This is the result of the 21 days of VGM challenge. Track 01 Today is the start of the 21 days of video game music challenge! I already wrote a piece earlier today but wasn’t happy with it so started… Read More »21 Days Of Video Game Music
1982, the year of the Commodore 64! Let’s take a look at writing music for this iconic system.Difference Between SID ChipsCybernoid 2C64 Playlist
Commodore 64 Release Date: 1982 Five years after the Atari exploded on the home console scene, the Commodore 64 was released. The C64 is hailed as being responsible for bringing a new technology to middle-class households by being affordable, mass-produced and… Read More »A History Of Video Game Music (part 2)
We’re going right back to 1977 video game music with the Atari 2600! In this episode, I have a look at some of the limitations of that console and how music was written for it.
Atari 2600 Release Date: 1977 I’m going back to where it all started with home consoles, the Atari 2600. It had a really unique sound chip called the TIA (Television Interface Adapter) which could handle a whole 2 different channels… Read More »A History Of Video Game Music (part 1)
Music theory is one of those things a lot of musicians (I’m looking at you, guitarists) like to avoid. So I made this episode to try and simplify it, make it less daunting and more useful. You can check out… Read More »ComposerCast 015 | Essential Chord Theory
Music theory is one of those things a lot of musicians (I’m looking at you, guitarists) like to avoid. Most of the reasons I’ve heard are that it will reduce their creativity or box them in with too many rules.… Read More »Essential Chord Theory For Guitarists
I had the opportunity to attend this great talk at BAFTA HQ in London. In the talk, video game composer Gareth discussed how he used music to reflect and drive the narrative of games. This episode is a collection of… Read More »ComposerCast 014 | A Gareth Coker Masterclass Summary
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVxjU6n3z0c[/embedyt] I had the opportunity to attend this great talk at BAFTA in London this week. Gareth Coker is the composer for the critically-acclaimed game Ori and the Blind Forest. In the talk, he discussed how he used music… Read More »Masterclass | Art of Storytelling through Music with Gareth Coker