#80 - Jack Wall Interview (Call Of Duty, Mass Effect, Orchestra, John Williams, Film, Royalties etc.)

Jack Wall is a video game/film/television composer he is mostly
known for composing for a majority of the games in the Call Of
Duty, Mass Effect and Myst franchises.


SOCIAL MEDIA


WEBSITE - www.jackwall.net


TWITTER - @jackwallmusic


INSTAGRAM - @jackwallmusic


FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/jackwallmusic/


 


TIMESTAMPS


 


00:00 - Intro


00:36-  Jack Walls Music Evolution/Process Of Writing


03:42 - How Jack Comes Up With An Idea


05:55 - Jack Walls Process Of Composing Mass Effect 1 & 2


07:19 - Implementation Of Music ME1 Different From Jack’s
Intention


09:10 - The Reason Jack Didn’t Return To Score Mass Effect 3


10:29 - Scoring Various Call Of Duty Games


12:33 - Working Under Deadlines


13:33 - Jack Doesn’t Get Writers Block


14:55 - Why Jack Prefers Live Orchestra Vs Synthetic Orchestra


17:00 - Game Publishing Covering Live Orchestra


18:05 - Jack Has A Team To Help Write Orchestra Notations


19:45 - Why Jack Left Civil Engineering To Do Music Full Time


22:20 - How Jack Got Work In The Music Industry


27:27 - Jack Didn’t Play Many Games Before Composing For Video
Games/Myst


29:08 - Jack Wouldn’t Want To Compose In The Older Days


30:40 - Jack Doesn’t Have A Favourite OST That He’s Worked On


31:20 - Jack Doesn’t Aspire To Work On Any Particular Franchise


32:54 - Lost Planet 3


33:50 - John Williams/Meeting John Williams


36:12 - Jack Loves Having Anonymity/Being Respected By His Peers


38:00 - Jack’s Career Has Always Been Steady/


38:47 - Getting Burned Out/Composing In Portugal Due To Covid


40:00 - How Jack Prevents Himself From Getting Burned
Out/Travelling


41:29 - Getting Royalties/Jack’s Music In The Olympics


44:22 - Freedom To Compose/Being Hired For Collaboration


47:50 - Jack Wants To Be Challenged With Music/Not Having A
Signature Sound


50:20 - Its Hard To Be Hired For Composing For Film/Jack Prefers
Scoring Games


52:06 - Difference Between Composing For Television & Film Vs
Video Games


54:04 - Where To Follow Jack Wall On Social Media