The Power of a Great Video Game Soundtrack
It isn’t far-fetched to say that a well-executed soundtrack can make a good game an fantastic one — March 28, 2018 The games’ industry is still very much in its infancy in comparison to other audiovisual media. As explained by Marc Hollinshead on his article ‘Sensory Indulgence.’ While it has come leaps and bounds since its original inception, it still feels like
Continue ReadingLanding Your First Indie Video Game Soundtrack
Here are some tools at your disposal to get you closer to landing your first indie gaming soundtrack! — February 26, 2018 As a $32 billion dollar industry with serious growth projected, the PC gaming market has become a premium area for artists to pull in serious money, provided if they’re willing to put in the work necessary to land a
Continue ReadingGame Music Town composer Andrew Napier wins 2017 Scorbit’s Video Game Scoring Contest
For the second consecutive year, Scorbit, one of the biggest communities for game composers and sound designers around the world, hosted its Video Game scoring Contest. — December 15, 2017 Contestants had to create a 30-second piece of music in the form of a seamless loop, broken into three different layers so that when three layers are played simultaneously, the
Continue ReadingA Video Game Music Composer’s Resource Guide
We wanted to share with you a guide to understanding music in VR written by Winnifred Phillips, award-winning composer with more than 13 years of experience in the game industry and a long list of video game credits that include titles from five of the most prominent franchises in gaming: Assassin’s Creed, LittleBigPlanet, Total War, God of War, and The Sims. —
Continue ReadingPixar’s ‘Coco’ Takes Latin Music to a Magical Place
Pixar’s Coco is the next animated adventure out of the award-winning studio and the last original project they’ll put forward for the next few years. — November 20, 2017.’ Pixar’s newest animated movie, Coco, is meant to be a love letter to Mexico. The film has a Latino cast. It’s full of Mexican music, culture, and folklore — including some of
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