Podcast Episode Details

#91 - Inon Zur Interview (Fallout, Dragon Age:Origins, LOTR, Royalties, Bethesda, Film, Mixing etc.)

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Episode 92

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Inon Zur is a video game composer who is most known for composing a majority of the Fallout series as well franchises like Dragon Age, Prince Of Persia, Lord Of The Rings and more...

SOCIAL MEDIA

Website - www.inonzur.com

Twitter -  @Inon Zur 

Youtube -  @Inon Zur 

Instagram - @inonzurofficial

#fallout #dragonageorigins #princeofpersia

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:41 - What Inon Zur’s Name Means In Hebrew

01:25 - How Inon Kept The Fallout Franchise Music Cohesive

03:40 - The Fallout Theme Songs Are Always Written First

04:38 - Direction Inon Will Be Given From Bethesda/Development Process

06:20 - Inon Started Writing Fallout Music From Early Development

07:17 - Adjustments In Music As Visuals Change

08:25 - Inon Can Compose Fast & Maintain Quality Because Training In Film/Television

09:35 - Why Video Game Scores Are Different To Television/Film

11:07 - Inon Is Open To Returning To Film/Television

11:51 - Microsoft Acquiring Bethesda Has Not Changed How Bethesdas Operations

12:34 - Inon Has A Great Relationship With Bethesda 

13:03 - Inon Does Chase Some Projects/Working With Different Studios

14:12 - How Inon Got Job To Work On Dragon Age: Origins/Title Theme Process

15:59 - When Inon Will Work With Orchestra Vs Synthesisers

17:35 - Creating A Language For Dragon Age: Origins Title Theme

20:29 - Writer’s Block/Getting Inspiration

21:36 - Revisiting Music That You Feel Are Terrible

22:59 - Lord Of The Rings: War Of North/Warner Bros’ Originally Wanted To Use Film Score

26:17 - Inon Avoided Referencing Howard Shore’s LOTR Score But Was Inspired By It

28:03 - Inon Likes To Engage In New Musical Ideas

30:02 - Tapping Into His Israel Upbringing For Ideas For Prince Of Persia

31:05 - Researching Musical Genres/Japanese Music

32:16 - Inon Would Like To Work On James Bond/Jazz Music

33:28 - Ambient Music/Minimalism 

35:38 - Royalties/Royalty System & How It Works

39:00 - Forgetting About Royalties And Then Happiness From Receiving A Payment

41:03 - Working On Multiple Scores At Once

42:18 - How Inon Composes

44:04 - Different Mixes Of Music In The Game/Music Cues

45:02 - Audio Director Implements Musical Score/Implementation Process 

47:33 - Implementing Music For Looping

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago