Kiwi Talkz #93 - Garry Schyman Interview (Bioshock, Shadow Of Mordor, Film, Composing, Voice Acting, University Of Southern California (USC) etc.)
Garry Schyman is a multi award winning video game composer. He is most well known for his scores to Destroy All Humans, The Bioshock Trilogy and Middle Earth games Shadow Of Mordor and Shadow Of War. He is also a lecturer at the University Of Southern California
SOCIAL MEDIA
WEBSITE - www.garryschyman.com
FACEBOOK - Garry Schyman
#bioshock #destroyallhumans #shadowof war
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - How Garry Got Started In The Film/Video Game Industry
05:04 - Garry Was Somewhat Aware Of The Advancement Of Games When He Started Composing Destroy All Humans
05:50 - Involving Himself In Games
07:06 - Playing Bioshock/ Playing Games While Composing/Finding Time To Play Games
08:49 - Composing For Games That Aren’t Pick Up And Play/Garry Getting Destroyed Online
09:58 - Destroy All Humans Always Had A 1950s Music Direction
11:50 - Garry Was Hired Specifically For His 1950s Sound
12:37 - Destroy All Humans Got Garry Job On Bioshock
13:13 - Developers Of Bioshock/Bioshock 2
13:44 - Garry Mostly Worked Remotely On Bioshock From L.A.
14:59 - Garry Is Working On A Japanese Game Without A Translator/Translations
16:40 - Garry Was Unaware Of Licensed Music While Scoring Bioshock
17:24 - Cowens Masterpiece/Playing Piano
19:37 - How Garry Ended Up Teaching At University Of South California
21:41 - Gaming Industry Is Less Stressful Than Film & Television
23:45 - Garry Prefers Scoring For Games
24:29 - Gaming You Have To Much Free Time With Scoring Compared To Film/Television
25:48 - How Garry Composes
28:04 - Walking Away From Music And Coming Back To It Later
29:43 - Finding Bioshock’s Distinctive Sound
31:37 - Pressure Of Composing Bioshock Infinite
32:37 - Television Is More Ambient These Days/Garry Composing More Unique Stuff In Games
35:35 - Garry Wouldn’t Know What To Do If He Wasn’t Composing
36:58 - Garry Was Specifically Advised To Not Reference LOTR Film Score In Shadow Of Mordor
37:20 - Garry Hasn’t Watched LOTR So Music Wasn’t Tainted By Film Scores
38:53 - Garry Didn’t Have Much Direction With Shadow Of Mordor & War Scores
39:53 - Garry Had To Get Clearance From Tolkien Estate
41:09 - Garry Would Like To Work With Peter Jackson
41:40 - Tolkien Estates Approval Process
43:30 - Various Opportunities Came Up From Bioshock/Bioshock Imitation
45:35 - Working On First Person Shooters
46:01 - Garry Would Like To Work On A Western Game Or Something Creative
48:27 - Garry Still Chases Projects And Gets Shotdown/Getting What You Need Not What You Want
49:55 - Garry’s View On Voice Acting
53:23 - Garry’s Wife Is A Therapist/Actors Working In Video Games
55:20 - Video Games Continues To Grow/Hypocrisy Of People Saying Video Games Are Violent
56:57 - Younger Film/Television Directors Approach Garry Based On His Video Game Scores
57:40 - A lot Of Students At University Of Southern California Are More Interested In Scoring Video Games Than Television & Film
58:50 - Garry’s Advice For Young & Upcoming Composers
1:04:11 - Where To Follow Garry Schyman
1:05:33 - Garry Bought A Car Off Facebook/Pros & Cons Of Social Media