The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook

Procedural Music Composition with Composer Chance Thomas

May 22, 2023

01:25:04

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How to Be a Successful Composer

2min

The Decision to Retire

3min

Composing Is Who You Are

2min

The Flip Switch

2min

The Power of Business Acumen

2min

The Importance of Creativity in Business

2min

Leonardo Da Vinci: A Life of Passion

2min

Jerry Goldsmith and Leonard Bernstein

2min

10.

The Retirement Issue

3min

11.

How to Make a Retirement Hobby

3min

12.

The Importance of Listening to Your Voice

3min

13.

The Curious Race

3min

14.

The Importance of Interactivity in Interactive Design

3min

15.

How to Make Guitar Sound Like Music

5min

16.

The Power of Harmony

1min

17.

How to Deal With Procedural Music in a Game

6min

18.

The Imperfections of a Game

3min

19.

How to Avoid Meandering Endlessly

3min

20.

How to Record a Melody Fragment

4min

21.

The Procedural Writing Process

2min

22.

How to Manage a Procedural Music Score for a Game

2min

23.

The Decision to Pull the Settlements Game

3min

24.

How to Water Off a Duck's Back About Everything

4min

25.

Making It Huge in Video Games

4min

26.

The Shoehorn: A Review

2min

27.

The Roller Coaster Experiences That Made Me Think About Retirement

2min

28.

The Sound Post Production Disaster

3min

29.

The Ponzi Scheme

3min

30.

Making It Huge in Video Game Music

3min

31.

The Importance of Quality and Technical Innovation in the Video Game Industry

2min

32.

Questful Glory 5

3min

Austin Wintory chats with veteran composer Chance Thomas. Together they discuss his 20+ year career across video games, television, and flim and what ultimately led him to recently announce his retirement. They cap off their discussion exploring his final and most ambitious work, the procedural score for Ubisoft's The Settlers: New Allies.

Check out Chance's memoir here: https://hugesoundrecords.com/memoir

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