Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Now Play This is a games exhibition held in the New Wing of Somerset House, as part of the London Games Festival. It's a 3-day event running from the 1-3 April, now in its second year. Now Play This, is particularly focused on artistic
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Victory for Jessica Curry and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture at the BAFTAs
BAFTA Conversations with Screen Composers: Clint Mansell, in association with PRS for Music
Article by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes For several years now, BAFTA and PRS for Music have been hosting a series of events called ‘Conversations with Screen Composers’ at the Royal Albert Hall. The events have previously featured the likes of Murray Gold, Michael Giacchino and the late James Horner. Recently,
Adr1ft Interview with Voice Artist Cissy Jones
Photo Credit: Riker Brothers Sam Hughes is once again joined by the fantastic Cissy Jones! This time they discuss Adr1ft and Baldurs Gate: Siege of the Dragonspear among many other things! They also discuss the unfortunate circumstances befallen audio veteran Jory Prum who was recently in a motorcycle accident. The link mentioned
Interview with “The Witch” Composer, Mark Korven
Sam Hughes chats to composer, Mark Korven! Mark is a Toronto based award winning composer of music for film and television. His client list includes CBS, CTV, CBC, E1, PBS, and BBC. He has also composed feature film scores for acclaimed directors Deepa Mehta, Patricia Rozema and Vincenzo Natale. In 2008,
Andy v Doug: Dawn of Audio, A Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Audio Review
Review by Andrew Overfield & Doug Waters Edited by Sam Hughes Directed by: Zack Snyder Composers: Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) & Hans Zimmer Sound Design: Phil Barrie, Chuck Michael, Jussi Tegelman, David Grimaldi & others. So for the first time in The Sound Architect history, here is a joint review! Mostly because Andy and Doug were going
iDIG Interview with Craig Stuart Garfinkle & Eimear Noone
Back in February Sam Hughes caught up with Craig Stuart Garfinkle and Eimear Noone to discuss the Dublin International Game Music Festival (iDIG). They discuss all the exciting features planned for this year as well as other exciting news! As an Emmy nominated and award winning music producer and composer, Craig Stuart
Life is Strange Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Dontnod Entertainment Composer: Jonathan Morali Audio Lead: Sébastien Gaillard Audio Artist: Frédéric Devanlay (Big Wheels Studio) Sound Design: Louis Martin, Yannick Tassin Voice Actors: Hannah Telle, Ashly Burch, Nik Shriner, Dani Knights, Carlos Luna Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Disclaimer: This review contains some hints towards the game's narrative direction. Not full on spoilers, but proceed
Obsidian’s Audio DIrector, Justin Bell on South Park: The Stick of Truth
Sam Hughes chats to Audio Director, Justin Bell over at Obsidian about South Park: The Stick of Truth. They discuss all of the techniques and work involved in the project including some in-depth discussions of implementation, workflow and more! Justin graduated with an A.A. degree in Music from Los Angeles Valley College
iZotope RX 5 Advanced Audio Editor Review
Review by Sam Hughes Developer: iZotope Reviewed on: Windows 10 PC We've all heard of the black magic that is iZotope RX5. All those years as sound designers, amongst many other audio professionals, telling people "No we can't do that, that's impossible!". Well RX has been constantly reducing the amount of truth to that