Game Audio

I had to compose for the EA Puzzle Game Unravel an older game using 1st and 2nd Violins also Viola as a small orchestral ensemble but found it hard enough using Sibelius. Anyone like to offer examples of a game they consider good to play, listen to, or possibly compose music to from the above categories.

My personal favourite of recent years for both gameplay and audio is Ori and the wisp. Such a beautiful game. I read an interview and it's a mix of samples and live instruments for exposed lines.

Thanks Liquidlino,

my favorite games with nice audio are subnautica and skyrim. Unfortunately the composers of both games have been canceled.

Both game and soundtrack had me very impressed: Nier Automata

vividmoog said:

I had to compose for the EA Puzzle Game Unravel an older game using 1st and 2nd Violins also Viola as a small orchestral ensemble but found it hard enough using Sibelius. Anyone like to offer examples of a game they consider good to play, listen to, or possibly compose music to from the above categories.

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Just wanted to say, we've been on and off playing that game with my son, and the soundtrack is really good - fits the game's mood and the setting very well.

Nier: Automata and Ori (both of them, I like the first better) listed above are really good games and have fantastic music in them. I'd like to add my favorite soundtrack (and game) from the current generation, and that's Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Anyone else any thoughts or examples also thanks doctoremmet for the Keiichi Okabe composer profile.

Here's some eight hours of goodness to go nuts with.

Found this on YouTube How to Write Music for Video Games.

For the sound experience, I would say Horror category and Alien Isolation in particular, the sound design in this game is insanely good and well executed. There's also some shooter games such as Battlefield 1 that are pretty hard to beat for the sound design and the mix quality, I never heard another shooter game with this kind of sound quality either, they really put a lot of efforts in this one.

Always loved these:

This year I think Citizen Sleeper was a really stand out soundtrack for me:
If I had to pick an all time fave it has to be this:

Horror (Silent Hill, Resident Evil), Visual Novel (Amagami SS, Little Busters, VA-11 Hall-A, Yu-No) and jRPG (Grandia, Ys).

Also, whatever genre Mick Gordon makes or Cyberpunk's OST belongs to.

Crowe said:

Horror (Silent Hill, Resident Evil), Visual Novel (Amagami SS, Little Busters, VA-11 Hall-A, Yu-No) and jRPG (Grandia, Ys).

Also, whatever genre Mick Gordon makes or Cyberpunk's OST belongs to.

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Grandia soundtrack is great and v underrated imo!

The music our own Sarah Mancuso has created for various visual novels is also crazy good. She released her latest EP days ago. All Esselfortium albums have been a Bandcamp highlight for me in 2022.

Lots of great picks in here!

I've always loved Sakimoto's blend of militarism and JRPG melodramms that's present in every Valkyria Chronicles release:



For more contemperary sounding game stuff I think Daren Korb of Supergiant games is a musical monster:

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Grandia soundtrack is great and v underrated imo!

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Arguably Noriyuki's greatest work, though that may be nostalgia talking. He's my favorite composer. That may also be nostalgia talking.

Awesome! So rarely meet people who've even played that game. The port of parm cue is one of my all time fave bits of music

Crowe said:

Horror (Silent Hill, Resident Evil), Visual Novel (Amagami SS, Little Busters, VA-11 Hall-A, Yu-No) and jRPG (Grandia, Ys).

Also, whatever genre Mick Gordon makes or Cyberpunk's OST belongs to.

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I remember playing Ys on my MSX way back when.