Level 133: Eric Buchholz (on orchestration)
Orchestrator and composer Eric Buchholz talks about what it means to be an orchestrator, and how that job fits into the pipeline of getting a soundtrack recorded. …
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Level 131: Thomas Parisch (Biped)
Composer Thomas Parisch talks about his music for the Biped, a co-op action adventure game. …
Read moreLevel 124: Justin E Bell (The Outer Worlds)
Enjoy the chat with Justin E. Bell about his music for The Outer Worlds.…
Read moreLevel Bit 18: "Edgewater" from The Outer Worlds (Justin E. Bell)
Into the weeds, perhaps a bit too far, on a portion of a delightful track by Justin E. Bell called “Edgewater” for The Outer Worlds. On the Official Soundtrack, “Edgewater” includes both of the themes that are heard in the town called Edgewater. This video contains the second half of that full track from the…
Read moreLevel Bit 16: Half-Life: Alyx
Sam and I are thrilled to announce we’ve been conducting behind-the-scenes interviews with the audio team at Valve Corp. while they create the sound and music for Half-Life: Alyx. Here is an introduction to the audio team.…
Read moreLevel 117: Chase Bethea (Aground)
Composer Chase Bethea talks about his music for Aground from Fancy Fish Games.…
Read moreLevel 116: Jesper Kyd and Raison Varner from Borderlands 3
It was a pleasure to interview Jesper Kyd and Raison Varner from Borderlands 3. What a great soundtrack! …
Read moreLevel 114: Tom Salta (Wolfenstein: Youngblood)
Composer Tom Salta talks about his music for Wolfestein: Youngblood.…
Read moreLevel Bit 11: Kenny Young
A brief rundown of composer Kenny Young, who is the subject of next week’s long-form episode. Next week, you’ll hear his newest soundtrack, but in this Level Bit, you’ll hear some of Emily’s favorite music of Kenny’s from the past. You can see a playlist and support Level with Emily on Patreon.…
Read moreLevel 108: Videri String Quartet
The Videri String Quartet talk about their unique approach to combining video game and classical music.…
Read moreLevel 107: Laurence Chapman (Heaven’s Vault)
Laurence Chapman talks about his music for Heaven’s Vault.…
Read moreLevel 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.…
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