The stage is set, the Swedish composers Douglas Holmquist known for soundtracks to games such as Teardown, SteamWorld Heist II and PinOut to name a few.
We go through Douglas origin story and we also deep dive into one of the latest soundtracks he worked on, the dreamy and special soundtrack of the indie game "Overlook trail".
Enjoy conversations about crazy things, analyzing work of others and how an iterative process of the soundtrack leveled up the game.
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Are you a solo dev or have a small indie studio looking for an orchestral track, then look no further, Audio creatures run a mission each year, focusing on elevating music in videogames.
Listen to Markus Zierhofer, the master of music talk about the importance of multiple projects and working together with many different people.
While Chris asks the important questions such as why the title only include a certificate and not a badge, and the biggest of them all, "what are games?"
jokes aside, Markus joins Chris side to talk about the project "Live Score Berlin", a project in which small to mid sized studios can send in an application and if lucky be able to get one track done by an orchestra!
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In this weeks episode, Chris is joined by two composers, Karl Flodin and Erik Lyding, the minds behind the Original SoundTrack for Landfall's game "Haste".
Karl is behind soundtracks such as TABS (Totally Accurate Battle Simulator), Clustertruck and Stick Fight the game to name a few.
On Erik's end, Haste is his first officially released work.
Listen in on the episode and learn more about how Erik joined the project, how valuable Jam sessions can be and genres that initially might sound like a crazy match, works like a charm!
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Brand new episode and the episodes focuses on a newly released indie game called Paperklay.
The composer Nathan Ross joined Chris side, a composer who have worked on games such as Adventures of The Carrot Captain and Kevin Anderssons previous game Hoplegs. We talk about cost and value surrounding audio packs, how to figure out the "Kill your darlings" concept for composers and much more!
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Praise the sun, Chris is back with another Nordic Game Conference interview, done on-site of NGC 2025.
This time Pelle joined my side, Pelle is not necessarily a composer, but a writer, Creative director, Audio Director and a poet, one who have been in connection with multiple composers we've interviewed previously. Therefore when the opportunity gave itself, we had to take it!
We'll discuss Pelle's background, Ultros, Gimmick! 2 and a few other topics.
The Episode is sponsored by Spelkollektivet, a co-living community driven project in Småland where indie developers can work on their game, create memories and make new friends, big thank you to Spelkollektivet who gave me a ticket for this years Nordic Game Conference.
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Pelle Cahndlerby
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A new episode is here and this time Chris is back with a Nordic Game Conference interview, done on-site of NGC 2025.
First out is the guest Leonhard Van Voorst who is a composer who works with multiple people in a collective, how does that work and what do they all do? Listen in on this special and get to know Leonhard and his work.
The Episode is sponsored by Spelkollektivet, a co-living community driven project in Småland where indie developers can work on their game, create memories and make new friends, big thank you to Spelkollektivet who gave me a ticket for this years Nordic Game Conference.
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Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström
Leonhard Van Voorst
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This weeks guest is a person who have created a quite successful name for themselves, getting a viral hit with the "This is War" series on YouTube, he's been working both with his own projects, but also as a freelancing composer, our guest for this week is none other than Josef Falkensköld.
Josef joins in to talk about his career as Falconshield, but also within game development, these steps started all back around 2009-2010.
We talk about Josef's work, how achivements kinda tend to follow you along while also decaying at the same time, working with singers to bring amazing tracks, utilizing creators to inspire each others work and much more!
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Josef "Falconshield" Falkensköld
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New episode and this week Chris dug into his childhood character Bomberman, who is this person and why is bombing stuff so much fun?
Learn the origin of Bomberman, a bit of the main series and more on spin-off games and their music, 5 amazing hand-picked tracks are on the feed, let's go!
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This weeks guest comes from a background as a music teacher, but does have an interest in both coding and notes from an early age, playing on classics such as the Atari and strumming guitars.
Per joins in to talk about his work on the early access game "Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef".
We talk about Per's sources of inspiration, how important the music is to the experience, what to strive for when composing for specific situations and how important it is to find balance.
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Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström
Per "Massfire" Fransson
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This week, Chris grabs the behemoth that have over the last years, gained a huge following, the genre is Metroidvanias.
What defines a metroidvania according to the people, Chris evaluates the definition, makes one that he thinks is important part to the genre and share amazing tracks from five different games.
One of the biggest question on people's lips, is Zelda 2 a Metroidvania? Listen to this weeks episode and see what Chris thinks!
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Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström
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This weeks guest is one of the two from the duo known as Dual Aeon, they started out in 2022 and have since then released more than 30 tracks!
Magnus joins in to talk about the lyrical work that he has done in this duo.
We talk about the perfection within imperfections, our love for Weird al, and what's the important parts when working with lyrical work, and what about Kalinka?
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Voices of the episode:Christofer "ChrisX" SchenströmMagnus "Mange" Johansson
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This weeks guest is one who have about one decades of work in music under their belt, A Freelancing composer with a dream, who have worked on titles such as RUSHAWAY, The Tartarus Key, Inkbound and Whisker Squadron.
Tiago joins in to talk about a soundtrack that he is currently working on, the game Constance, a metroidvania focusing around the protagonists mental health in a world of corruption.
We have a transparent discussion of being a freelancer, how a trip and a dream shapes what then follows.
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Voices of the episode: Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström Tiago Rodrigues
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This weeks guest is one who have more than two decades of history in music under their belt, A Freelancing composer who have made music for games such as Vigil: The Longest Night, Neverinth and the World of Tanks trailers.
Jouni joins in to talk about one of his latest released works Voidwrought, a cosmic horror metroidvania created by Chris old Level design teacher.
We also discuss about what we ended up calling "the finish anchor", the effect of working with multiple projects on the parallell and what impact it has on VGM when you come from an artist standpoint.
In connection with this episode there will also be a raffle of a total of THREE digital codes for the deluxe version of the game for Steam (Includes both the Game and the Soundtrack), to join the raffle make sure to become a Patreon backer before the 24th of January, 2025.
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Voices of the episode: Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström Jouni Valjakka
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This weeks guest is one who have followed many of us since childhood, David Wise, A Freelancing composer known for his work on games made by Rare, games such as Snake Rattle 'n' roll, Donkey Kong series and Battletoads to name a few.
David joins in to talk about one of his latest released works Gimmick! 2, the sequel to the amazing NES game Gimmick!
We also discuss the importance of a "gut feeling", how frequencies in music can input the feeling of the game and also why are stores a great source for boss music?
In connection with this episode there will also be a raffle of a digital code of the game for either Switch or Steam, to join the raffle become a Patreon before the 2 January, 2025.
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Voices of the episode: Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström David Wise
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This weeks guest is a returning one, Daniel Lindholm, A Freelancing composer known for work in the Yakuza Series, Street Fighter V AE, Resident Evil 6 and more.
Daniel visits Chris home during his visits in Sweden, to sit down in the kitchen and talk about his three latest indie games that he have been scoring, Fallen City Brawl, Danlab's Golf and The Port of Jumanah.
We're talking about action movies, motifs, martial arts and the stealing of music.
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Voices of the episode: Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström Daniel "Dropkickmonk3y" Lindholm
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Guested episodes are one of the most important pillars with this podcast, and not just about having highly known composers guesting each episode, it is all about bringing in both the knowledge and understanding from all aspects, in which creates a better world for tomorrow and that's exactly what this weeks guest Jaakko Mela is all about, a young developer who is still working hard to become the best possible version of himself for the day of tomorrow.
Listen in on this weeks episode as Chris and Jaakko talk and discuss on hardships, inspirations and much more!
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Heal & Hurt - Heal & Hurt Theme - Jaakko Mela
Heal & Hurt - Church Ambience - Jaakko Mela
The Riflemen - The Riflemen Theme - Jaakko Mela
Kalevala - Aino - Jaakko Mela
Voices of the episode: Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström Jaakko Mela
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A new episode and a new guest has appeared!
In episode 46 Chris is joined in by the composer Erik Desiderio (Composer to games such as Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games, Diablo III: Rise of the Necromancer and Star Trek Fleet Command to name a few), we're talking about his massive work on the active game called Last Epoch by Eleventh Hour Games. We're talking about how he came to love music and what made him get into videogame music specifically, and as always we're diving into the journey what led up to Last Epoch and talk specifically about that soundtrack.
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Voices of the episode: Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström Erik Desiderio
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It is time to crunch the numbers, order in some workforce and delve into the depth of the world in order to find the riches!
In episode 45 Chris is joined in by the composer, sound designer and voice acter Alec Shea, we're talking about his latest work in the upcoming game EcoGnomix. As always we're talking about Alecs journey up to the point of today, what are the hardest things to work with, but most important of all, what is it with humor that makes work so much fun, and what does Japanese people call Italian western movies, this and so much more is discussed in this weeks episode of the Gameable Audio!
Music in the episode: EcoGnomix - Gnome Sweet Gnome - Alec Shea EcoGnomix - Leaf It To Me (Leafy Hollows) - Alec Shea EcoGnomix - Fostering the Eco-gnome-y - Alec Shea EcoGnomix - Hit it in the Cactobulos! - Alec Shea EcoGnomix - Ancient Cactus Eater - Alec Shea
Voices of the episode: Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström Alec Shea
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Three Musketeer game by Senam Games
This weeks guest is one who have been working on only multiple games, but also worked in various music departments for variosu films and TV show such as Star Wars IX, Avengers: End game, Toy Story 4 and Indiana jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Samantha joins in to talk about three cosy games she worked on, Love Ghostie, Petit Island and Cloudscape
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Voices of the episode: Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström Samantha Van Der Sluis
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