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As events slowly begin to restart again following the lifting of restrictions, Develop conference moved from the usual summer dates to a more windy and cold October. The organisers also took the decision to live stream the conference and offer a Digital Conference pass as well this year so anyone still not comfortable or able...

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Article by Alyx Jones Screen Music Connect is a new event series, following on from the success of Game Music Connect, but opening up to a wider audience of composers and music industry professionals who work on music to picture. Founded by award-winning composer James Hannigan, it was created to “explore and celebrate the richly...

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SCREEN MUSIC CONNECT FIRST SESSIONS ANNOUNCED: CONFERENCE EXPLORES THE MUSIC OF FILM, TELEVISION, VIDEO GAMES AND VIRTUAL REALITY ON SEPTEMBER 24 BAFTA, IVOR NOVELLO Celebrated Composers and Innovative Live Musical Performance Confirmed for Inaugural Event at Southbank’s Purcell Room Screen Music Connect, from the people who brought you Game Music Connect is an exciting new London-based conference...

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  Article by Alyx Jones & Lorraine Ansell Develop:Brighton 2018 has closed it’s doors for another year after a wonderful three days packed with talks from a range of disciplines around game development, including programming, art/design, business/marketing and of course our favourite: the audio track. Set in The Hilton along the seafront, there’s an expo...

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Article by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes A warm and sunny evening brought together many composers and aspiring composers together yesterday at Tileyard Studios to hear from BAFTA nominated duo: The Flight (Joe Henson and Alexis Smith) and Ivor Novello award-winning composer Joris De Man, to discuss their work on the music for Horizon...

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Reviewed by Willy McCarter Edited by Sam Hughes Organiser: Edinburgh Game Symposium. Hosts: Luci Holland & Sam Hughes. Guest Speakers: Will Morton, John Broomhall, Helge Borgarts. Venue: Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh; Oct. 21st-23rd. Sponsors: Creative Scotland, Krotos Audio, Red Dog Music, Focusrite, Novation Partners: New Media Scotland, We Throw Switches, IGDA Scotland, The Sound Architect, Solid Audioworks, The University of...

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Sam Hughes caught up with John Broomhall after this year’s Develop in Brighton conference to talk about the highly successful audio track.   Congratulations on another great audio track at Develop in Brighton this year, John. Could you explain your role in the Audio Track and tell us how was this year’s event for you?...

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Article by Alyx Jones Composers for video games have long been talking about a new PRS model for video games. As of 2016, the games industry is a £90billion industry with 2.1 billion gamers across the globe. PRS hosted this event to try and shed light and explore the current situation, as well as looking...

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Article by Sam Hughes & Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Sam & Alex recount their time at this year’s Develop in Brighton conference last week. The Develop 3-day conference in Brighton hosts a wide variety of talks from professionals all over the games industry. Thursday is the day for the audio track and the...

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Interview with John Broomhall JOHN BROOMHALL, composer, sound designer, co-founder of Game Music Connect and curator/chair of the Develop Conference Audio Track, recently returned to a game franchise beloved of millions the world over, whose first three hit titles he had a deep involvement in – both as original composer and audio producer. Sound-hound Sam...

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