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Cargo Dynasty – a game with an Epic Sound

Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:55 +0000

We were brought on board to create music and sound design for Cargo Dynasty, a new educational game funded by Transportsektorens Uddannelsesfond.

The game is available for free for desktop browsers and mobiles and gives players a feel for what it takes to run your own haulage company.

Play Cargo Dynasty for free here, or have a look at the Cargo Dynasty presentation video here.

‘Jagged Alliance: Flashback’ – an interesting Kickstarter project

Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:44 +0000

Just came across this exciting project on Kickstarter by Danish dev team Full Control: ‘Jagged Aliance: Flashback’. There are only a few days to go, and they need all the help they can get – check out the project below:

Check out Jagged Alliance: Flashback on Kickstarter.

The Music And Sound Design of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:38:49 +0000

Two great features on the music and on the sound design for ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’:

In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection profile we talk with the Music Conductor and Orchestrator Tim Simonec on the 20th Century Fox Newman Scoring stage for Director J.J. Abram’s new film Star Trek Into Darkness.

(via @soundworkscollection)

Ben Burtt on the sound design for the film:

(via @soundesign)

Documentary sound design masterclass with Peter Albrechtsen

Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:59 +0000

Check out this interesting masterclass with talented Danish sound designer Peter Albrechtsen.

Peter has worked on documentaries such as the multi award-winning ‘The Queen of Versailles’, Sundance winner ‘Putin’s Kiss’, ‘Canned Dreams’ and ‘The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song’.
He has also worked on films such as ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ and Lars von Trier’s ‘Antichrist’.

The McDonald’s Cointune Concept Explained

Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:21:18 +0000

Check out this video from advertising agency DDB Copenhagen, explaining the concept behind McDonald’s new CoinTune game – which we did the music for.

Interview with Cloud Atlas composer Reinhold Heil

Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:12:50 +0000

Tracksounds has a fine interview up with Cloud Atlas composer Reinhold Heil – hear the full audio interview here:

– or read more about the Reinhold Heil interview here

Composer Reinhold Heil talks with Christopher Coleman about his work on one of the most unique films of recent years, CLOUD ATLAS. He shares his reaction to how both the film and score was received as well as the special challenges this project presented to himself and his collaborators: Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer. We also present FIVE previously unreleased tracks, in their entirety, from the Cloud Atlas original score!

Episode Highlights

00:28 – Intro and Reinhold Hold Bio
02:20 – Exclusive track #1: “Frobisher’s Audition (Modern)”
04:52 – Exclusive track #2: “Frobisher’s Audition”
07:43 – Interview: Reacting to the Film’s Reaction
13:15 – Interview: Score Reaction – The Glue
22:04 – How the indy-film-budget affected the score
23:48 – The Scoring Pre-production process
27:34 – Exclusive track #3: “The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Piano”
32:11 – “Composing is like a dragon”
34:11 – Omnipresent melodies
37:06 – Exclusive track #4: “Luisa, We Gotta Be Together”
39:11 – Three themes and multiple hooks
40:50 – Exclusive track #5: “Cloud Atlas Sextet for Choir”
48:17 – Crafting the Sextet and its variations
51:45 – Did Ayrs really co-compose the sextet with Frobisher?
57:22 – Lasting thoughts about scoring Cloud Atlas
60:13 – Conclusion and final notes

Music Selections

00:02 – “Luisa, We Gotta Be Together” (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
02:41 – “Frobisher’s Audition (Modern)” (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
28:28 – “The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Piano” (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
40:40 – “Sonmi Meets Chang” (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek
44:49 – “Cloud Atlas Sextet for Choir” (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
57:55 – “Cloud Atlas Finale” (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek

Just unveiled: The Nokia Lumia 925

Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:30:47 +0000

With the Nokia Asha 210, Nokia Asha 501 and the Nokia Lumia 928 phones out the gate, Nokia has now unveiled the next installment in the Lumia range of phones: The Nokia Lumia 925.

Get a recap of today’s launch event:

• Nokia Conversations

• Engadget

• The Verge

Epic Sound music for McDonald’s

Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:30:12 +0000

McDonald’s brought us in to create a retro-sounding tune for their Coinoffers app, based on their signature sound logo. The campaign was a great success, with a million coins collected in about a month – and you can hear a snippet of our McDonald’s retro music here.

The app was created for McDonald’s by advertising agency DDB Copenhagen and app developer Manatee.

Interview with Epic Sound composer Asbjoern Andersen

Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:40:39 +0000

I’ve been interviewed for The Audio Spotlight on the Epic Sound approach to sound, creativity and some of the lessons we’ve learned running Epic Sound over the years. Check out the full interview here.

Audio interview with ‘Iron Man 3′ composer Brian Tyler

Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:09:49 +0000

Over at Film Music Magazine, there’s a good interview up with Brian Tyler – composer on Iron Man 3:

It’s hard not to hear the geek fanboy energy in the physically stylish Tyler, a real enjoyment in the musical multiplex thrills he breathlessly pumps out to maximum effect. Now that enjoyable talent is likely to take him to a whole other stratosphere as he flies high in the Marvel Universe for “Iron Man 3.”

It’s a match made in heaven for a composer skilled in the ways of metal, and whose score is a major factor in how filmmaker Shane Black (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”) has upgraded this Mark 3 suit in every above and below-the-line department.

Hear the full audio interview here:

– or read more about the Brian Tyler interview here