#101 - Gareth Coker Interview (Ori, Halo Infinite, Ark, Ethnic Instruments, Japan, Melody, Orchestra etc.)

Gareth Coker is a video game game composer who came into prominence for composing Ori And The Blind Forest and Ori Will Of The Wisps. He has also scored for ARK, Immortals Fenyx Rising and he is currently scoring Halo Infinite. He is well known for his catchy melodies. SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE -  @Gareth Coker  TWITTER - @garethcoker   #ark #oriandthewillofthewisps #haloinfinite   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Gareth Being A Veteran/What Constitutes Being A Veteran 01:35 - Smoke & Mirrors Of Game Design 02:30 - Game Scores Vs Film/TV Scores 04:05 - VST Ethnic Instruments Vs Live Ethnic Instruments 07:33 - Underworld Track On Immortals Fenyx Rising 09:44 - Gareth Reasons For Using Orchestras 11:20 - Differentiating Yourself In Gaming Music 13:27 - Memorable Melodies Is A Lost Art 15:24 - Ginzo Tree Escape Sequence Music 17:05 - Implementing Music In A Game Correctly/ 18:29 - Gareth Debating With Developers Over Music Implementation In Ori Game Sequence 21:27 - Gareth Prefers To Implement Music In The Game Himself/Implementation Of Music 24:20 - Sackboy Music Implementation 25:09 - Scoring Halo Infinite/Living Up To Expectations  30:26 - You Cant Please Everyone/Referencing Older Halo Music 31:50 - Halo Infinite Composers Working Together/Collaboration 33:00 - Music Supervisors Role 36:17 - Being In Japan And How It Affected Gareths Approach To Composing 39:50 - Don’t Get Comfortable With Success/Communicating Your Ideas 41:20 - Japan Made Gareth Less Shy 42:15 - Gareth Is Unlikely To Return To Japan/Teaching Rugby In Japan 43:15 - Speaking Japanese/Japanese Game Companies 45:05 - Ori Putting Gareth On The Map/Working On Minecraft 46:54 - Working On ARK 50:00 - How Gareth Writes A Melody 56:02 - Doing Melody For TV/Film 59:08 - Composing To Game Visuals/Writing Process 1:02:05 - How Gareth Finds Time To Play Games/Gareth Doesn’t Play Multiplayer Games 1:05:29 - Gareth Watched Streams Of Will Of The Wisps After Release 1:07:28 - Monitoring Gamers To Gather Data To Make A Game Better 1:09:25 - Gareth Excited For Next Generation 1:10:06 - Possibly Scoring Assassins Creed/Dream Project 1:11:11 - Where To Follow Gareth Coker