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Audio/ Audio Engineer Job Role: The main purpose of the Audio Engineer is to create a game theme song and make soundtracks for the game and sound effects and even voices for the game characters. Everything to do with sound is to do with the Audio Engineer. Identify three key qualities to succeed at this Job Role: Being able to compose and write music, and also having a good feel for the atmospheres of games and the worlds that the game take place in. Have sound engineering skills, allowing you to use programs to make the sound effects and music necessary for the game. 2 Different ways to enter this career You can go to university in many places and study a sound engineering course and get a degree to help you get into this line of work, and then join a small company and build your way up. If you feel confident that you can already perform at the level of someone working in a company, or better, you could do your own work from home and put it into a port folio and take it directly to a game company and show them your work.

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Audio/  Audio  Engineer    Job  Role:    The  main  purpose  of  the  Audio  Engineer  is  to  create  a  game  theme  song  and  make  soundtracks  for  the  game  and  sound  effects  and  even  voices  for  the  game  characters.  Everything  to  do  with  sound  is  to  do  with  the  Audio  Engineer.    Identify  three  key  qualities  to  succeed  at  this  Job  Role:  Being  able  to  compose  and  write  music,  and  also  having  a  good  feel  for  the  atmospheres  of  games  and  the  worlds  that  the  game  take  place  in.    Have  sound  engineering  skills,  allowing  you  to  use  programs  to  make  the  sound  effects  and  music  necessary  for  the  game.        2  Different  ways  to  enter  this  career  You  can  go  to  university  in  many  places  and  study  a  sound  engineering  course  and  get  a  degree  to  help  you  get  into  this  line  of  work,  and  then  join  a  small  company  and  build  your  way  up.  If  you  feel  confident  that  you  can  already  perform  at  the  level  of  someone  working  in  a  company,  or  better,  you  could  do  your  own  work  from  home  and  put  it  into  a  port  folio  and  take  it  directly  to  a  game  company  and  show  them  your  work.    

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Give  an  example  of  the  contribution  made  by  someone  in  this  Job  Role  in  one  AAA  game:  Gustavo  Santaolalla          

   Gustavo  made  the  music  for  the  game  The  Last  Of  Us.  The  music  in  this  game  makes  for  a  big  part  of  the  game.  The  game  would  have  been  a  completely  different  game  if  it  had  different  music.  Most  AAA  games  have  their  music  made  before  the  game  is  made,  which  gives  the  game  a  really  mechanic  feel.  Gustavo  said  he  wanted  to  see  the  game  being  played  before  he  made  the  music  for  it,  so  he  could  understand  the  games  atmosphere  and  get  into  the  story,  and  then  make  some  fitting  music.  This  really  comes  across  when  playing  the  game.  Big  AAA  games  have  music,  which  seems  to  be  forced  and  made  on  a  computer.  Gustavo  stands  out  because  he  makes  his  music  on  a  guitar  as  he  watches  the  gameplay  of  the  

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game.  The  theme  of  the  game  is  post-­‐apocalyptic,  and  the  instrument  used  to  make  the  majority  of  the  ambient  music,  is  his  guitar,  which  is  basic,  just  like  the  things  you  would  find  in  the  world  of  the  game.