Level 107: Laurence Chapman (Heaven’s Vault)
Laurence Chapman talks about his music for Heaven’s Vault.…
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Level 102: Nicolas Diteriks, They Are Billions
Composer Nicolas Diteriks talks about his music for They Are Billions and a couple of his favorite jazz pianists.…
Read moreLevel 92: Kirk Hamilton (Kotaku)
Kirk Hamilton, Editor-at-Large for Kotaku.com, talks about some of his favorite video game scores from the last few years.…
Read moreLevel 79: Jason Graves (Lone Echo)
Composer Jason Graves talks about his music for the new VR game Lone Echo from Ready at Dawn. …
Read moreLevel 78: Darren Korb (Pyre, Supergiant Games)
Composer Darren Korb talks about his music for Pyre, the 3rd and newest game from Supergiant, where Darren is the in-house audio fella. The soundtrack is available on Bandcamp. You can see a playlist and support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.…
Read moreLevel 74: Gareth Coker (The Unspoken), POTW Kevin Anderson
Composer Gareth Coker (Ori and the Blind Forest) talks about his music for The Unspoken, a VR magic-based fighting game from Insomniac. Patron of the Week Kevin Anderson talks about his favorite music from Infamous: Second Son and Mass Effect 2.…
Read moreLevel 73: Mike Raznick (Away, Infinite) and POTW Matt Ehlert
Composer Mike Raznick shares music he wrote for the VR nature experience Away, and for a game that never came out called Infinite. Patron of the Week Matt Ehlert talks about his favorite music from Sanxion and Pinball Dreams.…
Read moreLevel 72: Birds in Games (Benji Inniger) and POTW Anthony Botz
Composer, sound designer and amateur birder, Benji Inniger, joins the show to talk about birds in games and how they can enhance, and ruin, sound design. Patron of the Week Anthony Botz talks about his favorite game music from Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete and Invisible, Inc.
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Read moreLevel 69: Olivier Deriviere – Get Even
Composer Olivier Deriviere talks about his score for the game Get Even. You’ll learn a bit about minimalism in music, and how Olivier created music that renders during gameplay.…
Read moreLevel 67: Robert Zahn (Serial Cleaner)
Composer Robert Zahn talks about his music for the upcoming indie game Serial Cleaner, also his prog metal band Dead Wake, working on cruise ships, and Bela Bartok.…
Read moreLevel 61: Niels Bye Nielsen (Hitman 2016)
Composer Niels Bye Nielsen talks about writing music for Hitman 2016 and what it’s like being from Denmark and writing for one of the most famous video games to emerge from that country. …
Read moreLevel 60: Bonnie Bogovich, American Youth Symphony
Audio lead extroadinaire Bonnie Bogovich fills us in on all her projects, including her nomination for a GANG Award for the title song for I Expect You To Die. Sam and Emily recount their trip to LA for an event with the American Youth Symphony.…
Read moreLevel 57: Charlie McCarron (Composer Quest)
Charlie McCarron shares music and stories from his tour of the U.S., Australia, Japan and Taiwan to make music with composers around the world for his podcast, Composer Quest. The final episode of Composer Quest published this week.…
Read moreLevel 47: John Robert Matz (Fossil Echo), POTW Dani Barstad
Composer John Robert Matz talks about his music for the critically-acclaimed Fossil Echo, also For the King and Song Cycle: The History of Video Games. Patron of the Week Dani Barstad talks about his favorite video game music from Bully and Every Day the Same Dream.…
Read moreLevel 45: Inon Zur (Eagle Flight), POTW Honea
Inon Zur talks about his music for Eagle Flight, a new VR game from Ubisoft. Patron of the Week Keri Honea talks about her favorite music from Kingdom Hearts and Katamari Damacy.…
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