#69 - Graeme Norgate Interview (Goldeneye, Killer Instinct, Timesplitters, Film, Rare, Mick Gordon etc.)

Graeme Norgate was a former composer at video game company Rare.
He is most well known for composing for a majority of Rare games
such as Goldeneye, Killer Instinct & Blast Corps. He is also
the main composer of Timesplitters.


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00:00 - Intro


00:15 - Graeme Norgate’s Setup


01:11 - Evolution Of How Graemes Composing


03:20 - How Graeme Ended Up At Rare


07:00 - How Composers At Rare Were Picked To Compose Games


10:25 - Graemes Way Of Working At Rare


12:29 - Goldeneye’s Music/Bond Theme


13:37 - Egyptian Temple Theme


14:56 - How Graeme Composers


16:02 - Goldeneye Pipe Sound


18:43 - Composing For Killer Instinct


25:45 - Mick Gordons Killer Instinct Soundtrack


26:52 - Relationship With Robin Beanland


28:06 - Good Camaraderie With All The Other Rare Composers/Robin
Helping Graeme


30:32 - Composing Timesplitters/Perfect Dark


35:26 - Audio Director At Crytek/What Is An Audio Director


38:39 - Graeme Is Currently Working On Mobile Games


40:56 - Graeme Doesn’t Work To A Routine & Doesn’t Know His
Method Of Composing


43:44 - Writers Block


45:28 - Rare Staff Not Knowing How Well They Were Regarded


47:50 - Graeme Wasn’t Approached For Killer Instinct (2013)/


49:25 - Music Becoming Dated


50:16 - Mick Gordon


51:22 - Travelling To Research Music Not Possible In The Olden
Days


52:55 - Graeme Doesn’t Want To Work On Film


55:35 - Game Music Is Diverse/Game Music Has Faster Turnaround


58:03 - TV & Film Industry Is Cut Throat/Differences Between
Game & TV Music


1:00:15 - Gaming Is Only Increasing/Older Generation Don’t
Understand Gaming


1:01:41 - Grant Kirkhope/Its Who You Know Not What You Know


1:05:03 - Where To Follow Graeme Norgate