModsAllowFailure())
@@ -786,7 +782,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
             if (PauseOverlay.State.Value == Visibility.Visible)
                 PauseOverlay.Hide();
 
-            failLowPassFilter.CutoffTo(300, 2500, Easing.OutCubic);
             failAnimation.Start();
 
             if (GameplayState.Mods.OfType<IApplicableFailOverride>().Any(m => m.RestartOnFail))
@@ -799,7 +794,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         private void onFailComplete()
         {
             GameplayClockContainer.Stop();
-            failLowPassFilter.CutoffTo(AudioFilter.MAX_LOWPASS_CUTOFF);
 
             FailOverlay.Retries = RestartCount;
             FailOverlay.Show();