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#93 - Garry Schyman Interview (Bioshock, Shadow Of Mordor, Film, Composing, Voice Acting, University Of Southern California (USC) etc.)

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Episode 94

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Garry Schyman is a multi award winning video game composer. He is most well known for his scores to Destroy All Humans, The Bioshock Trilogy and Middle Earth games Shadow Of Mordor and Shadow Of War. He is also a lecturer at the University Of Southern California

SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE - www.garryschyman.com

FACEBOOK - Garry Schyman

 

#bioshock #destroyallhumans #shadowof war

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:53 - How Garry Got Started In The Film/Video Game Industry

05:04 - Garry Was Somewhat Aware Of The Advancement Of Games When He Started Composing Destroy All Humans

05:50 - Involving Himself In Games

07:06 - Playing Bioshock/ Playing Games While Composing/Finding Time To Play Games

08:49 - Composing For Games That Aren’t Pick Up And Play/Garry Getting Destroyed Online

09:58 - Destroy All Humans Always Had A 1950s Music Direction

11:50 - Garry Was Hired Specifically For His 1950s Sound

12:37 - Destroy All Humans Got Garry Job On Bioshock

13:13 - Developers Of Bioshock/Bioshock 2

13:44 - Garry Mostly Worked Remotely On Bioshock From L.A.

14:59 - Garry Is Working On A Japanese Game Without A Translator/Translations

16:40 - Garry Was Unaware Of Licensed Music While Scoring Bioshock

17:24 - Cowens Masterpiece/Playing Piano

19:37 - How Garry Ended Up Teaching At University Of South California

21:41 - Gaming Industry Is Less Stressful Than Film & Television

23:45 - Garry Prefers Scoring For Games

24:29 - Gaming You Have To Much Free Time With Scoring Compared To Film/Television

25:48 - How Garry Composes

28:04 - Walking Away From Music And Coming Back To It Later

29:43 - Finding Bioshock’s Distinctive Sound

31:37 - Pressure Of Composing Bioshock Infinite

32:37 - Television Is More Ambient These Days/Garry Composing More Unique Stuff In Games

35:35 - Garry Wouldn’t Know What To Do If He Wasn’t Composing

36:58 - Garry Was Specifically Advised To Not Reference LOTR Film Score In Shadow Of Mordor

37:20 - Garry Hasn’t Watched LOTR So Music Wasn’t Tainted By Film Scores

38:53 - Garry Didn’t Have Much Direction With Shadow Of Mordor & War Scores

39:53 - Garry Had To Get Clearance From Tolkien Estate

41:09 - Garry Would Like To Work With Peter Jackson

41:40 - Tolkien Estates Approval Process

43:30 - Various Opportunities Came Up From Bioshock/Bioshock Imitation

45:35 - Working On First Person Shooters

46:01 - Garry Would Like To Work On A Western Game Or Something Creative

48:27 - Garry Still Chases Projects And Gets Shotdown/Getting What You Need Not What You Want

49:55 - Garry’s View On Voice Acting

53:23 - Garry’s Wife Is A Therapist/Actors Working In Video Games

55:20 - Video Games Continues To Grow/Hypocrisy Of People Saying Video Games Are Violent

56:57 - Younger Film/Television Directors Approach Garry Based On His Video Game Scores

57:40 - A lot Of Students At University Of Southern California Are More Interested In Scoring Video Games Than Television & Film

58:50 - Garry’s Advice For Young & Upcoming Composers

1:04:11 - Where To Follow Garry Schyman

1:05:33 - Garry Bought A Car Off Facebook/Pros & Cons Of Social Media

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago