Sam Hughes once again attends the BAFTA Games Awards and chats with the nominees and winners on the red carpet and in the media room. Listen here!

The BAFTA Games Interviews 2017

We review the Sontronics STC-3X Pack, discussing it's features and why we think it's great for a mid-range mic. 

This recording is part of the full article at:

http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/articlesandreviews/sontronicsstc3xreview

Review by Sam Hughes

Check it out!

The Sound Architect Sontronics STC - 3X Review

Sam Hughes speaks to Sam Estes and Michael Hobe, founders of Sonicsmiths. 

Sam and Michael met while working at Remote Control Productions (2008-2012) and both left together to join the team at Cinesamples. During their tenure at Cinesamples (2012-2014) developing commercial libraries, they continued producing private sound design and samples for composers including Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg), and Christopher Lennertz. 

Sam and Michael left Cinesamples to form Sonicsmiths, a company dedicated to providing sound-design based soundtracks, unique sound design tools, and digital instruments.

More great interviews at: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk

Interview With Sam Estes And Michale Hobe of Sonicsmiths

Renowned composer, Grant Kirkhope once again joins Sam Hughes on The Sound Architect to chat about the music of Yooka-Laylee, Banjo-Kazooie, Goldeneye, his times at Rare and of course great British food! This, as well as much more so enjoy!

Thanks to Doug Waters for editing. 

For more: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/grantkirkhope2

Interview-Tooie With Grant Kirkhope

Gareth Coker joins Sam Hughes to talk about Ori and the Blind Forest in great detail, as well as his career so far and upcoming titles! 

Full article: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/garethcoker



The Sound Architect Interview With Gareth Coker

Sam Hughes catches up with the wonderfully talented Laura Bailey!

They discuss her career as a fantastic voice artist, the highlights and low lights of being a voice actor, Critical Role by Geek and Sundry, and also how her shoddiness at paperwork might be the reason she's not a scientist!

Full Article: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/laurabailey

Interview With Laura Bailey

Sam has been saying this for years and has made us put the two together!

We have to admit that composers Ryuji Sasai & Yasuhiro Kawakami may have been influenced by REO's Can't Fight this Feeling a bit here...

1st Clip - Shrine of Light - Mystic Quest
2nd Clip - Can't Fight this Feeling - REO Speedwagon
3rd Clip - Simultaneous (REO pitched and tempo adjusted)

Proof that Mystic Quest Composer loved REO Speedwagon

Sam Hughes chats to former Nine-Inch Nails member and highly talented composer, Charlie Clouser!

They discuss his extensive and exciting career, the Saw movies, Wayward Pines, many other projects plus advice for aspiring composers!

Full article: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/charlieclouser

Interview With Charlie Clouser

A belated interview from late last year where Sam Hughes speaks to actress Nichole Bloom, about her role as Emily in Until Dawn, her career so far as well as her upcoming productions! 

Main Page: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/nicholebloom

Interview With Until Dawn Actress, Nichole Bloom

Sam Hughes speaks to Andrew Lackey about his work on Ori and the Blind FOrest, but also discussing his previous work on other projects such as The Matrix movies, as well as the recently released The Witness. 

Full article: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/andrewlackey

Interview with Ori and the Blind Forest Sound Designer, Andrew Lackey

Sam Hughes speaks to the wonderful Galadriel Stineman about her career so far, her role as Ashley in Until Dawn, board games, voice acting and more!

Full article: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/galadrielstineman

Interview With Until Dawn Actress, Galadriel Stineman

Sam Hughes is once again joined by the fantastic Cissy Jones! This time they discuss Adr1ft and Baldurs Gate: Siege of the Dragonspear among many other things!

They also discuss the unfortunate circumstances befallen audio veteran Jory Prum who was recently in a motorcycle accident. The link mentioned in the interview is here: https://www.gofundme.com/calartianslovejory

With the full article live here: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/cissyjones2

Interview with Adr1ft Voice Artist, Cissy Jones

Sam Hughes speaks to the wonderful Victoria Atkin about her acting career, her role as Evie Frye in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, as well as other fun!

Victoria Atkin is an award-winning British actress, author and singer, based in Los Angeles. Victoria’s body of work is incredibly rich and diverse – spanning Television, Feature Film, New Media, VoiceOver and Gaming, and Presenting. Victoria is additionally an ex-pro athlete and a licensed motorcyclist. In July, Variety named Victoria as an “International Star You Should Know”.

Victoria portrays the “Evie Frye”, the first ever Generation 4 Playable Female Lead Assassin, twin to brother “Jacob Frye”. Together they are the leaders of the game. Victoria has received rave reviews from critics and fans for her portrayal of Evie, and most recently won the Canadian Game Awards Best Performance 2015. The DLC Add-On Bonus game was released in Dec 2015, and stars Evie Frye, this time 20 years older. She returns to the forefront, the only hope to stop JACK THE RIPPER.

Victoria is best known for her groundbreaking series regular role of a transgender teen Jasmine/Jason Costello in the BBC’s long running episodic HOLLYOAKS for which she won *Best Actress*. She is a graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where she also performed in Musical Theater. She is also a published author, and her debut novel LONDON LOVE is now available on Amazon, in printed or audio format. Victoria also narrates the novel.

Full article: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/victoriaatkin

Interview with Assassin's Creed: Syndicate's Evie FryeVictoria Atkin

Sam Hughes speaks to VJ Rosales of The Filharmonic about their origins, career, challenges, Pitch Perfect 2 and more!

The unique and harmonious a-cappella band, The Filharmonic's culturally diverse tone, and style exemplifies a melodic, urban-esque sound with a 90's vibe. The Filipino-American group was brought into recognition when they won NBC’s “The Sing-Off”, which launched them on a national tour, performing alongside Linkin Park, Black Eyed Peas and Pentatonix. Most recently you can see the band perform in Universal’s hit-movie, PITCH PERFECT 2. 

Full article: http//:www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/thefilharmonic

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Interview with VJ Rosales from The Filharmonic

Sam Hughes speaks to the wonderful actress, Alix Wilton Regan, about her career so far, Guitar Heor Live, DragonAge: Inquisition, her charity Play4Calais and more!

Contains some strong language and sensitive content.

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Interview with DragonAge: Inquisition Actress, Alix Wilton Regan

Sam Hughes speaks to composer Robert Duncan about his career so far, his theme fore Whispers, being nominated for an Emmy and more!

Robert Duncan has recently been honored by ATAS
with a fourth EmmyⓇ nomination for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for his work on Whispers for Amblin Television.
For all eight seasons of ABC’s hit series, Castle, Duncan delivered new and unique musical compositions to the show, for which he was nominated for an EmmyⓇ Award in 2009.
In 2013, Duncan scored the Sony/ABC series The Last Resort a sweeping action thriller about
the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine who become fugitives after refusing to fire their nuclear
missiles. In creating the show’s musical palette, Duncan boarded a decommissioned Cold War
era submarine in San Diego with his engineer and recorded experimental sounds to utilize within
the score. His work on the series earned him his third EmmyⓇ nomination.  

Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Duncan grew up in a musical family and composed his first
piece when he was a sixth­grader at the Claude Watson School of the Performing Arts. In an
experimental music class, the 11­year­old Robert was encouraged to take apart and explore a
piano in order to make new sounds. In high school, at age sixteen, his first job was scoring a
promotional video for the local Board of Education. In addition to piano, he studied pipe­organ
and trumpet before earning a degree in music composition from York University.   After
graduating, he apprenticed for five years with two composers and participated in the ASCAP
Film Scoring Workshop before setting his sights on Hollywood.
Shortly after moving to California, Duncan was hired as series composer on the enduring
fan­favorite hit series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FOX/UPN).  When that series ended, he
composed music for Tru Calling (FOX), The Unit (FOX/CBS), Into the Blue 2: The Reef
(MGM), Lie to Me (FOX), The Gates, (ABC), Terriers (FX), Chicago Code (FOX), The Family
(ABC), Shattered (Lionsgate), The Entitled (Anchor Bay) and many others.
Fluent across genres, Duncan’s work has been performed by a diverse range of artists from
Smashing Pumpkins front­man Billy Corgan to Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops.

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Interview with Composer, Robert Duncan

Sam Hughes chats to the brilliant Mick Gordon, about his career so far, the DOOM soundtrack, the subliminal pentagrams and 666 spectogram, and more!

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Interview with DOOM Composer, Mick Gordon

Recording of a short snippet of a piece written by Doug Waters

Recorded using an Aston Microphones: Origin cardioid condenser - -10db, low cut filter [80Hz]

http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/aston-microphones-origin-review/

Aston Microphones: Origin - Review - Guitar Recordings Comparison - Aston: Origin

Recording of a short snippet of a piece written by Doug Waters

Recorded using an sE Electronics: sE2200a cardioid condenser - -10db, low cut filter.

http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/aston-microphones-origin-review/

Aston Microphones: Origin - Review - Guitar Recordings Comparison - sE: 2200a

Recording of the final movement of 'Haust', a piece for female choir by Kristin Burdal, based on Arne Garborg's poem of the same name.

Recorded using an Aston Microphones: Origin cardioid condenser - -10db, low cut filter.

http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/aston-microphones-origin-review/

Aston Microphones: Origin - Review - Vocal Recordings Comparison - Aston: Origin

Recording of the final movement of 'Haust', a piece for female choir by Kristin Burdal, based on Arne Garborg's poem of the same name.

Recorded using an sE Electronics: se2200a cardioid condenser - -10db, low cut filter.

Full Review Article:http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/aston-microphones-origin-review/

Aston Microphones: Origin - Review - Vocal Recordings Comparison - sE2200a

Sam Hughes speaks to Sound Designer, Adam Hay about his career so far, as well as his work on Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. 

Full Article and other Interviews: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/adamhay

Thanks again to our sponsors Krotos Ltd. creators of Dehumaniser and Simple Monsters.

Interview with Sound Designer, Adam Hay

Sam Hughes speaks to awesome voice artist, Ray Chase, about his work on Final Fantasy XV, The Seven Deadly Sins and more! Ray is best known for his versatility as a voice actor in video games and animation, as well as being a major spokesperson for brands such as Coke Zero, Progressive, Welch's, Corona Light, and Naturebox. Video game fans know him as the lead protagonist Noctis in the best-selling Final Fantasy XV (2016) and Edgar from Final Fantasy III (1994) in World of Final Fantasy (2016). Superhero fans know him as the voices of Jason Blood and Etrigan the Demon in the DC feature film Justice League Dark (2017). He is a con fixture making appearances all over the world with his show "Loud, Annoying, and Very Annoying" (LAVA) with fellow voice actors Robbie Daymond and Max Mittelman.

Ray graduated summa cum laude from the USC School of Theater. He also trained at the British American Dramatic Academy. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his dog Milo.

Check out the full page with links, and more awesome interviews, here: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/raychase

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Ray Chase Final Fantasy XV Interview

Sam Hughes chats with BAFTA Award Winner, Cissy Jones in the media room after winning her award for her performance in Firewatch as Delilah!

Check out the full article here: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/baftagames2017

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Cissy Jones Media Room Interview BAFTA Games Awards 2017

Sam Hughes speaks to Navid Negahban & Navid Khonsari on the BAFTA Games Red Carpet about their work on 1979 Revolution Black Friday.

Check out the full article here: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/baftagames2017

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Navid Negahban & Navid Khonsari Red Carpet Interview BAFTA Games 2017

Sam Hughes speaks to Nolan North, behind the scenes after presenting Best British Game! 

Check out the full article here: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/baftagames2017

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Nolan North Media Room Interview BAFTA Games Awards 2017

Sam Hughes speaks to legendary voice actor, Nolan North about Uncharted 4, the awards and much more. 

Check out the full article here: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/baftagames2017

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Nolan North Red Carpet BAFTA Games Awards 2017

Sam Hughes speaks to renowned voice actor, Troy Baker, about the awards, Shadow of War and more! 

Check out the full article here: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/baftagames2017

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Troy Baker Red Carpet Interview BAFTA Games Awards 2017

Sam Hughes catches up with Cissy Jones post E3 and they discuss winning a BAFTA, voice acting roles coming up, and more!

Full article over at: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/cissyjones3

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Cissy Jones Joins Us Again!

Alyx Jones speaks to cellist and all round musician, business-woman and Queen Bee Tina Guo.
Tina Guo is an internationally acclaimed and Grammy-nominated virtuoso acoustic/electric cellist, recording artist, and composer.  With a multi-faceted career and mastery in a wide range of genres, her passion for musical exploration, artistic expression, and technology are expressed through live performance and visual media.  Tina can also be heard as a featured soloist in many Blockbuster Film, Television, and Game scores.

Interview with Cellist and Composer, Tina Guo

Last year, Sam spoke with renowned voiceover director and composer, Amanda Rose Smith. They discuss her career so far, her approaches to VO and music, as well as the current state of the audio industry for women. Amanda was originally musically self taught but continued on to graduate from Smith College with a degree in Classical Composition and New York University  with a Masters in Music Technology.

During her time at NYU, Amanda studied under Deniz Hughes (Orchestrator, Interview with a Vampire), Ira Newborn (Composer, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Naked Gun) and Mark Snow (Composer, Xfiles, Smallville).  Both her music and sound work have won awards in various independent film festivals and game awards cermonies across the country. She has also recorded, directed, and edited numerous Audie nominated and winning audiobooks.

Full article and more: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/interview-with-voiceover-director-and-composer-amanda-rose-smith

Interview with Voiceover Director and Composer, Amanda Rose Smith

Hazel Turnbull interviews Bruce Broughton ath 2017's Soundtrack Cologne!

Bruce Broughton is best known for his many film scores, which include Silverado, Tombstone, The Rescuers Down Under, The Presidio, Miracle on 34th Street, the Homeward Bound adventures and Harry and the Hendersons.   His television themes include Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville, JAG, Steven Spielberg’s Tiny Toon Adventures and Dinosaurs. His scores for television range from mini-series like Roughing It and The Blue and Gray to TV movies (Warm Springs, O Pioneers!) and countless episodes of television series such as Dallas, Quincy, Hawaii Five-O and How the West Was Won.
With 24 nominations, he has won a record ten Emmy awards. His score to Silverado was Oscar-nominated, and his score to Young Sherlock Holmes was nominated for a Grammy.  His music has accompanied many of the Disney theme park attractions throughout the world. His score for Heart of Darkness was the first recorded orchestral score for a video game.

As a concert composer, ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the National Symphony and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra have performed his works. His works for wind ensembles, bands and chamber groups have been performed and recorded throughout the world.

He is a board member of ASCAP, a former governor of both the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as a past president and founding member of The Society of Composers and Lyricists.

Bruce Broughton Soundtrack Cologne 2017 Interview

Hazel Turnbull speaks with composer, Lesley Barber., at Soundtrack Cologne 2017.

A 2016 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences initiate, film composer Lesley Barber writes music marked by intelligence and emotional depth. From orchestral to atmospheric, alternative to childrens music, Appalachian to electronic, Lesley has an innate ability to bring the essential to light and avoid the cliché. 

In Manchester by the Sea, the new film directed by Kenneth Lonergan, Lesley employs intricately harmonized vocal performances and subtle, atmospheric orchestral work that provides integral support for the incredible performances by Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler and young discovery Lucas Hedges. Praise for her work on this project promises to launch her into the top tier of a new generation of film composers.

Lesley Barber Soundtrack Cologne 2017 Interview

Hazel Turnbull interviews Carly Paradis at 2017's Soundtrack Cologne. Have a listen here!

Carly Paradis is known for her score to shows Line Of Duty and Prime Suspect 1973. Carly also played the piano on the full score as well as arranging piano parts for Clint Mansell’s soundtrack for the BAFTA Award-winning film Moon, directed by Duncan Jones. Her work on Prime Suspect 1973 has seen her invest in some retro amps and pedals which sit correctly in the era. Christian and Carly talk writing styles, and how important it can be to get in front of a real piano.

Carly Paradis Soundtrack Cologne 2017 Interview

Hazel Turnbull speaks with composer, Jeff Rona at Soundtrack Cologne 2017. 

Jeff Rona is a contemporary film composer and recording artist. The youngest son of European immigrants, he studied music, art and photography, but left school behind to pursue music as his life’s work. Early on he composed for dance, theater, experimental media, galleries and contemporary concert venues around the world using both traditional musicians and cutting-edge technologies. He became an in-demand studio musician, arranger, sound designer, synthesist and music programmer in Los Angeles & New York, most notably with Philip Glass on several film and live projects and with film composer Hans Zimmer. He worked as a musical collaborator on numerous films & records before landing his first solo composing project, scoring the groundbreaking television series Homicide:Life On The Street for director Barry Levinson.

Jeff Rona Soundtrack Cologne 2017 Interview

In a very special edition of our podcast, Sam Hughes is joined by guest Co-Host Thomas Quillfeldt to discuss with guest Jonne Valtonen about his Final Fantasy 7 Symphony and breaking it down into its core components.

They discuss Jonne's motives, techniques and go into great detail of specific sections of each movement. They also discuss how he created this magical symphony based on Nobuo Uematu's original work.

Final Fantasy VII Symphony Breakdown Episode

Sara Secora is a voice actress, born and raised in the Great Lake state of Michigan. She is an accomplished voice over artist with over three years of training and experience in the field. Sara is also the Casting Director for several video game studios. 

Sara Secora's novel, Throne of Lies, has debuted with an outpour of astounding reviews and ratings. You can find her now in Detroit where she is working as a full-time voice talent, all the while continuing to write the second novel within her much awaited trilogy series.

They discuss all things voice over, her career path, how to deal with the industry both mentally and physically, and more!

Full article here: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/interview-voice-artist-sara-secora/

Interview with Voice Artist, Sara Secora

Here are some samples and tracks to go with our full interview with Grammy Award winning Engineer, Jason Schweitzer!

Full Article: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/jasonschweitzer

Civ VI Sogno Di Volare ( The Dream Of Flight ) 101716

Sam Hughes catches up once again with the wonderful Cissy Jones! They discuss her upcoming projects, the current state of the VO industry for women and more!

Full article and more:  http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/cissy-jones-4/

Another Awesome Catch Up Interview with Cissy Jones!

In this fantastic podcast episode, Sam Hughes speaks with composer/sound designer, Martin Stig Andersen. They discuss his fascinating career, his philosophy on sound design, music and the lines inbetween, and so much more! 

Don't miss this in-depth discussion. 

Full article and more:  http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/martin-stig-andersen/ ‎

Interview with Composer/Sound Designer, Martin Stig Andersen

Sam Hughes speaks with composer of nearly all the Telltale Games franchises, Jared Emerson-Johnson. They discuss his career, so far, favourite tracks from the TellTale Games, his process and more! 

For the past decade or so Jared has been the music man at Bay Area Sound—writing music, creating sound design, directing voiceover and acting in all sorts of games and occasionally in other media.

You may know him from his Telltale games scores to the Sam & Max series, The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Tales From the Borderlands and Game of Thrones.

Full article and more: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/interview-telltale-games-composer-jared-emerson-johnson

Interview with Bay Area Sound's Composer, Jared Emerson-Johnson

Last month Sam Hughes caught up with David Housden, after his recent work on The Lost Words, QUBE2 and more!

David came to be one of the most promising young talents, after his work on the soundtrack for Thomas Was Alone. The game received a BAFTA nomination for Best Original Music and is highly regarded as an indie hit. He then rejoined Mike Bithell for his next game Volume, a respin of the classic Robin Hood stories. His music changed direction with more of an orchestral, rock score and worked alongside Riva Taylor on the vocals for the game.

“Drawing upon his garage rock band days, Housden creates melodic, original music scores which illuminate imaginary worlds with real emotion and immersion.”

They discuss advice for composers, current state of the industry and beyond!

David Housden Podcast

In this very special episode, Sam Hughes hosts the Women in Gaming: Voiceover Special, where he is joined by awesome voice acting guests; Victoria Atkin, Cissy Jones and Patricia Summersett! 

In this episode, the guests answer commenter's questions from all of our social media channels. Listen now and see if your question was answered!

Full article and more: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/

Women In Gaming: Voiceover Special - Victoria Atkin, Cissy Jones & Patricia Summersett

We have a short chat with Austin at Animex Games Festival 2018, ahead of Animex Live in the evening.

Austin Wintory - Animex Festival 2018

That's right our podcast is back! As we've had so many episodes over the years, it's time for a bit of a reboot, so we're introducing The Sound Architect Podcast Season 2!

In our first episode, Sam Hughes chats with Victoria Atkin and Patricia Summersett about the Video Games Awards, their approaches to learning and growing professionally, as well as their new and upcoming projects! This episode is definitely a great episode to kick off the new new season with so well worth a listen!

This great podcast and more over at: https://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk

The Sound Architect Podcast S2E1: Victoria Atkin & Patricia Summersett

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