Aycomusic's GDC Final Fantasy acoustic arrangements
Eiko Ishiwata of Aycomusic has arranged two new classic Final Fantasy pieces for acoustic instrumentation, unveiled at the 2013 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. "Castle Damcyan" from Final Fantasy IV and "Nostalgia" from Final Fantasy V, both composed by Nobuo Uematsu, are streaming through YouTube.
Cart Life soundtrack bundled with Special Edition
Cart Life, the winner of the Seumas McNally grand prize at the 2013 Independent Games Festival, features a music score by chip musicians Stu, Pocketmaster, Lo-Bat and Mat64. The 24-track soundtrack is included in the game's $5 Everything Edition, available for digital download through designer Richard Hofmeier's website.
Swery's GDC presentation on Deadly Premonition
Director Hidetaka "SWERY" Suehiro presents "Game Design in the Coffee" at the 2011 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California. The talk on the making of Deadly Premonition, whose Director's Cut edition is due out in April for PlayStation 3, is free to view on the GDC Vault website.
Hotline Miami soundtrack launches on Steam
The full 22-track music score to Hotline Miami has been made available for purchase in mp3 format through Stream, featuring music by El Huervo, Scattle, Jasper Byrne and other artists. The PC title has been nominated for both the 2013 Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice audio awards.
Indies dominate 2013 GDC audio award nominations
In addition to the five audio finalists for the Independent Games Festival, the Game Developers Conference has named three independently developed game titles nominees for the 2013 Game Developers Choice audio award. The nominees are Journey, Hotline Miami, Sound Shapes, Halo 4 and Assassin's Creed III.
Antichamber due out January 31 on Steam
The long-awaited first-person puzzle game Antichamber, recipient of the 2012 IGF Award for Technical Excellence, has been given a release date of January 31 for PCs on Steam. Designed by Alexander Bruce, music for the independently developed title is by Siddhartha Barnhoorn, with sound design by Robin Arnott.
Jessica Curry to present on Dear Esther at GDC 2013
IGF finalist Jessica Curry will present on her music score for Dear Esther at the 2013 Game Developers Conference. Her lecture, entitled "Creating Powerful Scores with Limited Resources," will delve into the backround music's "emotional power and innovative fusion of digital effects and live instrumentation."
IGF 2013 announces Excellence in Audio finalists
The Game Developers Conference's Independent Games Festival has announced the 2013 finalists for the Excellence in Audio award category. They are Kentucky Route Zero (Cardboard Computer), Bad Hotel (Lucky Frame), 140 (Jeppe Carlsen), Hotline Miami (Dennaton Games) and PixeljJunk 4am (Q-Games).
IGF introduces Excellence In Audio Award jurors
The Independent Games Festival has introduced the Excellence In Audio Award jurors for 2013. They include composers and sound designers Shaw-Han Liem (Sound Shapes), Darren Korb (Bastion), David Lloyd and Larry Oji of OverClocked ReMix, Emily Ridgway (Brütal Legend) and Laura Shigihara (Melolune).
2012 Indie Soapbox Session video online
The Indie Soapbox Session, taking place during the 2012 Game Developers Conference, is now available to view online for free at the GDC Vault. The session features brief talks by developers Phil Fish (Fez), Alexander Bruce (Antichamber), Steph Thirion (Faraway) and Raigan Burns (N+), among others.
Darren Korb's Bastion presentation added to GDC Vault
Darren Korb's 2012 Game Developers Conference presentation "Build That Wall: Creating the Audio for Bastion" is now free to view on the GDC Vault. The one-hour lecture offers information on the development of the action RPG by Supergiant Games and the audio director's collaboration with narrator Logan Cunningham.
David Kanaga's live GDC set celebrates classic games
Dyad composer David Kanaga has uploaded an alternate take of the live music set he performed at the GDC Venus Patrol party on March 7. Classic game scores represented in the free download include Chrono Trigger, Journey to Silius, Parappa The Rapper, Super Mario 64 and Final Fantasy VI.
GDC 2012: The indie composer speaks
During the 2012 Independent Games Summit, three musicians laid out various unique concerns of composers for indie games. "The Indie Composer Speaks" panel featured brief talks by Laura Shigihara, Danny Baranowsky and Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace).
GDC 2012: What brings you here?
This week IndieGames.com catches up with attendees of the 2012 Game Developers Conference and asks them what brings them to GDC. Following the first full day, we hear from Robin Arnott, Simon Flesser, Ichiro Lambe, Jaime Woo and Mattias Häggström Gerdt.
