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.
Composer Michael Bross talks about his music for Edge of Nowhere, the Ratchet and Clank series, the Oddworld series, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. You can support Level with Emily Reese on Patreon.…
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.…
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.…
Rich Aitken is a sound and music mixer. We haven’t had a ton of mixers on the show, and this was a nice opportunity to ask a professional about what mixing is in the first place. Most recently, Rich mixed and mastered the music and soundtrack for Horizon Zero Dawn.…
Composer Michael A. Levine talks about writing the theme for Resident Evil VII: Biohazard, remixing a Tears for Fears song that Lorde sang, working with Harry Gregson-Williams,and two of his concert works (one features pedal steel guitar, the other features musical saw).…
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. …
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.…
Senior Dialogue Coordinator Leilani Ramirez talks about how her job fits into the development of a game. Josh Barron shares music from his new project, The Travelers VGM, an album of game covers done in a tavern style.…
Jacquie Shriver works with dialog and voice actors for video games for SIDE LA, a company that provides studios, performance capture, localization and more.…