Here are two tracks from Inon Zur‘s upcoming score to Syberia: The World Before. The music is performed by the Budapest Film Orchestra and I can’t wait to hear the rest of the soundtrack! You can support Level with Emily on Patreon.…
Read moreSigns of the Sojourner is a narrative deck-building card game about communication. This is easily one of my favorite soundtracks of 2020 and one I know I’ll return to for years to come. It was a suuuuuuuch a pleasure to talk with Steve about his music!! You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.…
Read moreTim Wright — aka CoLD SToRAGE — composed music for the game Pacer, which is an anti-gravity racing game with elements of combat. It’s a spiritual successor to the Wipeout series which started in the mid-90s, and Tim wrote the music for 3 of the Wipeout games. It was a pleasure to speak with…
Read moreHear composer Jesse Harlin talk about his music for Mafia: Definitive Edition. The game is a remake of the first Mafia game, which came out in 2002, but with completely new music written by Jesse. We’ve had Jesse on the show twice before; once was for Yoku’s Island Express in 2018 and in 2016, Jesse was on Level to talk about his work on Mafia 3. That was mostly a blues score, but the score for Mafia: Definitive Edition is entirely orchestral.…
Read moreI love the Spiritfarer soundtrack. It was a pleasure to talk with Max LL about his music for Spiritfarer. We also talk about Jøtun and Sundered. All three are made by Thunder Lotus Games in Montreal in Quebec in Canada. It’s worth repeating: I love this soundtrack. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! …
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I spoke with YouTuber Stephen Sharer about his new app called Rocket Slide. Stephen’s channel is full of family-friendly content, positivity and vibrant colors. It was a pleasure to speak with him about all the videos he makes.…
Read moreComposer Cris Velasco‘s music for Carrion is fantastic, and definitely check out the story about the album art. …
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Charlie Rosen talks about running The 8-Bit Big Band. …
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Ubisoft released an EP of music by Jesper Kyd, Sarah Schachner and Einar Selvik from the upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla game due out in November. Here’s a review of what they released.…
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On occasion, I’m offered the opportunity to interview a composer about a film or tv series rather than a game. I tend to pass on those chances, but I couldn’t refuse the opportunity to speak with composer Larry Goldings.
I was familiar with his name as a jazz pianist and Hammond B3 organist, since my day job is as a jazz radio morning show host. He’s recorded prolifically, and he’s in my radio playlist on a weekly basis. He’s a fantastic musician and I was taken with his music for the miniseries Self Made: Inspired by the Life and Madam C.J. Walker.
So we talk about the music he composed for that show (which I thoroughly enjoyed watching), and numerous other aspects of Larry’s life as a musician. Be sure to check out his Patreon page! See a playlist on our Patreon page.…
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Nick Marinelli talks about leaving MAGFest after so many years to run Video Games in Concert, a video game band booking agency. We also talked about how he achieved his most recent platinum trophy, which he got in Horizon Zero Dawn.…
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Orchestrator and composer Eric Buchholz talks about what it means to be an orchestrator, and how that job fits into the pipeline of getting a soundtrack recorded. …
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Edward Patrick White talks about the music he composed for Gears Tactics, a new game in the Gears of War franchise that turned the third person shooter into a turn-based tactics game with an overhead view.…
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Composer Thomas Parisch talks about his music for the Biped, a co-op action adventure game. …
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Gareth Coker wrote a giant score for Ori and the Will of the Wisps, the sequel to 2015’s Ori and the Blind Forest. It’s fabulous, and we talk about several aspects of it. …
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