Sam Hughes chats to composer, Mark Korven! Mark is a Toronto based award winning composer of music for film and television. His client list includes CBS, CTV, CBC, E1, PBS, and BBC. He has also composed feature film scores for acclaimed directors Deepa Mehta, Patricia Rozema and Vincenzo Natale. In 2008,
Andy v Doug: Dawn of Audio, A Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Audio Review
Review by Andrew Overfield & Doug Waters Edited by Sam Hughes Directed by: Zack Snyder Composers: Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) & Hans Zimmer Sound Design: Phil Barrie, Chuck Michael, Jussi Tegelman, David Grimaldi & others. So for the first time in The Sound Architect history, here is a joint review! Mostly because Andy and Doug were going
iDIG Interview with Craig Stuart Garfinkle & Eimear Noone
Back in February Sam Hughes caught up with Craig Stuart Garfinkle and Eimear Noone to discuss the Dublin International Game Music Festival (iDIG). They discuss all the exciting features planned for this year as well as other exciting news! As an Emmy nominated and award winning music producer and composer, Craig Stuart
Life is Strange Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Dontnod Entertainment Composer: Jonathan Morali Audio Lead: Sébastien Gaillard Audio Artist: Frédéric Devanlay (Big Wheels Studio) Sound Design: Louis Martin, Yannick Tassin Voice Actors: Hannah Telle, Ashly Burch, Nik Shriner, Dani Knights, Carlos Luna Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Disclaimer: This review contains some hints towards the game's narrative direction. Not full on spoilers, but proceed
Obsidian’s Audio DIrector, Justin Bell on South Park: The Stick of Truth
Sam Hughes chats to Audio Director, Justin Bell over at Obsidian about South Park: The Stick of Truth. They discuss all of the techniques and work involved in the project including some in-depth discussions of implementation, workflow and more! Justin graduated with an A.A. degree in Music from Los Angeles Valley College
iZotope RX 5 Advanced Audio Editor Review
Review by Sam Hughes Developer: iZotope Reviewed on: Windows 10 PC We've all heard of the black magic that is iZotope RX5. All those years as sound designers, amongst many other audio professionals, telling people "No we can't do that, that's impossible!". Well RX has been constantly reducing the amount of truth to that
Video Games Live at Troxy 2016
Article by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes For those of you who aren't yet aware of Video Games Live, you are missing out! Video Game music concerts are growing in popularity with many different concerts covering popular game franchises, the most popular including: Zelda, Final Fantasy and Pokemon. Video Games Live
Deadpool Film Sound Review!!
Review by Douglas Waters Edited by Sam Hughes Directed by: Tim Miller Composer: Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) Sound Design: Warren Hendriks, Craig Henighan, Ai-Ling Lee & Others What a year of superhero films this is shaping up to be! This year cinema goers will be able to see, among others, the likes of the
Farcry Primal Soundtrack CD Release Announced
Sumthing Else Music Works, announced today the CD release of the original soundtrack from Far Cry Primal as well other popular titles in the award-winning series including Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. The soundtracks are now available for digital download from www.sumthing.com and will be available in stores
Interview with Until Dawn Actress, Galadriel Stineman
Photo credit: Haldane Morris. Sam Hughes speaks to the wonderful Galadriel Stineman about her career so far, her role as Ashley in Until Dawn, board games, voice acting and more! Galadriel was raised an only child in Northern Kentucky, near Cincinnati, Ohio. She began acting for fun in kindergarten, taking lots of