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With the continued rise of video games music, and the dedicated listeners, comes another awesome project, bringing the music from Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture to the Kingsgate Conference Centre in Peterborough. This concert is totally free for attendees! Britten Sinfonia pair up with some of Peterborough’s young musicians in a unique mentoring project inspired by...

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Review by Alyx Jones Jessica Curry sold out the Milton Court Concert Hall for a highly anticipated playthrough of Dear Esther, with a String Quartet, Pianist, live electronics, and live narration, conducted by the wonderful James Morgan. This is really the first event of its kind in the UK, closely following Austin Wintory’s music for...

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Article by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes As the evening drew in, the many stars and celebrities of Video Games started to arrive in East London. The BAFTA Games Awards awards reached it’s seventh year, and second year at the vast venue of the Tobacco Dock. During the day Tobacco Dock was home to EGX...

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Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: The Chinese Room Composer: Jessica Curry Sound Designer: Adam Hay Reviewed on: PlayStation 4   I wasn’t actually intending on doing an audio review of this game to begin with. I had just heard a ton about it and after following Jessica Curry and The Chinese Room’s developments since...

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The Sound Architect had the pleasure of catching up with composer, Jessica Curry. Jessica is a BAFTA-nominated composer and Co-Director of The Chinese Room. She spends much of her time writing music that makes people cry. She was responsible for the Dear Esther score (for which she won Best Audio at the TIGA awards, a G.A.N.G. award –...

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