This is Part 1 of our Interview with Fryda Wolff! In Part 1 Fryda Discusses how she progressed through the video-game industry through customer service, sound design all the way up to her current role as Voice Artist. To gain a great insight into how you can work your way up be sure to listen to this!

The Sound Architect Interviews Fryda Wolff Part 1: Fryda On her Video-Game Career

In part 3 of our interview with the multi-talented Fryda Wolff, Fryda talks about her favourite part of being a voice actor and why it's so great for her.

The Sound Architect Interviews Fryda Wolff Part 3: Fryda's Favourite Part About Being a Voice Actor

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 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

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

With the new Hitman releasing March 11th! Have a listen to this podcast from back in February. 

Sam Hughes speaks to the voice behind Hitman's Agent 47, David Bateson. 

In Sam's words "A true gent" to interview and they discuss David's fantastic career so far, being Hitman  and reminisce slightly about the late David Bowie an Alan Rickman. 

Tracks in the podcast:
1: Hitman 2 Main Title - Hitman 2 Official Soundtrack- Jesper Kyd
2:Agent 47 Makes a Decision - Hitman 2 Official Soundtrack - Jesper Kyd
Full article: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/davidbateson

Interview With Hitman's Agent 47, David Bateson

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 chatted to Tommy Tallarico today about Video Games Live! They discuss its future as well as upcoming gigs, special guests, the kickstarter targets and stretch goals, some exciting new track announcement for upcoming shows and more!

Full article: www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/vgl2016

Video Games Live 2016 Interview With Tommy Tallarico

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

Alyx Jones talks to Paul Weir about his recent work on No Man's Sky, starting the first Game Audio course, Real Time Synthesis and Procedural Audio.
Enjoy!



Interview with Paul Weir about No Man's Sky and Procedural Audio

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

Big thanks to our sponsors Dehumaniser: www.dehumaniser.com/dehumaniser

Interview with DOOM Composer, Mick Gordon

We spoke to voice artist Fryda Wolff again back in July, sorry for the delay on this one folks but it's a good one!

In this immense interview with the voice artist, Fryda Wolff, we chat about the industry, advice for voice acting, as well as her work on The Park.

Interview with Fryda Wolff 2!

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 Voice Over Director, Mark Estdale about Creative Dialogue Tools, voice directing for games and more!

With 23 years working with publishers and developers worldwide and with almost a thousand titles on his Resume, Mark brings a certain weight to his perspective and work  on processes, pipelines, software, recording studio design and working with actors.  Experimenting with his own studios at OMuk in London Mark has developed a production philosophy resulting in the Game Immersive Voice Recording (GIVR) studio and Creative Dialogue Tools (CDT), the software that supports it.  In September 2016 he opened Vault 501, the first GIVR studio in the US and is now working on experimental VR, face and motion capture tech.  Mark lectures at 3 of London’s top drama schools and makes Triumph motorcycles just that little bit better.

Some titles and franchises Mark has been involved with over the years include: The Conflict Desert Storm series, Sony’s F1 and Wipeout series, Tales of Monkey Island, Need for Speed III, Timesplitters 2 and Future Perfect, Pacman World 3, Perfect Dark Zero, I War 2, Fuzion Frenzy, Powerdrome, Outrun 2, Juiced,  Killzone Shadow Fall, The Deponia Series, PES, Telltale’s Game of Thrones Series, Horizon Zero Dawn,  Esper and Esper 2, Hue, The Book of Unwritten Tales Series, Diggs Nightcrawler, Driver San Francisco, Panzer Elite, Knights of Honour, Vermintide, Mordheim, Shadow Tactics, The Wolf Among Us, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures, Silent Hill Origins, Tropico 5, Dr Langeskov and the Terribly Cursed Emerald, Broken Sword: The Surpent’s Curse, The Witcher.

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

Big Thanks again to our sponsors Dehumaniser. 
http://dehumaniser.com/dehumaniser

Interview with Voice Over Director, Mark Estdale

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

Once again thanks to our sponsors Krotos Audio:https://www.krotosaudio.com/

Ray Chase Final Fantasy XV Interview

Sam Hughes chats to voice actor, Alex Hernandez on the red carpet of this year's BAFTA Games Awards 2017!

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

Thanks again to our sponsors Krotos Audio, creators of Dehumaniser:
www.krotosaudio.com

Alex Hernandez 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

Thanks again to our sponsors Krotos Ltd., creators of Reformer:
http://www.krotosaudio.com

Cissy Jones Joins Us Again!

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

Back at Soundtrack Cologne, Hazel Turnbull caught up with Gareth Coker to discuss his recent work and more!

Gareth Coker 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

Sam Hughes chats with award-winning composer Wilbert Roget, II about his career so far and his work on brilliant projects such as Lara Croft: Temple of Osiris, Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, Star Wars: The Old Republic and more!

They discuss interesting stories of his previous roles, his creative process, advice and composing a modern symphonic score for blockbuster video game Call of Duty: World War II. 

The entire score for Call of Duty: WWII in Reaper! https://twitter.com/WilbertRoget/status/921885043726749696
 
Recorded with a live symphony orchestra, the score also recently premiered in concert at Paris Games Week.

Interview with Call of Duty: WWII Composer, Wilbert Roget II

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 speaks with percussionist and composer, Kris Maddigan about writing the music for the incredibly unique game, Cuphead! They discuss his career so far as well as all the challenges of writing a big band tunes for his first ever game soundtrack!

Full article and more here: http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/interview-with-cuphead-composer-kris-maddigan/

Interview with Cuphead Composer, Kris Maddigan

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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