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Mar 7, 2012 1 hr 11 min

Interview with Austin Wintory (Journey

from The SoundCast Hosted by Christopher Coleman

Interview: Austin Wintory (Journey) Composer Austin Wintory takes us deep into his music for the upcoming Playstation 3 video game, JOURNEY. In addition, We debut 5 exclusive clips from the score. He shares about his greating experience working with ThatGameCompany (flOW, Flower) on the game for some three years. JOURNEY places the player into barren desert and places them on a journey to mountain far in the distance. The player can meet other players on their journey and an work cooperatively, but there is no communication between players. Episode Highlights 00:39 Introduction: Austin Wintory 04:28 Critical Response to Journey 14:03 ThatGameCompany creates games for non-gamers 23:57 Discussing the Journey theme 35:14 Discussing Excerpt 2 - Plucky stuff, writing for Tina Guo, the scoring process 42:34 Discussing Excerpt 3 - Mysterous vibe, the serpent, 48:35 Discussing Excerpt 4 - The Guo's Waltz, UP+RUDY+ET 57:16 Discussing Excerpt 5 - Musicianship, 59:04 A personal Journey 65:13 Official Soundtrack release and special free fan offer Music Selections 00:00 Journey (Excerpt 2) 22:17 Journey Theme (Excerpt 1) 33:12 Journey (Excerpt 2) 42:33 Journey (Excerpt 3) 47:24 Journey (Excerpt 4) 56:13 Journey (Excerpt 5) 22:17 Journey Theme (Excerpt 1) Download the episode here Subscribe and more info here

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