The Life of a Games Composer | Austin Wintory (Journey, Assassin's Creed)

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My Video Essay on Austin's Music for 'Journey': https://youtu.be/MQZ4mgWGmL0

Time Stamps:
0:00 - About the Video Essay on 'Journey' that I made (link above!)
1:00 - Recording Gameplay on PS4
1:50 - Film Music vs Game Music
2:28 - Writing Cues for Different Games (Journey vs Assassin's Creed)
4:37 - How Austin got into Game Music
6:11 - Games he grew up with
6:45 - Musical background
8:30 - Influential Game Soundtracks growing up
12:40 - Final Fantasy
14:35 - Challenges Unique to Game Music
22:15 - Impact of Coronavirus on Projects
25:40 - Recording in different locations; Blending the mix
27:00 - King Kong Movie - Recording Challenges
28:35 - Recording at Abbey Road
31:24 - Finding the right "Sound World" for a game
33:25 - Finding Journey's main theme; Initial briefings for Journey
38:00 - Working with Tina Guo
41:10 - Sound World's continued
42:28 - Communicating with Directors
45:35 - Creativity and Walking
47:00 - Can the Computer hinder Creativity? The impact of sample libraries on musical style
52:45 - The Vast Influence of Hans Zimmer
1:00:35 - Hans' Tunes
1:03:22 - Advice for Young People wanting to start in Game Music
1:14:15 - The Routines of Composers
1:16:20 - Austin's Awesome YouTube Channel (Check it out! It has some really cool breakdowns of his music)

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