In a very special edition of our podcast, host Sam Hughes is joined by guest Co-Host Thomas Quillfeldt to discuss with Composer/Arranger, Jonne Valtonen about his Final Fantasy 7 Symphony and breaking it down into its core components. They discuss Jonne's motives, techniques and go into great detail of specific sections
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Interview with Voice Artist, Sara Secora
Sam Hughes chats with voice actress Sara Secora! Born and raised in the Great Lake state of Michigan, Sara is an accomplished voice over artist with over three years of training and experience in the field. Sara is also the Casting Director for several video game studios. Sara Secora's novel, Throne of
Interview with Call of Duty: WWII Composer Wilbert Roget, II
The Sound Architect’s Top Audio Picks of 2017!
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
Budget Interfaces: Audient iD4 Review
Interview with Composer Chase Bethea
DISTANT WORLDS: MUSIC FROM FINAL FANTASY 30TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT REVIEW
Sam Hughes and Andrew Overfield give us their highlights from the Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary concert of Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy evening performance at the Royal Albert Hall last night (4th November). The pieces were performed by The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and Maida Vale Singers, conducted by Grammy
Project Cars 2 Soundtrack & Behind the Scenes Video
On the 3rd October, Red Rocca released the cinematic soundtrack for Project CARS 2, the next evolution in the award-winning racing series developed by Slightly Mad Studios. The epic, neo-classical operatic score by English film and television composer Stephen Baysted was recorded with the London Metropolitan Orchestra at AIR Studios
SUMTHING ELSE MUSIC WORKS WARHAMMER : THE END TIMES – VERMINTIDE OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK RELEASE
In case you missed it last month, Jesper Kyd's "chilling score" for the Skaven horde was released digital and streaming outlets on September 26th 2017. On the 26th September, BAFTA award-winning Danish composer Jesper Kyd's dark and twisted acoustic soundtrack for the first person melee/shooter Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide (based
Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure – Console Release Interview
Sam Hughes caught up with Prospect Games Managing Director, Andrew Bennison and Unbox Composer, Matt Griffin last month, to chat about the audio of Unbox: Newbie's Adventure now available on console! You can read our review here: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/unbox-game-audio-review/ and listen to our original interview with Matt here: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/mattgriffin/ Big thanks to our sponsors Dehumaniser: http://www.dehumaniser.com/dehumaniser We hope