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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LONDON, United Kingdom (August 24, 2015) - Game Music Connect
today announced a world exclusive preview of the video game sound
and music documentary "Beep: Big in Japan" will be screened at this
year's international video game music conference returning to The
Purcell Room at London's Southbank Centre on September 15. Tickets
are available at
www.gamemusicconnect.com .
In a unique Game Music Connect special, "Beep" director Karen
Collins will discuss her experience of producing the most
comprehensive documentary of game music/audio history ever made, in
a session entitled "Beep: Big In Japan", and will present the
world premiere of footage from her in-depth interviews
with Japan's game music royalty, such as composers Nobuo Uematsu (
Final Fantasy) and Yoko Shimomura (
Kingdom Hearts), ahead of the film's official release in
spring 2016.
As director of "Beep" and a Canada Research Chair in Interactive
Audio at the University of Waterloo, Karen Collins heads up a huge
and culturally significant undertaking to document the history of
video game sound and music through interviews with composers and
other game audio professionals from around the globe.
Composers featured in the exclusive preview of "Beep: Big In
Japan" include:
- Nobuo Uematsu (
Final Fantasy)
- Yoko Shimomura (
Mario &
Luigi RPGs,
Kingdom Hearts)
- Hisayoshi Ogura (Taito sound director behind
Legend of Kage,
Ninja Warriors,
Darius series)
- Shinji Hosoe (Namco sound director turned SuperSweep music
producer:
Ridge Racer,
Street Fighter EX2,3)
- Tenpei Sato (
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure,
Valis, the
Disgaea series)
- Yoshino Aoki (
Mega Man series,
Breath of Fire series)
- Michiko Naruke (
Wild Arms series)
- Koichi Namiki (
Daytona Racing,
Virtua Fighter, Sega Sound Team band)
Now in its third year, Game Music Connect is for aspiring and
professional composers of all backgrounds and those interested in
learning about the art, science and business of creating today's
cutting edge video game soundtracks. A full list of the Game Music
Connect 2015 sessions and speakers are now online at
http://www.gamemusicconnect2015.com/?page_id=2 .
It includes a keynote from Sony Computer Entertainment America's
Director of Music, an interview with key music/audio creatives
behind the award winning
Alien Isolation, insights from the core team at best of
breed orchestral sample library creators Spitfire Audio, and an
exclusive appearance from Project Morpheus music pioneers
discussing their cutting edge work on music for VR.
Game Music Connect is founded by multi-award winning game and TV
composer James Hannigan and celebrated game audio director,
composer and industry commentator John Broomhall in order to
celebrate and explore the music of video games. For more
information and to purchase tickets for Game Music Connect 2015,
visit:
http://www.gamemusicconnect.com
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