Every year is packed full of exciting releases across all creative industries, and 2017 was no exception. Games, film, TV, and more all showed numerous examples of innovation, experimentation, talent, forward thinking, and bold decision making, and audio continued to prove itself as a worthy facet of our media. With
Reviews
A Bit-by-Bit History of Video Game Music: Online Course Review
Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Katie Tarrant Course: A Bit-by-Bit History of Video Game Music Course Publisher: Abertay University / Future Learn Course Lead: Dr. Kenny McAlpine Reviewed on: Future Learn Online Introduction Back in late September, I was informed by a friend that the prestigious online school of Future Learn had teamed up
Assassin’s Creed: Origins – The Sound of Ancient Egypt
Article by Alyx Jones Edited by Katie Tarrant Developer: Ubisoft (Montreal) Audio Director: Aldo Sampaio Sound Programmer: Alexis Rousseau-Dupuis Audio Artist: Mark Leville Audio Designers: Francois-Xavier Bilodeau, Mathieu Chastel, Francis Fravreau, Patrick Melanson, Jonathan Pilon Music: Sarah Schachner (with percussion by Jason Graves) Voice Cast: Abubakar Salim (Bayek), Alix Wilton Regan (Aya), Chantel Riley (Layla) Reviewed on: PS4 As Assassin's Creed games
Gerald’s Game: A Netflix Original Audio Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Katie Tarrant Publisher: Intrepid Pictures Composer(s): The Newton Brothers Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor: Trevor Gates Distributed by & Reviewed on: Netflix This year has had quite the ups and downs for writer, Stephen King. The Dark Tower and the re-imagining of The Mist both met pretty low review scores as
ARCO by Fracture Sounds Review
Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Introduction Fracture Sounds is a company founded and run by composer and programmer Will Bedford. His previous releases include Granulate 2, Singing Bowl, Dream Zither and Tiny Music Box. His latest release is ARCO. A year in the making, ARCO is a smooth four piano
Justice League: An Audio Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Composer: Danny Elfman Supervising Sound Editor(s): Scott Hecker / Chuck Michael Reviewed on: Cinema I’ve been really hoping that DC pull it out the hat when it comes to their cinematic universe. I genuinely loved Man of Steel, wasn’t the most impressed with Batman
Budget Interfaces: Audient iD4 Review
Resurrection of the Night – Music from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Katie Tarrant Publisher: Materia Collective Arranger(s): Wayne Strange, Tim Stoney Artwork: Walid Feghali Executive Producer: Sebastian Wolff Introduction I’m going to start by making it known I have never played a Castlevania game. There, I admitted it. I have, however been a huge fan of the music for some time now.
Baby Driver – Audio Review
Article by Jake Basten Edited by Katie Tarrant Director: Edgar Wright Composer: Steven Price Supervising Sound Editor: Julian Slater Director Edgar Wright's (Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs the World) newest release tells the story of Baby (Ansel Elgort), a getaway driver for a gang of robbers trying to get away from a life of
South Park: The Fractured But Whole Game Audio Review
Review by Kyle Worrall Edited by Katie Tarrant Developer: Ubisoft San Francisco Publisher: Ubisoft Lead Composer: Jamie Dunlap Audio Design: Ubisoft San Francisco Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Introduction As an avid South Park fan from a young age, you can imagine the excitement going through my mind when I heard that South Park: The Stick of Truth would be followed