The Forza Motorsport 5 Original Soundtrack, An Insider’s View

The session “The Forza Motorsport 5 Original Soundtrack, An Insider’s View” is a detailed look at how the soundtrack to the one of the first next gen video game soundtracks for the Xbox One was conceived and executed. Augmented by notes, images and video, Lead Composer Lance Hayes will detail the process of creating the 180 minute soundtrack using live orchestra and electronics from initial concepts to the composition phase to nation-wide recording at top facilities to final implementation and then on to release of the game and the soundtrack double album.

Speaker Details

Lance Hayes is an award winning composer working in media, advertising, television, and video game soundtracks. Some of his projects include composing and producing music for “Nike+ Kinect Fitness“, the Stranded Music for the mega hit video game “Gears of War 3“, music for “Xbox Fitness” and scoring the original soundtracks to the sensational “Forza Motorsport” series including the Xbox One launch title “Forza Motorsport 5?. Additional clients include Activision, The Discovery Channel, Warner Brothers, Best Buy, National Geographic, Harpo Inc., MTV, VH1 and many others. He takes pride in his work as an educator teaching the Game Audio and Composition track for both the Summer Intensive and the Masters of Music program at Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program and was nominated for a GANG Award for his educational “Next Level” series blog for Andertons Music UK.

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Lance Hayes
Affiliation:
Microsoft Studios' Turn 10 Studios unit
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