SCREEN MUSIC CONNECT FIRST SESSIONS ANNOUNCED: CONFERENCE EXPLORES THE MUSIC OF FILM, TELEVISION, VIDEO GAMES AND VIRTUAL REALITY ON SEPTEMBER 24 BAFTA, IVOR NOVELLO Celebrated Composers and Innovative Live Musical Performance Confirmed for Inaugural Event at Southbank’s Purcell Room Screen Music Connect, from the people who brought you Game Music Connect is an exciting
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Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi Audio Review
Review by Thomas O’Boyle Edited by Katie Tarrant Directed by: Rian Johnson Composer: John Williams Sound Design: Ken Klyce w/Skywalker Sound Writing an introduction to a Star Wars film always feels odd. If ever there was a franchise that sat firmly within the pop culture zeitgeist of every single generation of its existence then
Composer Petri Alanko to Speak at Devcom 2018
Quantum Break composer will give a talk centred around writer's block and creativity. BAFTA nominated music artist, composer and producer Petri Alanko (aka Lowland), whose critically acclaimed scores include Remedy Entertainment’s Quantum Break and Alan Wake, will discuss his techniques for overcoming and embracing writer’s block on undisclosed future projects, including
Spitfire Chamber Strings Review
Review by Jordan Killiard Edited by Sam Dudley Price: £599 inc. vat Developer: Spitfire Audio Spitfire Chamber Strings has risen out of the ashes of Spitfire’s original Sable series. Released back in 2013, Sable was a modular library beginning Spitfire’s British Modular Library (BML) series, released in five volumes, including specially created ensemble
Develop 2018: Audio Day
Article by Alyx Jones & Lorraine Ansell Develop:Brighton 2018 has closed it's doors for another year after a wonderful three days packed with talks from a range of disciplines around game development, including programming, art/design, business/marketing and of course our favourite: the audio track. Set in The Hilton along the seafront,
Interview with Sound Designer/Recordist Michael Leaning AKA Shotgun Mike
Sam Hughes speaks with sound designer/recordist Michael Leaning. Michael Leaning has worked as a professional sound designer for 9 years, starting his sound design career at Traveller’s Tales in 2009, spending 4 years working on the hugely popular LEGO games. In 2013 he moved to Lionhead Studios to work on
ACID Pro 8.0 Review
Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Introduction ACID Pro 8.0 is a DAW targeted at music creators and producers that thrives on loop-based experimentation and production. In need of an upgrade since its initial creation, MAGIX have given ACID a much needed makeover, with a sleeker design, the addition of a
Screen Music Connect Announces Early Bird Tickets and Keynote Speaker
New London-based symposium series will explore the music of film, television, video games and virtual reality, with BASCA's Vick Bain to keynote the inaugural event Created by James Hannigan, award-winning composer and Game Music Connect co-founder, Screen Music Connect builds on the success of the sold-out game music conferences to celebrate
Interview with AES British Section Chair, Dr. Mariana Lopez
Sam Hughes speaks with AES British Chair, Dr. Mariana Lopez. Mariana has a background in music, sound design and acoustics. Her MA dissertation (University of York) focused on exploring the creation of a new format of sonic art entitled ‘audio film’ that may be considered as an alternative to Audio Description
The Hit Points Debut Album Brings Bluegrass To Your Favourite Games
Nashville duo give Final Fantasy, Sonic, and Skyrim the bluegrass treatment on their 12-track debut release via Materia Collective Earlier this month The Hit Points, the brainchild of bluegrass performers Matt Menefee and Eli Bishop, released their self-titled debut album featuring 12 tracks of acoustic arrangements of fan-favourite video game music.