Level with Emily Reese

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). You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.

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. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.

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. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.

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. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon. 

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.

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. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.

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. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon, and learn about the upcoming Google Hang with guests Jason Graves, Lennie Moore and Austin Wintory.

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. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.

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. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.

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. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.