#101 - Gareth Coker Interview (Ori, Halo Infinite, Ark, Ethnic Instruments, Japan, Melody, Orchestra etc.)

Gareth Coker is a video game game composer who came into
prominence for composing Ori And The Blind Forest and Ori Will Of
The Wisps. He has also scored for ARK, Immortals Fenyx Rising and
he is currently scoring Halo Infinite. He is well known for his
catchy melodies.


SOCIAL MEDIA


YOUTUBE -  @Gareth Coker 


TWITTER - @garethcoker


 


#ark #oriandthewillofthewisps #haloinfinite


 


TIMESTAMPS


00:00 - Intro


00:49 - Gareth Being A Veteran/What Constitutes Being A Veteran


01:35 - Smoke & Mirrors Of Game Design


02:30 - Game Scores Vs Film/TV Scores


04:05 - VST Ethnic Instruments Vs Live Ethnic Instruments


07:33 - Underworld Track On Immortals Fenyx Rising


09:44 - Gareth Reasons For Using Orchestras


11:20 - Differentiating Yourself In Gaming Music


13:27 - Memorable Melodies Is A Lost Art


15:24 - Ginzo Tree Escape Sequence Music


17:05 - Implementing Music In A Game Correctly/


18:29 - Gareth Debating With Developers Over Music Implementation
In Ori Game Sequence


21:27 - Gareth Prefers To Implement Music In The Game
Himself/Implementation Of Music


24:20 - Sackboy Music Implementation


25:09 - Scoring Halo Infinite/Living Up To Expectations 


30:26 - You Cant Please Everyone/Referencing Older Halo Music


31:50 - Halo Infinite Composers Working Together/Collaboration


33:00 - Music Supervisors Role


36:17 - Being In Japan And How It Affected Gareths Approach To
Composing


39:50 - Don’t Get Comfortable With Success/Communicating Your
Ideas


41:20 - Japan Made Gareth Less Shy


42:15 - Gareth Is Unlikely To Return To Japan/Teaching Rugby In
Japan


43:15 - Speaking Japanese/Japanese Game Companies


45:05 - Ori Putting Gareth On The Map/Working On Minecraft


46:54 - Working On ARK


50:00 - How Gareth Writes A Melody


56:02 - Doing Melody For TV/Film


59:08 - Composing To Game Visuals/Writing Process


1:02:05 - How Gareth Finds Time To Play Games/Gareth Doesn’t Play
Multiplayer Games


1:05:29 - Gareth Watched Streams Of Will Of The Wisps After
Release


1:07:28 - Monitoring Gamers To Gather Data To Make A Game Better


1:09:25 - Gareth Excited For Next Generation


1:10:06 - Possibly Scoring Assassins Creed/Dream Project


1:11:11 - Where To Follow Gareth Coker