Listen: Audinity (Foundation, EU IV, The Guild 3) On Scoring For Historical Settings
When working on the soundtrack for The Guild II: Renaissance in 2010, Munich-based composer Yannick Süß needed someone to help him get all the music done in time. He found...
Listen: Filippo Beck Peccoz on Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun OST
"In the end, we need to serve the game itself."
Creating Life: Behind the Sound Design of Anki’s Robot Cozmo
Cozmo, Anki‘s latest robot toy, is a smash hit. Since its US release in October 2016, it has amassed over a thousand reviews on its Amazon product page, averaging four-and-a...
Composer Christian Henson on what he would tell his five-year-old self
As a five-year-old, Christian Henson (Alien: Isolation, Inside No. 9) already knew he wanted to be a composer. Today, as the father of a five-year-old, he knows that someone of...
‘Berlin Station’ soundtrack by Reinhold Heil now available for purchase
A couple of weeks after Berlin Station’s launch, its original soundtrack has been digitally released by Lakeshore Records on iTunes and Amazon. During this year’s SoundTrack_Cologne, we talked to composer Reinhold...
On A Different Note: Christian Henson about Spitfire Audio’s creative foundation
The huge number of high-quality virtual instruments on today’s market is a blessing and a curse. It has become fairly easy to create professional-sounding music, including large orchestral scores. However,...
‘Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound’ DVD Available Now
Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound is one monster of a project if we’ve ever seen one. A festival cut has been screening on games events, and the video-on-demand...
Tickets still available: The Chinese Room’s ‘Dear Esther’ live at the Barbican
Just a few days after the console release of Dear Esther: Landmark Edition, another very special date is right around the corner. Next week on October 14th, Dear Esther’s iconic...
Countdown to the Eighth Hollywood Music Workshop in Baden, Austria
Less than a month to go until the eighth annual Hollywood Music Workshop in Baden, Austria! World-renowned composers, orchestrators, arrangers and other audio professionals are going to share their wisdom...
Soundlister: The One Place to Look for Audio Professionals and Hobbyists
The recently launched website Soundlister.com is all about matching audio professionals with their customers. If everything goes as planned, it may become the one-stop source for people looking for composers,...
European Talent Competition: SoundTrack_Cologne Calls for Entries
In August 2016, Germany’s biggest expert conference on music and sound in visual media will take place for the thirteenth time. Apart from talks, discussions, workshops and networking events for...
Score Review: ‘Forza Motorsport 6’ by Michael Nielsen and Kaveh Cohen
Kaveh Cohen and Michael Nielsen, the superstar duo behind Splinter Cell Blacklist‘s stunning soundtrack, have delivered once again. Stylistically, Forza Motorsport 6‘s score is a continuation of what had been...