#118 - Lawrence Schwedler Interview (Metroid Prime Hunters, Digipen, Sound Design, Music Design, Zelda:Breath Of The Wild etc.)

Lawrence Schwedler is a program director for the music and sound
design program at Digipen. He previously spent a considerable
amount of years working at NST on games such as Metroid Prime
Hunters, Pokemon Puzzle League and Mario Vs Donkey Kong.


 


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Lawrence Schwedler Lectures
https://youtu.be/vnh-yPyhLCU https://youtu.be/8dxv4nZy0L0
https://youtu.be/J15Rkl0lPjY

 


TIMESTAMPS


00:00 - Manscaped Sponsor Segment/Intro


02:30 - How Lawrence Ended Up Working For Nintendo


06:50 - Music Lawrence Submitted For NST Job Application/MIDI
Data


10:50 - Limitations Of The Nintendo DS/ComposingThe Music For
Metroid Prime Hunters


15:40 - Lawrence Got Little Direction From Nintendo On MPH
Music/Metroid Prime’s Influence On MPH Music


19:50 - The One MPH Piece That Nintendo Told Him To Correct


21:00 - Work Structure At NST/Music For First Hunt


23:20 - Kenji Yamamoto’s Guidance Of Music For MPH


26:26 - Differences Between Audio In Film & Games/Soundscapes


28:25 - Blurring The Line Between Sound Design & Music


30:10 - Music & Sound Design Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild/Non
Linear Implementation


32:10 - Time Spent On Sound Design/Revisions On Mario Vs Donkey
Kong


33:43 - Being A Good Composer Is No Longer Good
Enough/Audiokinetic Wwise


37:02 - Requirements To Get Into Digipen BA In Arts Of Music
& Sound Design


40:20 - Sound Design Starts With Music/Learning A Vast Amount Of
Skills


47:42 - Lawrence Feels An Obligation To Teach Students Skills
That Won’t Become Obsolete


53:45 - Being Real With Students On How Competitive The Audio
Space Is


56:38 - Music Design/Laying The Foundation For Students To Find A
Job


1:00:30 - Imposter Syndrome/Working For Nintendo Was Some Of The
Most Stressful Times For Lawrence


1:03:45 - Lawrence Has A Twitch Lecture On Zelda: Breath Of The
Wild