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Meet the legendary composers behind this surrealist game score, inspired by Kafka
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON Through Schoenberg, Herrmann, and a touch of the surreal, composers Mikolai Stroinski (The…
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“To be a Hollywood composer, you need to be a powerful entrepreneur”
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA There aren’t many composers who fluidly work between video games and Hollywood, but…
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Halo and Wolfenstein games composer talks ’80s synths and influences
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON Tom Salta is an experienced video game composer with the ability to jump…
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How Jamatar went from making folk music to Game Boy beats
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA Jam ‘Jamatar’ Nawaz is an electronic dance music (EDM) composer who specialises in…
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Mega Man composer Manami Matsumae talks us through her creative process
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON Kyoto-born composer Manami Matsumae was there during the “golden era” of Japanese games,…
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This is why composers should pay attention to the video game industry
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Composers, rejoice: you don’t need to play video games to write music for…
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Here’s what Angelo Valdivia learnt about game soundtracks by launching his podcast
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you see Angelo Valdivia’s name pop up across Level and Gain, it’s…
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Nainita Desai scores your ultimate webcam spy thriller
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON Imagine you could spy on a person’s webcam. Not only that, but you…
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Pianist Natalya Aynsley brings all your Japanese pop culture fantasies to life
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Natalya Aynsley is a Russian-born Australian pianist doing what we can’t get enough…
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Bayonetta composer Takahiro Izutani tells us how the game music industry has evolved
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON, WITH TRANSLATION BY ALEXANDER ANIEL OF BRAVE WAVE PRODUCTIONS Takahiro Izutani has experienced it…