#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


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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