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Game jam #3: cybernetic bunnies and killer veg
A bit on music audio implementation via Fmod and Unity in bullet hell video game Hare Runner, where as a cybernetic bunny you hunt the last remaining veggies.
A proxy system for testing music intensity levels
I wanted a simple way to experiment with interactive scores, implemented in Unreal and Wwise, that allows for things like changing combat intensity levels without actually having to build a game with NPC enemies, AI, etc.
So: a proxy system.
Urgency of now
I had a total blast at GameSoundCon 2022. Just a quick post to share a favorite bit of wisdom from those two days.
Morten Lauridsen shows you how to write a song.
In a great little seven-and-a-half-minute video courtesy of classicalchops.org, Morten Lauridsen takes us through the compositional process behind one of the most performed choral pieces of our time, Dirait-On. (French, pronounced something like “dee-ray-tawn”.)
Tesla coil music.
Remember Tesla coils? You’ve probably seen them at a science museum or on TV. You probably haven’t asked yourself whether or not they could be used to make music.
Found object percussion: street and… otherwise.
We all know drummers like to bang on everything. (Especially those who are married to drummers. Sorry, Heather!) Here are three videos of some great found object percussion, featuring two different approaches: street and… otherwise.
Bear McCreary’s interview with Bruce Broughton on scoring for animation.
Here’s a treat: composer Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, Human Target, Caprica, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) interviews composer Bruce Broughton (Gunsmoke, Logan’s Run, Hawaii Five-O, Dallas, Tiny Toon Adventures, Tombstone). A really superb interview full of great insight, spot-on advice, stories and opinions from two total pros.
Find it on bearmccreary.com here.
David Ricard on cartoon composing.
Considering a career in scoring for film and television? Here’s a 2009 article in Sound on Sound by Dave Ricard that walks through the low-to-mid-budget process nicely, albeit with a bewildering “it’s not so hard” button on the end of it. I don’t know any professional composers who don’t work really, really hard. (Check out my interview with Bear McCreary to hear more on this.) Maybe Dave Ricard is just lucky.
Find out more about David Ricard’s composing, big band, and production music on his website, lesterbeat.com. Or see his list of television scoring credits stretching back about ten years on IMDB. He’s currently scoring Warner Brothers’ The Tom and Jerry Show.