Great conversations about music in games, as well as voice actors, musicians, developers, audio directors, LPers and more
Sound designer Julian Kwasneski started Bay Area Sound in 2000 after he left LucasArts. He's worked on audio for Star Wars games, Firewatch, nearly every Telltale Games project, and many more. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.
French composer Olivier Deriviere talks about his new score for Vampyr (hint: it's wonderful). You can see a full playlist and support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.
Composer Garry Schyman (BioShock series, Dante's Inferno) talks about his music for the new VR game Torn; the difference between a scoring stage and a recording studio; and why it's unusual to record a game score in L.A. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.
A sampling of music from the composers featured this weekend at PAX East 2018. The Maestros of Video Games panel is Saturday, Apr. 7th at 4:00 p.m. at the Bumblebee Theatre. You can see a playlist and support Level with Emily on Patreon.
Kirk Hamilton, Editor-at-Large for Kotaku.com, talks about some of his favorite video game scores from the last few years. You can see a playlist and support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.
Composer Kenny Young talks about the music he wrote and sounds he created for WonderWorlds, an iOS game with thousands of user-created levels. You can see a playlist and support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.
Composer Wilbert Roget II talks about his score for Call of Duty: WWII, played by the Nashville Scoring Orchestra. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.
Composer Kristofer Maddigan talks about his music for Cuphead, a game stylized like a cartoon from the '30s. Performed by members of the Boss Brass. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.
Stephen Baysted pays tribute to Ayrton Senna and Formula One in his new score for Project Cars 2. Patron of the Week Lasse Anderson talks about his favorite video game music. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.
Composer Chase Bethea talks about his music for the interactive novel </reality> from Fancy Fish Games. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.
