Creative Conversations* with Special Guest Kevin Won
Season 1 Episode 11 - In this episode, I had the pleasure of meeting and catching up with Calgary, Alberta based composer Kevin Won!
Kevin has a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Theory and Composition and a Master’s in Scoring for Film, Television, and Videos Games from Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain. He has composed a few short films and was a composer assistant for the AMC Series Into the Badlands.
These days, he primarily focuses on composing music within the video games industry with several game title credits.
His most recent major release was a Japanese RPG game called Himeko Sutori where he composed, conducted and recorded a track called "Journey’s Awakening".
We talk about all this and more!
Join me as we meet and chat and get to know each other in a Composer Behind the Scenes Webex conference call!
*About the Creative Conversations Series
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One of the big reasons I wanted to start this KZfaq channel was to put myself out there and see if I can meet and collaborate with as many other musicians, filmmakers and creators out there. With that I share my journeys and as much BTS as I can on the process and the products along the way!
If you would like to reach out to me and be on the show, please find me at www.alvinswongmusic.com/contact. You can also catch up with me on my Instagram at @alvinswongmusic.
Show Notes
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Here are the stream links for Himeko Sutori, along with the Steam link (where you can buy the video game itself):
Steam link: store.steampowered.com/app/66...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/142epP...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/ru/album/hime...
To reach out to Kevin, you can find him at:
Website: www.kevinwonmusic.com
KZfaq: / resonaga
Twitter: / flamestalker
Timeline
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0:00 - Teaser Clip
0:10 - Introduction
3:34 - Malaysian Canadians
5:20 - Air Studios Experience
9:19 - Sightreading Players
10:30 - Conducting
12:22 - Joe Hisaishi Influence
12:48 - Games Music Interest
13:48 - Musical Background
17:58 - Writing What You Like
18:55 - Berkleey College
20:45 - Spain Campus Experience
23:15 - Games Music vs Film Music
28:08 - Studio One
30:36 - Sound Design in Games
32:18 - Advice Getting Started
37:18 - Gratifying Moments with KZfaq
39:00 - New Composing Rig
40:44 - Using Templates
42:18 - Reverb Control
42:24 - Spitfire Samples vs Live Air Studios
45:00 - Blending Sample Libraries
47:40 - Future Collaborations
49:14 - Contacting Kevin
50:19 - Outtro
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