by Nikhil Koparkar | Aug 6, 2018 | Composition Advice, Interviews, Professional Interviews, Recording
Introduction We live in a time where now more than ever, we can get a deep insight into how people from around the world live their lives, meet their struggles, make their art. As a pianist and film, TV and games composer, this potential to take those influences and...
by Dale Crowley | May 21, 2018 | Articles, Audio Book Reviews, Interviews, Professional Interviews, Reviews, VR
Introduction I had the chance to catch up with Stephan Schütze and his wife, Anna Irwin-Schütze, co-authors of this pioneering text, at GDC this year. I also spoke with Chanel Summers, Vice President of Creative Development at VRstudios, who wrote an informative...
by Michael Sweet | Oct 2, 2017 | Interviews, Professional Interviews
Veteran and award winning composer Chance Thomas has been composing for games for over 25 years. His games include a diverse array of projects including Lord of the Rings Online, and Avatar. In addition, he is the author of the excellent book Composing Music for...
by Michael Sweet | Sep 6, 2017 | Articles, Interviews, Professional Interviews
Award winning composer Gareth Coker has composed for a diverse array of projects, including Moon Studios’ acclaimed Ori and the Blind Forest, Insomniac’s virtual reality game The Unspoken, and Minecraft: Chinese Mythology & Minecraft: Greek Mythology (Mojang). For...
by Michael Sweet | Apr 17, 2017 | Articles, Interviews, Professional Interviews
Composer, musician, and producer Michael A. Levine was tapped by the Resident Evil VII team to produce and arrange the main theme ‘Go Tell Aunt Rhody‘ sung by Jordan Reyne. Michael was chosen partly based on hearing his famous re-working of other...
by Michael Sweet | Dec 12, 2016 | Adaptive Music, Articles, Interviews, Professional Interviews, WWISE
Cozmo is a table-top robot released last October by Anki. Recently, DesigningMusicNow got to interview composers Brian Trifon and Brian Lee White of Finishing Move Inc. and award winning composer Gordy Haab about the music behind Cozmo. Gordy Haab is a GANG award...
