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