Interview with John Broomhall JOHN BROOMHALL, composer, sound designer, co-founder of Game Music Connect and curator/chair of the Develop Conference Audio Track, recently returned to a game franchise beloved of millions the world over, whose first three hit titles he had a deep involvement in - both as original composer and
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BAFTA Games Awards 2016 Highlights!
Sam Hughes reports from the red carpet and the winners lounge at this years BAFTA Games Awards 2016. Here is just a sample of the interviews coming soon! Featuring: Merle Dandridge (Winner, Performer 2016) Jessica Curry (Winner, Music, Audio Achievement, 2016) Troy Baker (2014.15 Performer Nominee) David Braben (BAFTA Fellowship 2015) David Bateson
Firewatch Game Audio Review
Developer: Campo Santo Composer/Sound Designer: Chris Remo Sound Provided by: Bay Area Sound Inc., Jared Emerson-Johnson, Julian Kwasneski, Connor Stock & Chris Remo Voice Artists: Rich Sommer, Cissy Jones Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Back in February, San Francisco developers Campo Santo brought us Firewatch. Featuring members who have worked on the likes of Bioshock
Interview with “The Witch” Composer, Mark Korven
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,
How Much Exposure Buys You Food
OPINION PIECE: All opinion pieces are not representative of The Sound Architect as a whole, but of the individual writing the piece. Featured Image Credit: Inmybag.net 1 Article by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Keep in mind boys and girls, this is an opinion piece. My first for The Sound Architect and one
The Cloud: An EastWest ComposerCloud Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Sounds Online/East West Composer: Andrew Overfield Reviewed on: Mac / Logic Pro 9 You don’t get much bigger than EastWest when it comes to virtual instrument production, and as one of the market leaders an innovators for the last 27 years it’s not hard to see why. At the
ELIAS Composer’s Studio Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: ELIAS Software Reviewed on: OSX I am a firm believer in not upsetting the creative flow. When I’m working on a cue or another project, I don't like to stop and deal with anything else whilst I’m working. Probably the reason my dishwasher is always
Interview with Composer, James Gosling
Sam Hughes speaks to excellent composer James Gosling. James studied composition with John Woolrich and Peter Wiegold, and piano with Thalia Myers at the University of London and later, with the help of scholarships from Endemol UK and the Musician's Union, he completed his masters in ‘Music for the Screen’ at
Interview with Composer, Ian Livingstone
Sam Hughes speaks to renowned composer, Ian Livingstone! Ian is a multi-instrumentalist who began his professional career as session musician engineer and midi programmer; recording and touring Europe with a number of successful bands. After taking a music degree at Salford University Ian began scoring video game soundtracks such as “Starlancer”,
Interview with Composer, Chance Thomas
Chance Thomas is this year's keynote Speaker at GameSoundCon. Chance led the movement which brought game music into the Grammy™ awards and helped found the Game Audio Network Guild. As a composer, he's scored blockbuster game titles like DOTA 2, James Cameron's Avatar and Lord of the Rings Online. These