Game Music Connect
Event Information
Description
Please note: Access to the Purcell Room is via the entrance to Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Prices
Early Bird (Before 25th August): £99
Standard (After 25th August): £125
- Register now and collect a free 17 track digital soundtrack sampler download code when you attend on 9th September 2013 courtesy of Sumthing Else Music Works.
- Register for a chance to win Lexicon’s PCM Total Bundle. The winner will be announced at Game Music Connect on 9th September 2013. Terms and Conditions apply.
Lunch is not included at Game Music Connect. To help you plan your day in advance check out this handy guide on some of the eating and drinking options available in the immediate vicinity of the Southbank Centre: Shop-Eat-Drink.
Visit the Game Music Connect website for more details: www.gamemusicconnect.com
About Game Music Connect:
Game Music Connect has been created by multi-award winning game, film and tv composer
James Hannigan and acclaimed game audio director & composer John Broomhall to celebrate and explore the amazing music of video games and the extraordinary talent behind it.
Hannigan and Broomhall first met in the mid-nineties when collaborating on titles for the now legendary publisher/developer MicroProse Software. Their rapport was instantaneous and they quickly discovered a keen shared interest in exploring the art and craft behind making music for games. They have shared stages on numerous occasions in the UK to discuss the aesthetics and practicalities of creating music to picture with such luminaries as Professor Stephen Deutsch, Richard Jacques, Barrington Pheloung, Harry Gregson-Williams and Nick Laviers at events such as the DEVELOP conference, GameCity, the Edinburgh Games Festival, MusicWorks and the BAFTA Games Festival. Game Music Connect is simply the next logical step in their pursuit of celebrating the vibrant world of game scoring, an initiative made possible in no small measure by a dazzling array of industry contacts and personal working relationships forged over many years.
Game Music Connect‘s inaugural event takes place on 9th September 2013 at the Southbank Centre, London, offering a rare, if not unique, opportunity to hear several of the world’s leading games industry composers and audio directors assembled in one place to talk about creating music for games – from both the composer perspective and that of the developers who work with them. So if you’re an amateur, pro or semi-pro composer – from any musical background or industry – this is an event you certainly won’t want to miss!
However – you don’t need to be a composer or industry professional to be a part of Game Music Connect. Fans of soundtracks and, indeed, anyone with an interest in music for the games medium are more than welcome to attend any Game Music Connect event (plans are afoot for further sessions of all kinds – including live music). So why not get involved today and register for the all-day inaugural event on 9th September. Look out for full session details which will be added to the schedule in the coming weeks.
List of speakers (alphabetically:)
- John Broomhall (Composer, Audio Director and Commentator)
- Adele Cutting (Audio Director)
- Joris de Man (Composer)
- Jason Graves (Composer)
- James Hannigan (Composer)
- Richard Jacques (Composer)
- Jesper Kyd (Composer)
- Alastair Lindsay (Music Production Manager, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- Paul Lipson (Composer and Music/Audio Director, Microsoft Studios)
- Steve Lord (Audio Director, Jagex)
- Martin O’Donnell (Composer and Audio Director, Bungie)
Visit the Game Music Connect website for more details: www.gamemusicconnect.com
Press release May 28th 2013:
GAME MUSIC CONNECT ANNOUNCED
ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
MASS EFFECT, COMMAND & CONQUER
The day’s programming will comprise of in-depth discussions with these celebrated composers and audio directors, including insights into their diverse career paths and scoring experiences as well as practical demonstrations of interactive music and previews of next-gen original scores. The day will feature a composer panel exploring the evolution of video game music and a philosophical discussion of the art form and its future. Full details of the day’s sessions, involving a mixture of composers and audio directors, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Game Music Connect is created by BAFTA award winner and five-time Original Music nominated composer James Hannigan and veteran game audio director, composer, sound designer and industry commentator John Broomhall, to celebrate and explore the music of video games together and the extraordinary talent behind it. Game Music Connect micro-events are also in development to spotlight individual composers’ careers and key works.
For more information and to register for Game Music Connect, visit www.gamemusicconnect.com.
