Afternoon all, (damnation you will read this in the afternoon)
I’m Jack, and I’m the sound designer and composer with 3rd Element Studios, and this is my first diary blog entry.So far I’ve mainly been concentrating on the musical side of things, composing the game’s main themes whilst I wait for an opportune moment to jump into the rest of the fray.
Currently I am working on cinematic music for a promotional trailer due out towards the start of next month, and it is jolly good fun; especially as I am getting back to good ol’ film music way of writing. Ah the ease of linear motion… none of this silly ‘player interaction’ or ‘unpremeditated sequences of events’ to worry about. The clip is only c. 30 seconds long, which seems an easy enough task… however fitting just enough emotion, intrigue and excitement to get an uncommitted viewer to take notice is no small feat. Luckily I am surrounded (via ethereal planes) by a team of rather talented artists, writers, programmers and unsurprisingly, since they do seem to account for a large proportion of the earth’s population, Manchester United fans, whose artwork, lyrical prose, remarkable input and dedication to the red devils leave me with no lack of inspiration. I mainly write in a classical style, drawing influence from classical and film composers, however I have a further penchant for writing weird electronic music, and experimenting with unusual sounds as musical tools, so it usually creeps into whatever I am writing, eventually (and hopefully) creating an interesting original style. I’ll leave you to judge.
For musical tasters feel free to check out my website at jwmelham.com, until I get some sneak preview music uploaded on the website for your listening pleasure. I’ll be back with some more unstructured ramblings about music and sound soon, as hopefully next time you’ll actually be able to hear something too!
Jack
