Michael is interviewed by Chris Coke of MMORPG.com on the latest episode of the “Game On” podcast. The primary topic is Michael’s score for Hex: Shards of Fate, though there’s also discussion of the creative process and advice for those starting out in game music.
This week’s selection is an orchestral overture with flavors of mideastern folk music, written for the game Empire Earth II. The sinuous-sounding wind instrument opening the piece is an Armenian duduk, played here by Chris Bleth. Everything else comes courtesy of the Budapest Film Orchestra.
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This short piano cue from the film Home Room is loosely imitative of the ticking of the clock, the specific visual which the music accompanies. I could have adopted a closer imitation by setting the tempo to a clocklike 60bpm, but the pacing of the scene required something a bit lighter on its feet. (Plus, I wanted to be transparent rather than cutesy.)
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Michael’s score for Touché: A Blind Fencer’s Story has been nominated for Best Music in Film at the Madrid International Film Festival. The film itself, submitted in its shorter version, is also a nominee for the Best Short Documentary category.
