Spitfire Chamber Strings Review

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

Screen Music Connect Announces Early Bird Tickets and Keynote Speaker

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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

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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

Evolution of a Theme: Final Fantasy’s Prelude

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Analysis by Sam Dudley Edited by Alyx Jones This is the first in a series of articles discussing the nature of themes in video game music. We'll be looking at what makes thematic content in video games different to that of other mediums, with in depth explorations into some well known concepts

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