Article by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes A warm and sunny evening brought together many composers and aspiring composers together yesterday at Tileyard Studios to hear from BAFTA nominated duo: The Flight (Joe Henson and Alexis Smith) and Ivor Novello award-winning composer Joris De Man, to discuss their work on the
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Jessica Curry launches new Game Music Show “High Score” on Classic FM
Saturday the 22nd April saw the first of an exciting new series, showcasing the best of video game classical music. It will continue to air on Classic FM on Saturdays from 9-10pm, with future themes for the show including: celebrating female composers, performers and games characters; another on the music that
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Game Audio Review
Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Katie Tarrant Developer/Publisher: Nintendo Composers: Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata Sound Director: Hajime Wakai Reviewed on: Nintendo Switch Introduction Well, the time has finally come! The dawn of a new generation of gaming consoles is upon us and of course Nintendo naturally like to break into every new
Fossil Echo Interview with Composer, John Robert Matz
Sam Hughes speaks to composer, John Robert Matz about his award-winning work on Fossil Echo (Check out our review HERE) and more! John Robert Matz is a Chicago-based performer, arranger, composer, and music educator. Classically trained, he graduated with honors from Elmhurst College, majoring in music education, but with an emphasis on
Composer Olivier Derivière Pioneers Real Time Generated Interactive Music for Video Games
The IFMCA award winning composer Olivier Derivière (Remember Me, Assassins Creed IV Black Flag: Freedom Cry) has been scoring music for animations, film, and video games for more than a decade, and is widely acclaimed for both his composition and innovative approaches to connecting his music with the games experience. His latest work, 'Get
Husk Soundtrack now on Bandcamp!
The soundtrack to Husk, the Polish horror game with music by Arkadiusz Reikowski, is now available on bandcamp. Husk is out now on Steam for PC and is a first-person survival horror inspired by the classics from the genre such as: Silent Hill, Alone in the Dark and Alan Wake. The game was developed in a collaboration
Interview with Music Producer/Mixer and Composer, Rich Aitken
Audiokinetic & CRAS Launch Wwise Interactive Music Certification Program
Audiokinetic Inc., the provider of cross-platform audio solutions for the interactive media and gaming industries has launched its second Wwise online certification program: the Wwise-201 Certification. As with the Wwise-101 Certification, both the learning material and the examination content for the Wwise-201 Certification have been developed in partnership with CRAS (The
Interview with Yooka-Laylee Composer, David Wise
Sam Hughes speaks to renowned composer, David Wise! David Wise is a veteran game composer best known for his works on Rare's Donkey Kong Country series on the Super Nintendo. Known for their beautiful melodies and expert synthesis, his compositions for the series have been commemorated with soundtrack releases, orchestral concerts,
Sumthing Else Music Works Release Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Soundtrack!
Sumthing Else Music Works announced yesterday, that the official soundtrack for Resident Evil® 7 Biohazard is now available digitally from Amazon, iTunes, Sumthing.com, and other music services. The Resident Evil 7 biohazard Original Soundtrack features two and a half hours of original music from the latest major entry in the renowned