Austin WintoryThe cold-open start to the first-ever official Game Developer's Conference concert, performed live on March 20, 2024 for an audience of around 3,000! This was a life and career highlight!
What games WOULD have picked to represent in this opening montage?
Big love to my collaborator on this arrangement, Brian LaGuardia. brianmlaguardia.com
Game Music Hall of Fame Medley - GDC 2024 Live ConcertAustin Wintory2024-04-26 | The cold-open start to the first-ever official Game Developer's Conference concert, performed live on March 20, 2024 for an audience of around 3,000! This was a life and career highlight!
What games WOULD have picked to represent in this opening montage?
Big love to my collaborator on this arrangement, Brian LaGuardia. brianmlaguardia.com
COMPLETE ALBUM CREDITS: Music by Austin Wintory and Susie Benchasil Seiter Produced by Austin Wintory and Susie Benchasil Seiter
Featuring: Tontrakul Kaewyong – Khaen, pong lang, pin & electric pin, wode Matas Masungsong – Percussion Pawarin Sonklin – Ranat ek, ranat thum, Khong wong, sueng Narisara Sakpunjachot – Saw u, saw duang Worawan Worachat – Klui, pi juum, pi nai, hulusi salo
Recorded at Studio 28 (Bangkok, Thailand) Engineered by Thitikorn Roymanee and Sutthipat Kunakorn, Studio 28 Consulting Producer and Bangkok coordinator: Numpark Sribanditmongkol Contractor: Bill Hemstapat
Additional soloists Supeena Adler – Chakhe, khim Christopher Adler – Khaen, khlui, ranat, pi juum, sneng Tom Strahle – Add’l phin, guitars Kristin Naigus – Add’l misc. winds Paul Cartwright – Violin solos Ro Rowan – Cello solos Nile Wilson (Harpsona) – Harp solos Andrew Leonard – Bass clarinet Sirinun Ploadpliew Blaignan – Vocals Susie Benchasil Seiter – Add’l vocals Waraporn Benchasil – Add’l vocals Delaney Harter – Add’l violin Joris Hoogsteder – Add’l synth programming
Orchestral performances: FAMES Skopje Studio Orchestra Conducted by Oleg Kontratenko Brass recording engineer Nick Spezia, Oceanway Studio B, Nashville Brass contractor: Alan Umstead Orchestrations: Susie Benchasil Seiter and Austin Wintory MIDI transcription and additional copying: Dallas Crane Copying and additional orchestration: Susie Benchasil Seiter and Chad Seiter
Music Editors: Kevin Banks, Kevin Globerman Mixing Engineer: Steve Kempster Mix Engineer assistant: M.R. Miller and Matt Friedman Wat Thai monk recording engineer: Nick Daley Chiang Rai Shan Temple recording engineer: Annop Jaikaew
Custom instrument design: Alejandro Heinze
Special Thanks: Michael and Dana, John Penotti, Jon M Chu and SKG, Netflix, Steven Bray, Bill Hempstapat, Patty Liewkeat, Mike Walker, Wasinee Kongwatmai, Pathaweekarn Sinsakorn, Suksawat Srishine and Supisa Williamson of Studio 28, Pantawit Kiangsiri, Eric Wegener, Wat Thai Los Angeles, Jon Clark, Sarah Kovacs and KEM, Joel Roman, Emily Yoon and ICM.https://fames-institute.com/austin-wintory-will-lead-a-video-games-orchestral-course/ #GamemusicAustin Wintory2024-09-23 | ...Art collector / composer - Game Makers Notebook feat. Cris VelascoAustin Wintory2024-09-20 | A chat with veteran composer Cris Velasco, whose credits range widely from the Mass Effect, Darksiders, God of War and Borderlands franchises, to standalone games like Lords of the Fallen, Dauntless and Carrion. He's also a rabid art collector and we discuss ALL that!!
This game has preoccupied me for over 5 years, and I'm so grateful to finally share it. Not least so because I was able to record this huge, ambitious score with my beloved Hollywood studio musicians here in LA, at the Warner Brothers scoring stage. It's been over a decade since I was able to do that for a game score, so this was a very special experience.
Watch more with Troy and Austin: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT0fv21DRJaU4PzC5EvE-rBHDgq_vS4U0&si=CHhku98QCdP7P5P0Under the Hood - Anže Rozman & Kara TalveAustin Wintory2024-08-22 | Special GUEST EDITION of "Under the Hood," featuring the amazing (married!) talents of Anže Rozman & Kara Talve, both EMMY-nominated for their scores this year to BECKHAM and THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ. Last year they jointly shared a nomination (with their boss Mr. Zimmer) for the documentary series PREHISTORIC PLANET. Uber talents and lovely people, walking through their sequences to unpack some of this top tier TV music.
00:00 Introductions 19:00 Kara discusses TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ 52:03 Anze discusses BECKHAMCS2: The Devil Went Clubbing in Georgia | Masterminds II kit boxAustin Wintory2024-08-20 | I'm so excited to back into it with CS2 and the "Masterminds" kit group! This time my little weird experiment explored the question of "how does it sound to smash together an Appalachian hoedown with full on club vibes, with a dash of Eastern Europe and maybe even some operatic vocals?"
0:00 Main Menu 2:53 MVP 3:03 Team Select 3:27 Start Round 1 3:41 Start Round 2 3:53 Start Action 1 4:11 Start Action 2 4:29 Win Round 4:37 Lose Round 4:44 Death Cam 4:50 Bomb Planted 5:30 Bomb Countdown 5:43 10-second Countdown 5:57 End Match
Devilish Fiddles: Paul Cartwright Demon guitars and banjos: Tom Strahle Siren vocals: Laura Intravia Upright Beelzebubass: Eric Snoza Additional synth production: Joris Hoogsteder Album art by Angela Bermudez
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This arrangement has an interesting history. I made a special cello+piano version of this piece for a wonderful friend, for his wedding, and then my assistant Shireen adapted it into a fuller orchestra treatment for this show.
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Me! twitter.com/awintory facebook.com/awintory instagram.com/a.wintoryForza Motorsport and Splinter Cell Blacklist | Ninja Tracks - Game Makers NotebookAustin Wintory2024-06-21 | A lovely chat with the hugely successful composer duo Kaveh Cohen and Michael Nielsen, aka Ninja Tracks, regarding their career in games (particularly Splinter Cell and Forza franchises) and trailers / advertising.
I never do this and may never again!A Legend in his own time | Grant Kirkhope - Game Makers NotebookAustin Wintory2024-05-17 | A long-overdue chat with one of game music's true royalty: Grant Kirkhope (Goldeneye 64, Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie, Mario + Rabbids, Viva Pinata, and many more)!
(Apologies on the audio quality in some of these - these "Raw" videos are all about scoring sessions presented in an unpolished way, to showcase the actual process, and the in-camera audio is sometimes quite rough)
Once pre-order closes, opportunity is closed forever!A true original | Elliot Goldenthal - You Gotta Hear This! feat. Troy BakerAustin Wintory2024-01-26 | Today we discuss the incredible brilliance of composer Elliot Goldenthal, a composer truly unlike any other.
Me! twitter.com/awintory facebook.com/awintory instagram.com/a.wintory austinwintory.comFrom Blizzard to Vox Machina: Neal Acree - Game Makers NotebookAustin Wintory2024-01-19 | The multi-talented Neal Acree and talk about his long career in TV (including his relationship with Jerry Goldsmith's son Joel), his many collaborations with Blizzard and other game scores. All of which culminates in his work on Critical Role's animated Amazon TV show THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA!
I will print the number of books based on the number of pre-orders, and likely never again.
This video showcases how the themes evolved over the span of the trilogy. It's a very lucky thing for a composer to work on a project of this level of sprawling canvas!
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00:00 Introduction 01:48 Main Theme 04:46 Rook / Alette 14:39 June + Eyvind 21:42 Call to Battle 23:56 Rallying Anthem 26:36 Bolverk and the Ravens 30:25 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Edited by Dallas Crane Theme transcriptions by Shireen Ghosh
Me! twitter.com/awintory facebook.com/awintory instagram.com/a.wintory austinwintory.comWhat is the point of this channel??Austin Wintory2024-01-11 | ...Audio Design with A Plague Tales Aurélien Piters & Maxime Touchon - Game Makers NotebookAustin Wintory2024-01-10 | A look with the Audio Director and sound designer on the incredible PLAGUE TALE games, discussing all things sound, with a particular focus on the tech requirements needed to simulate literally millions of rats!
Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=t8ESbY8PN10Stray Gods was SO fun to record! Feat. Laura Bailey, Rahul Kohli, Felicia DayAustin Wintory2023-12-22 | Some of the outtakes from our wonderful cast recording sessions, featuring the most incredible talent in the industry!!
Me! twitter.com/awintory facebook.com/awintory instagram.com/a.wintory austinwintory.comFrom Modern Warfare to Jedi Survivor - Stephen Barton - Game Makers NotebookAustin Wintory2023-12-12 | A lengthy and candid chat with Stephen Barton, covering his fantastic career beginning with Harry Gregson-Williams, his many games he's scored and a little mini-discussion of his work on STAR TREK: PICARD, season 3
Me! twitter.com/awintory facebook.com/awintory instagram.com/a.wintory austinwintory.comJohn Powells Forgotten Gems - I Gotta Hear ThisAustin Wintory2023-12-01 | John Powell steps me through some of the pieces / projects that slipped through the cracks over the years, or have otherwise seemingly started to dip into obscurity. This chat covers a LOT of ground, including some rather personal insights from one of Hollywood's finest composers.