#179 - Kenny Young Interview (Composer On Astro Bot)

Kenny Young is the composer on the Astro Bot series including the recently acclaimed new Astro Bot game. He has also worked on games such as Tethered, Little Big Planet, Tearaway and more....

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KENNY YOUNG

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

01:42 - Astro Bot Is A Culmination Of All His Work To Date

04:20 - Blending Different Genres Seamlessly/Catchy Melodies

07:40 - How Long To Make Melodic Tracks/Nic Doucet’s Advice

11:05 - Relationship With Nic Doucet/Astro Bot Originally Had Licensed Music

15:26 - Using The Vocoder & Talkbox In Astro Bot

20:01 - Getting Access To The Stems For GOW, Uncharted & Horizon Themes

22:14 - Working On The Remix Themes Of GOW/Uncharted & Horizon Themes

30:00 - Using AI For Extracting Stems/AI Technology/Melodyne

36:04 - Using The Nyckelharpa For Bot Of War & Tethered OST

39:20 - How Many Times Kenny Had To Iterate On Themes

42:46 - Leaving Sony To Do Freelancing

46:46 - Making Disco Schmisco In LBP2

53:01 - Q + A - What Are You Looking For From Game Devs In The Creative Process

57:30 - Q + A - What Was The Main Inspiration With Astro Bot

1:00:42 - Q + A - How The Gardens Theme Was Made In LBP 1

1:06:30 - Outro/Astro Bot