New London-based symposium series will explore the music of film, television, video games and virtual reality, with BASCA's Vick Bain to keynote the inaugural event Created by James Hannigan, award-winning composer and Game Music Connect co-founder, Screen Music Connect builds on the success of the sold-out game music conferences to celebrate
Interview with AES British Section Chair, Dr. Mariana Lopez
Sam Hughes speaks with AES British Chair, Dr. Mariana Lopez. Mariana has a background in music, sound design and acoustics. Her MA dissertation (University of York) focused on exploring the creation of a new format of sonic art entitled ‘audio film’ that may be considered as an alternative to Audio Description
The Hit Points Debut Album Brings Bluegrass To Your Favourite Games
Nashville duo give Final Fantasy, Sonic, and Skyrim the bluegrass treatment on their 12-track debut release via Materia Collective Earlier this month The Hit Points, the brainchild of bluegrass performers Matt Menefee and Eli Bishop, released their self-titled debut album featuring 12 tracks of acoustic arrangements of fan-favourite video game music.
Avantone Pro Announces CLA-10 Nearfield Studio Monitors
Avantone Pro brings 'back' to market the much-loved nearfield studio monitoring mainstay with closely-matched CLA-10™ Studio buffs rejoice! The classic sound and design of the well known studio referencing monitor the NS-10 (discontinued by Yamaha in 2001) has been faithfully recreated by audio products producer Avantone Pro in collaboration with five-time
Game Music Composers Announced For SoundTrack_Cologne 15
Takeshi Furukawa, Pieter Schlosser and Garry Schyman spearhead SoundTrack_Cologne's Games Day this year with early bird registration now open SoundTrack_Cologne returns with a star studded games program including guests Takeshi Furakawa (The Last Guardian), Pieter Schlosser (Destiny 2) and Garry Schyman (Bioshock). The composers will be talking about the characteristics of
iCON iKeyboard 8x Review
Review by: Jordan Killiard Edited by Katie Tarrant Price: £200 Developer: iCON Pro Audio Distributor: Synthax Audio Reviewed on: Cubase 9.5, Windows 10 The iCON iKeyboard 8x is a new addition to the most under-looked of composer's tools - the 88 key semi-weighted keyboard. There's not a lot of them out there and none seem to
Ludomusicology: An Interview with Dr. Melanie Fritsch
In a Sound Architect first Dr. Melanie Fritsch gives us an introduction to the weird and wonderful world of Ludomusicology: the study of music in video games. As an avid gamer from childhood and later with an academic background in Performance Studies and Musicology, Melanie became familiar with the field
Playstation in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Joris Daniel Hoogsteder – From Assistant to Co-Composer: A Perspective
Many thanks to composer, Joris Daniel Hoogsteder, for submitting this guest article, where Joris discusses how to be a great composing assistant and working your up in the world of music composition. Joris has composed music for video games, films, commercials, musical theatre, and has produced various pop songs. Currently,
