10 Nov 2012

Secret Life of Video Game Music Composers

From The Secret Life Of, 1:00 pm on 10 November 2012

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From the simplest binary code ditties to huge orchestral scores with complex, interactive layers, video game soundtracks are integral to the action, emotion and adrenaline levels of the gamer. Music reporter Kirsten Johnstone takes a look at the booming industry with composers Nitan Sawhney and Jeramiah Ross a.k.a. Module - but first, a potted history of Game Music with chip-tune enthusiast Luke Rowell a.k.a. Disasteradio.

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