Level 98: Jesse Harlin (Yoku’s Island Express)
Composer Jesse Harlin talks about his music for Yoku’s Island Express from Villa Gorilla. …
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Level 97: Erik Desiderio (Anshar Online)
Composer Erik Desiderio talks about his score for Anshar Online, a VR multiplayer online space shooter.…
Read moreLevel 96: Julian Kwasneski (Bay Area Sound)
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.…
Read moreLevel 95: Olivier Deriviere (Vampyr)
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.…
Read moreLevel 94: Garry Schyman (Torn)
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. …
Read moreLevel 93: PAX East 2018 Preview
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.…
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 90: Kenny Young (WonderWorlds)
Composer Kenny Young talks about the music he wrote and sounds he created for WonderWorlds, an iOS game with thousands of user-created levels.…
Read moreLevel 91: Wilbert Roget (Call of Duty WWII)
Composer Wilbert Roget II talks about his score for Call of Duty: WWII, played by the Nashville Scoring Orchestra.…
Read moreLevel 89: Kris Maddigan (Cuphead)
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.…
Read moreLevel 88: Stephen Baysted (Project Cars 2)
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. …
Read moreLevel 87: Chase Bethea (Reality from Fancy Fish Games)
Composer Chase Bethea talks about his music for the interactive novel </reality> from Fancy Fish Games. …
Read moreLevel 86: Danny O’Dwyer (NoClip)
Video game documentarian Danny O’Dwyer talks about his career, his favorite game music and more. You can support Danny O’Dwyer and Level with Emily Reese on Patreon, and see a playlist there too.
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Read moreLevel 85: Narcosis writers David Chen and Jeff Mattas
Writer David Chen and writer/actor Jeff Mattas talk about the script for Narcosis, a deep-sea underwater survival game. Jeff voices the lead, and Emily Reese had a part in the game.…
Read moreLevel 84: Gareth Coker (ARK: Survival Evolved)
Gareth Coker is back to talk about his incredible score for ARK: Survival Evolved, recorded at Abby Road by the 93-piece Philharmonia Orchestra.…
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