Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Author: Chance Thomas Publisher: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) Reviewed on: Paperback I love reading material and I eagerly anticipated getting stuck into Composing Music for Games by Chance Thomas. Now there are many different mediums where information, guidance or education can be distributed in the world. A simple YouTube search on
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Multi-Award Winning Composer Richard Jacques Releases New Album, ‘HEROVILLE’
Multi-award winning composer Richard Jacques has recently returned to Abbey Road studios for his latest project, 'Heroville', an album of big band and orchestral compositions recorded with some of London's top session musicians. Composed, orchestrated and conducted by Jacques, the album is inspired by the animated film genre and includes
The Drop That Contained The Sea: A Christopher Tin Performance Review
The Drop That Contained The Sea: A Christopher Tin Review Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Composer: Christopher Tin Performance: The Drop That Contained The Sea Venue: Barbican Centre, York Date: 16th July 2016 Andrew Overfield reviews his recent adventure at York Barbican last night, seeing Christopher Tin live. I’d like to start off by introducing Christopher Tin. A
XCOM 2 Interview with Composer, Tim Wynn
Sam Hughes speaks to Tim Wynn about his recent work on XCOM 2 and some great advice and experience obtained throughout his career! Award-winning composer, Tim Wynn (Supernatural, XCOM: Enemy Unknown), returned to the sci-fi genre to score a new alien threat in XCOM 2, the sequel to the award-winning strategy
Batman: Arkham Knight Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones & Sam Hughes Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Rocksteady Studios Composers: Nick Arundel, David Buckley Sound Design: Andrew Riley (Lead), Pierre-Jean Griscelli, Daniel Murdoch, Andrew Quinn, Jessica Saunders with special thanks to Lee Banyard, Joe Cavers, Sam Jones & co. Audio Programmers: Chip Bell (Lead), Simon Leary-Wood, Anthony Lloyd Voice Actors: Kevin Conroy, Jonathan Banks, John Noble,
Interview with Battleborn and Batman Unlimited Composer Kevin Riepl!
Sam Hughes chats to composer Kevin Riepl. Kevin is an award-winning composer writing for multiple entertainment genres. His engaging orchestral, hybrid and atmospheric scores have enhanced numerous films such as BATMAN: UNLIMITED, CABIN FEVER (2016 reboot), THE NIGHT CREW, SILENT NIGHT, ABCs OF DEATH, CONTRACTED and THE AGGRESSION SCALE. In addition to
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
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
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