Tasmanian composer Koh-Dee is cracking the mobile gaming industry
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Mobile gaming is a hot sector of the video games market, accounting for 45 per cent of all video games […]
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Here’s what went down at Australia’s most awesome industry event for game scoring
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA FOR LEVEL AND GAIN In early October, I attended High Score: Composition for Sound Art and Gaming, as part of the Melbourne International […]
Halo and Wolfenstein games composer talks ’80s synths and influences
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Tom Salta is an experienced video game composer with the ability to jump between starkly different game and […]
Mai Fujisawa is “passionate about bringing various cultures together”
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON WITH STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN If you think of the best-loved cinematic franchises of all time, the worlds of Studio […]
Fallout composer Inon Zur reveals his scoring techniques for open-world games
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON (CUTCOMMON’S GLOBAL EDITOR) FOR LEVEL AND GAIN As an Emmy Award-winning composer and the musical mind behind some of gaming’s most iconic […]
Here’s what Angelo Valdivia learnt about game soundtracks by launching his podcast
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN If you see Angelo Valdivia’s name pop upacross Level and Gain, it’s for good reason: this guy is a mastermind […]
Could Australia’s Amelia Jones be the new voice of video game and anime?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN A soundtrack must be powerful enough to enhance a narrative, and moving enough manipulate our emotions — whether […]
Bayonetta composer Takahiro Izutani tells us how the game music industry has evolved
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN, WITH TRANSLATION BY ALEXANDER ANIEL OF BRAVE WAVE PRODUCTIONS Takahiro Izutani has experienced it all in the world of […]
This is why composers should pay attention to the video game industry
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Composers, rejoice: you don’t need to play video games to write music for them. That’s what Greg Morrow […]
Mega Man composer Manami Matsumae talks us through her creative process
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Kyoto-born composer Manami Matsumae was there during the “golden era” of Japanese games, crafting the soundtracks from as […]