Review by Jordan Killiard Edited by Sam Dudley Price: £599 inc. vat Developer: Spitfire Audio Spitfire Chamber Strings has risen out of the ashes of Spitfire’s original Sable series. Released back in 2013, Sable was a modular library beginning Spitfire’s British Modular Library (BML) series, released in five volumes, including specially created ensemble
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Screen Music Connect Announces Early Bird Tickets and Keynote Speaker
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
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.
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
BASCA presents: Media Composer Conference
Article by Alyx Jones The lovely sunshine illuminated the Guildhall School of Music and Drama today as BASCA hosted their Media Composers Conference. The first panel consisted of Laura Rossi, Andrew Skeet, Rich Aitken, Simon Ashdown and John Warhurst, and were discussing the team of people who work behind the composer, creatively
Evolution of a Theme: Final Fantasy’s Prelude
PLAY! – The British Paraorchestra & Friends in Concert Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Artistic Director: Charles Hazlewood Composer(s): Various Venue: Leeds Town Hall On the 20th March, Andrew Overfield and Sam Hughes checked out the PLAY! concert; a series of classical pieces performed alongside classic and modern video game music, by the British Paraorchestra & Friends, conducted by Charles Hazlewood.
Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT Game Audio Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Jake Basten Developer: Team Ninja Publisher: Square Enix / Koei Temco Composer(s): Takeharu Ishimoto / Keiji Kawamori / Tsuyoshi Sekito Audio Lead & Design: Takashi Yoshida Reviewed on: PS4 (Beta & Release) For the best part of 20 years I've been a fan of the Final Fantasy franchise, and I mean
Interview with Soundtrack Vocalist, Julie Elven
Main Image Credit: Mariska de Groot Article Written and Edited by Sam Hughes Sam Hughes speaks with soundtrack vocalist, Julie Elven! Julie is a soundtrack vocalist and multi-instrumentalist based in Munich, Germany. She is best known for her extensive vocal work on video games such as Horizon Zero Dawn, World of
Interview with Star Wars Battlefront I and II Composer, Gordy Haab
Big thank you to Sam Dudley for his guest contribution of this article. He asks composer Gordy Haab, about his career, writing for Star Wars Battlefront II and more! Gordy is a multi award-winning film, video game, and television composer who has written music for many well-known titles, including most