How Kevin Kiner composes “bigger than life” Star Wars soundtracks
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA VIA LEVEL AND GAIN If you’ve been paying attention to Star Wars over the past decade, you’d know the property has been […]
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Game and anime music: not as niche as you’d think
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Think screen music is niche? Perhaps something reserved for new audiences, or performed for die-hard gamers or anime […]
LIVE REVIEW // Angelo sees A Midsummer Night’s Dream
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA What: A Midsummer Night’s DreamWho: Houston Grand Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera and Canadian Opera Company, presented by Adelaide Festival with Adelaide Symphony […]
“To be a Hollywood composer, you need to be a powerful entrepreneur”
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA FOR LEVEL AND GAIN There aren’t many composers who fluidly work between video games and Hollywood, but Penka Kouneva has firmly entrenched herself among […]
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 […]
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 […]
Composer Kenny McAlpine on the retro-cool of chiptune
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Kenny McAlpine is a Scottish chiptune composer who resides as a fellow in Interactive Composition at the Melbourne […]
LIVE REVIEW // Angelo listens to ASO in silence
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA Silence with your ASOAdelaide Symphony OrchestraGrainger Studio, 21 June When you think of an orchestral concert, do you associate it with an […]
The ASO doesn’t want you to applaud its next concert
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA On June 21, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra will perform a matinee and evening concert called Silence with your ASO, in which it […]
LIVE REVIEW // Angelo watches ASO play The Empire Strikes Back
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in ConcertAdelaide Symphony OrchestraAdelaide Entertainment Centre, 4 May May the 4th (be with you) is a […]