Show Notes
Kenny Young is the composer on the Astro Bot series including the recently acclaimed new Astro Bot game. He has also worked on games such as Tethered, Little Big Planet, Tearaway and more.... #astrobot #littlebigplanet #ps5 KENNY YOUNG SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @kcmyoung FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/KennyYoungMusic/ BLUESKY - @kcmyoung
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TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:42 - Astro Bot Is A Culmination Of All His Work To Date 04:20 - Blending Different Genres Seamlessly/Catchy Melodies 07:40 - How Long To Make Melodic Tracks/Nic Doucet’s Advice 11:05 - Relationship With Nic Doucet/Astro Bot Originally Had Licensed Music 15:26 - Using The Vocoder & Talkbox In Astro Bot 20:01 - Getting Access To The Stems For GOW, Uncharted & Horizon Themes 22:14 - Working On The Remix Themes Of GOW/Uncharted & Horizon Themes 30:00 - Using AI For Extracting Stems/AI Technology/Melodyne 36:04 - Using The Nyckelharpa For Bot Of War & Tethered OST 39:20 - How Many Times Kenny Had To Iterate On Themes 42:46 - Leaving Sony To Do Freelancing 46:46 - Making Disco Schmisco In LBP2 53:01 - Q + A - What Are You Looking For From Game Devs In The Creative Process 57:30 - Q + A - What Was The Main Inspiration With Astro Bot 1:00:42 - Q + A - How The Gardens Theme Was Made In LBP 1 1:06:30 - Outro/Astro Bot
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