#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