WARNING: Strong language used at points. Edited by Doug Waters. Grant Kirkhope once again joins Sam Hughes for a chat about Yooka-Laylee, Banjo-Kazooie, his time at Rare, great British food and more! Grant is a BAFTA nominated composer who has created the soundtrack to video games that have sold in excess of 25 million copies.
Composers
Composer Interviews
Interview with Composer, Stephen Baysted
Sam Hughes speaks to Award-winning British Film, TV and Video Game composer, Stephen Baysted. They discuss his career so far, some great advice, his work on Project Cars, The Impressionists and more! Stephen is well known for his versatility and for his emotionally charged and expressively powerful music. Over the past 12
Interview with Composer, Greg Tripi
Sam Hughes speaks to award winning composer, Gregory Tripi. Greg is based out of Los Angeles, and owner of eSonic Productions. His music has been heard in several top Hollywood motion pictures and television series, including Dark Places, The Knick, Drive, Contagion, Drag Me To Hell, and the videos games Twisted
Interview with Composer, Neal Acree
Sam Hughes speaks to fantastic composer, Neal Acree. They chat about his career so far, his experience in writing for Blizzard as well as discussing his influences and advice. Neal Acree is an award winning film, television and video game composer and conductor whose work includes the massively popular game franchises
Interview with Composer/Producer, Craig Stuart Garfinkle
Sam Hughes speaks to renowned composer and music producer, Craig Stuart Garfinkle. Have a listen as they chat about Craig and Eimear Noones's Kickstarter "A Link to the Celts", their highly successful iDIG Festival and some great advice for composers. You can also catch Craig on Twitter @csgarfinkle and his official site
Interview with Composer, Mikolai Stroinski
Link: Interview with Mikolai Stroinski Sam Hughes speaks to the brilliant composer Mikolai Stroinski. Mikolai was born in Kenya, raised in Poland, and lives and writes music in Los Angeles. Magna cum laude graduate of Karol Szymanowski Music Academy and summa cum laude graduate of Berklee College of Music (Outstanding Achievement in Film
Interview with Composer and Sound Designer, Renaud Bédard
Andrew Overfield speaks to Composer and Sound designer, Renaud Bédard. Renaud is a programmer and tinkerer who is currently working at Capybara Games in Toronto on Below, an upcoming PC and Xbox One title. He also much enjoys tweaking knobs on the KORG littleBits synth system on evenings and weekends, as
Interview with Composer, Tom Salta
We speak to composer, Tom Salta. Tom has received widespread industry acclaim for his world-class produced scores featured in video game titles such as Halo: Spartan Strike, Halo 2 Anniversary, Halo: Spartan Assault (G.A.N.G. Best Original Soundtrack Award), Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, From Dust, Prince of Persia:
Interview with Composer, Michael Picton
Sam Hughes speaks to Marvel Universe Live Composer, Michael Picton. Michael Picton is an award-winning composer writing for film, television, theatre, concert, branding, advertising, and circus. His network themes for PBS, CNN, Amazon and others are broadcast continuously around the world; his circus and theater music can be heard in concert
Interview with Sam Estes & Michael Hobe of Sonicsmiths
Sam Hughes speaks to Sam Estes and Michael Hobe, founders of Sonicsmiths about sampling for Hans Zimmer, founding Sonicsmiths and their new product The Foundry. Sam and Michael met while working at Hans Zimmer's company, Remote Control Productions (2008-2012) and both left together to join the team at Cinesamples. During their