Article by Jake Basten Edited by Katie Tarrant Director: Kenneth Lonergan Composer: Lesley Barber Supervising Sound Editor/Designer: Jacob Ribicoff Released in December 2016, Manchester by the Sea tells the story of Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) as he returns to his hometown to look after his teenage nephew when the boy’s dad dies. It’s a
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Gravity – Orchestration Breakdown
Article by Jake Basten Edited by Katie Tarrant Director: Alfonso Cuarón Composer: Steven Price Senior Sound Designer: Glenn Freemantle Orchestrator: David Butterworth Since its 2013 release, Gravity has been given acclaim for its audio, including Oscar nominations for Best Original Score, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing. In this article, I want to take a
ARK: Survival Evolved at Abbey Road
Article by Sam Hughes EDIT: Now with this behind the scenes video recorded at the time! Sam Hughes recounts his trip to Abbey Road Studios to observe the recording sessions with The Philharmonia for ARK: Survival Evolved's soundtrack, composed by Gareth Coker. I can not even express how much excitement I felt for
Chase Bethea Returns With New Album “Reality”
Chase Bethea, best known for his music for Super Happy Fun Block and I Can’t Escape Darkness, returns with a new soundtrack for an upcoming video game. Bethea, together with Fancy Fish Games Studio is working on the production of </reality>, a tribute to the well-loved games of the visual novel genre. The game itself
Grant Kirkhope Yooka Laylee Interview Three-ie
Sam Hughes speaks to Grant Kirkhope once more! They discuss the Yooka Laylee soundtrack, Dropzone and more! Grant is a BAFTA nominated British composer who has created the soundtrack for video games that have sold in excess of 30 million copies. From GoldenEye to Banjo-Kazooie, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning to Civilization: Beyond Earth. He
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone In Concert
Ninja Gaiden The Definitive Soundtrack Available on Vinyl and CD
Brave Wave Productions have a released a limited edition Ninja Gaiden The Definitive Soundtrack on both CD and vinyl formats. The release - spanning two volumes but also available in combined Volume 1+2 set - marks the third and fourth entry into their award-winning Generation Series, which began in 2015 with their
HUE Soundtrack Goes Vinyl – Win a Copy!
Pre-Orders have opened for the upcoming release of the HUE soundtrack, as a limited edition 2xLP Vinyl, distributed by Black Screen Records, a video game music label, based in Cologne. It’s been carefully wrapped with laser cute gatesleeves and a few bonus, secret merchandise items inside, as well as exclusive remixes
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
Beauty and the Beast (2017): A Tale as Good as Old Time?
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Alyx Jones Director: Bill Condon Composer: Alan Menken Sound Designer(s): Sean Garnhart, Stephen P. Robinson, Warren Shaw Reviewed at: VUE Cinema, The Light It goes without saying that Disney have given us some powerful and emotional masterpieces with their animated classics. Journeys beyond the imagination and into the fantasy, are what have collected