Reprisal brings a collection of videogame remixes by artist Harry Lodes Featuring some of the most iconic pieces of game music from titles such as Final Fantasy VII, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Okami, and many others. Reprisal aims to let listeners live life as a hero vicariously through
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
EastWest Releases Hollywood Choirs
EastWest has released Hollywood Choirs, a new vocal virtual instrument. Produced by Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix, Hollywood Choirs is the follow-up to 1999’s Voices of the Apocalypse and 2005’s Symphonic Choirs, a best-selling virtual choir. Hollywood Choirs features a choir made up of male and female sections that will
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
PRO SOUND EFFECTS® ANNOUNCES 2018 GENERAL LIBRARY UPDATES
Pro Sound Effects® announce new features and bundles to their libraries Pro Sound Effects®, the sound effects library company, has released the latest editions of their most popular general sound effects libraries, the Hybrid Library 2018 and Master Library 2018. Designed to enhance audio workflow on any project, Pro Sound Effects
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
Pokémon Charity Album ‘Harmony of a Champion’ Now Available
Celebrate 20 years of Pokémon Red/Green with a story-driven musical journey Materia Collective have announced Harmony of a Champion, a cinematic story-driven arrangement album detailing a young Pokémon trainer's journey to becoming Kanto's Pokémon Champion. Harmony of a Champion celebrates the 20th anniversary of the original Pokémon Red and Greens soundtracks,
2018 Music+Sound Awards’ Jury Announced
Music and sound specialists announced for the 2018 Music+Sound Awards A celebration of music and sound in the media, The Music+Sound Awards announced the judges for the 2018 awards earlier this month. The online awards highlight the talents of anyone who is currently or has previously been involved in the creation, composition,
Sins of Hyrule Explores Zelda Mythology Through Music
Artist Rozen explores mythology of Hyrule with epic re-imaginings from Breath of the Wild, Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword, and Twilight Princess. Earlier this month, Sins of Hyrule, a Zelda tribute album was announced. The album explores the eternal conflict between the Goddess Hylia and the Evil of evils, Demise, through
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