Composer Petri Alanko to Speak at Devcom 2018

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Quantum Break composer will give a talk centred around writer's block and creativity.   BAFTA nominated music artist, composer and producer Petri Alanko (aka Lowland), whose critically acclaimed scores include Remedy Entertainment’s Quantum Break and Alan Wake, will discuss his techniques for overcoming and embracing writer’s block on undisclosed future projects, including

Game Music Composers Announced For SoundTrack_Cologne 15

Takeshi Furukawa, Pieter Schlosser and Garry Schyman spearhead SoundTrack_Cologne's Games Day this year with early bird registration now open   SoundTrack_Cologne returns with a star studded games program including guests Takeshi Furakawa (The Last Guardian), Pieter Schlosser (Destiny 2) and Garry Schyman (Bioshock). The composers will be talking about the characteristics of

PAX 2017 Game Audio Highlights

Review by Katelyn Isaacson Edited by Katie Tarrant Unlike most of the conferences I go to as a game audio lady, the Penny Arcade Expo (or PAX) is a consumer-oriented expo focusing on games and what can be described as "nerd culture". Whilst PAX takes place in several places in the USA,

Soundtrack Cologne 2017: Highlights!

Soundtrack Cologne (or STC for short) is an annual event celebrating and encouraging the creation of music and sound for visual media. Spanning several days, the conference includes talks and workshops with industry professionals, and each day of the conference is dedicated to a specific field of media (film, television,

Develop 2017: Expo Highlights

Article by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Recently, some of The Sound Architect team attended the renowned Develop conference in Brighton. Throughout the 3 day event, thousands of people attend and scatter to all number of talks in the conference's 7 tracks. We gave a post-conference summary of the Audio track

My First Experience at GDC: 2017

Article by Katie Tarrant Edited by Alyx Jones This year I had the shock but absolute pleasure of being at GDC 2017. In December 2016, I applied for the King and Diversi scholarship which aims to take 10 women on an all-expenses and all-access trip to GDC and after a nerve-wracking application

NAMM 2017

Review by Katelyn Isaacson Edited by Sam Hughes We welcome composer and vocalist, Katelyn Isaacson! You can find out more about Katelyn on our About page. Meanwhile in her debut article on the site, Katelyn reviews the recent NAMM show! The National Association of Music Merchants show, or NAMM as it is most commonly