Level 34: Simon Viklund (Payday series, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Pan Pan)
Composer Simon Viklund talks about his music for the Payday series, Bionic Commando Rearmed, and Pan Pan.…
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Level 33: Disasterpeace_Hyper Light Drifter
Disasterpeace wrote more than two hours of music for Hyper Light Drifter. It’s fantastic stuff, from a truly great composer.…
Read moreLevel 32: Jason Graves (Farlands), Google Hang Details
Composer Jason Graves talks about his fabulous mellow music for the Oculus Rift game Farlands. Also, details about our upcoming Google Hang with composers Kenny Young (Tearaway, LittleBigPlanet) and Brian D’Oliveira (Papo & Yo, Tearaway, LittleBigPlanet 3).…
Read moreLevel 31: Jean Marc Giffin (Sentinels of the Multiverse), Dan Hulsman (VGMA)
Sentinels of the Multiverse is a co-op tabletop and digital game with loads of different heroes, villains and environments. Composer Jean-Marc Giffin wrote five volumes of music (so far) with an eclectic mix of tunes tailored for each of those elements, and it’s fabulous! Also, Dan Hulsman talks about his Video Game Music Academy, a site with lots of resources for lovers of game music and people who want to become video game composers.…
Read moreLevel 30: Guy Whitmore (PopCap, Sierra)_POTW Mike Manor
Bejeweled Stars has fantastic music written by Guy Whitmore, who talks about writing adaptive music for the game on today’s episode. Our Patron of the Week, Mike Manor, chats about his favorite music from Final Fantasy VI and Donkey Kong Country.…
Read moreLevel 29: Stephen Froeber (MOBIUS: Sonic the Hedgehog Remixed), Troy Strand, POTW J Paulin
In addition to a weed whacker, you’ll hear from composers Stephen Froeber, Troy Strand and Patron of the Week Jordan Paulin. Stephen just wrapped up producing a 4-CD set called MOBIUS: Sonic the Hedgehog Remixed to celebrate Sonic’s 25th anniversary this year. Troy Strand runs a kids camp each summer called Composing for Video Games. Patron of the Week Jordan Paulin talks about his favorite music from Assassin’s Creed and Botanicula.…
Read moreLevel 28: Nathan McCree (Tomb Raider), Super Audio Cart
Original Tomb Raider composer Nathan McCree talks about orchestrating his music into a new Tomb Raider Suite, and David Lloyd from OCRemix and Andrew Aversa (aka Zircon) talk about their new sample library, Super Audio Cart.…
Read moreLevel 27: Mark Griskey (LucasArts, Disney) and POTW Andrew Gades
Mark Griskey talks about his work for LucasArts and Disney, as well as what it’s like to be freelance. Patron of the Week Andrew Gades talks about his favorite music from Myst III: Exile and thatgamecompany’s Flower.…
Read moreLevel 26: Brad Derrick (Elder Scrolls Online), Jarrod Leda (aka GANEMYDE)
Composer Brad Derrick talks about the new music for the two newest DLCs for The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited. Brad is also our Patron of the Week sharing his favorite game music picks. Jarrod Leda shares the music he created using sound effects from Destiny.…
Read moreLevel 25: Jeff Kurtenacker (WildStar)_POTW Kevin Vitz Wong
WildStar composer Jeff Kurtenacker talks about writing ELEVEN hours of music for a 75-piece orchestra for the game. Patron of the Week Kevin Vitz-Wong shares his favorite music from NeoTokyo by Ed Harrison, Risk of Rain by Chris Christodolou, Uncharted 2 by Greg Edmonson and Mechwarriors 2 Mercenaries by Jeehun Hwong.…
Read moreLevel 24: Austin Wintory (The Banner Saga 2), POTW J Thurmond
Composer Austin Wintory talks about his score for The Banner Saga 2, and Patron of the Week Joey Thurmond talks about his favorite music from Bloodborne by Ryan Amon and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture by Jessica Curry.…
Read moreLevel 23: Damian Kastbauer (PopCap), POTW Z Schroeder
Technical sound designer Damian Kastbauer talks about his work on PopCap games like Plants vs. Zombies 2 and his many other projects. Patron of the Week Zachary Schroeder chats about his favorite video game music, including Heavy Bullets and OFF.…
Read moreLevel 22: Paul Lipson; POTW Rosie Samter
Composer and audio wizard Paul Lipson from Formosa Interactive talks about being an audio director, creator and composer in the video game industry for the last 20 years, including time working on Halo for Microsoft. Our Patron of the Week is Rosie Samter from the Videri String Quartet.…
Read moreLevel 21: Karen Collins (Beep: A Documentary History of VG Sound), Kole Hicks (Kenshi)
Dr. Karen Collins talks about her new documentary about game audio called Beep: A Documentary History of Video Game Sound, and composer Kole Hicks talks about his music for the game Kenshi.…
Read moreLevel 20: Neal Acree (World of Warcraft, Revelation), OverAchievers, GlitchCon MN
Composer Neal Acree talks about scoring Revelation, Overwatch, World of Warcraft and more. OverAchiever segment features Zachary Schroeder talking about his platinum trophy in Wolfenstein: The New Order. Emily hosts a panel called Game Music Melee at GlitchCon in Minneapolis.…
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