The Cloud: An EastWest ComposerCloud Review

Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Sounds Online/East West Composer: Andrew Overfield Reviewed on: Mac / Logic Pro 9 You don’t get much bigger than EastWest when it comes to virtual instrument production, and as one of the market leaders an innovators for the last 27 years it’s not hard to see why. At the

Interview with Rise of the Tomb Raider Audio Director, Jack Grillo

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Sam Hughes speaks to Audio Director, Jack Grillo about the epic adventure release Rise of the Tomb Raider! Jack has been working as a Sound Designer for the past 20 years, with experience in film, television, commercials, and video games. Early in his video game career, Jack worked as Audio Lead

Dream Game Audio Review

Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Hypersloth Composer/Sound Design: Norman Legies Voice Actor: Jonathan Keith Reviewed on: PC (Steam) Dream is an exploration based game that follows the character Howard Philips as he seeks to unravel mysteries behind his dreams and discover the meaning within. He finds his day to day life dull and monotonous, however he

ELIAS Composer’s Studio Review

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Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: ELIAS Software Reviewed on: OSX I am a firm believer in not upsetting the creative flow. When I’m working on a cue or another project, I don't like to stop and deal with anything else whilst I’m working. Probably the reason my dishwasher is always

1 Day Left To Enter 2016’s UK Music+Sound Awards!

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Final Deadline: Midnight, Friday 18th December With 2016’s Music+Sound Awards final deadline looming, Advertising, Film (features & shorts) and Television (programming & branding) professionals are invited to submit their work for consideration. Open to anyone involved, in any capacity, in a project made between 6th December 2014 - 4th December 2015, where

Pro Sound Effects Introduce Freelancer Program with Open Enrollment Through December

Pro Sound Effects have announced a new Freelancer Program! PSE’s Freelancer Program gives you year-round savings of up to 60% off cutting edge sound effects libraries (such as The Hybrid Library @ $1500, Expansions) and software (iZotope’s RX5, Iris, Soundminer and more). Open enrollment ends December 31st - this means anyone can apply with no

Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition Game Audio Review

A big warm welcome to composer, Katie Tarrant, joining us here at The Sound Architect! For more about Katie, check out the About page :)! Meanwhile read her debut article, a review of Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition! Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Larian Studios/Focus Home Interactive Composer: Kirill Pokrovsky Sound Designer: Felix

PS+ Game of the Month: Dragon Fin Soup

Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Grimm Bros Composer: Jade Leamcharaskul Sound Design: Randis Albion Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Dragon Fin Soup is a turn based RPG Game that takes inspiration from fairy tales such as Robin Hood and Little Red Riding Hood but doesn't retell the stories. It is the first game from indie studio Grimm Bros

Interview with Composer, James Gosling

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Sam Hughes speaks to excellent composer James Gosling. James studied composition with John Woolrich and Peter Wiegold, and piano with Thalia Myers at the University of London and later, with the help of scholarships from Endemol UK and the Musician's Union, he completed his masters in ‘Music for the Screen’ at