{"id":5747,"date":"2012-11-21T14:23:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T19:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2012-11-21T14:23:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T19:23:40","slug":"video-game-soundtracks-composer-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5747","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Soundtracks + Composer Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CompactDisc_image_s.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-863\" title=\"CompactDisc_image_s\" src=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CompactDisc_image_s.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>Rewiring a work environment with new switcher boxes is great only at the end point when things actually work as planned &#8211; which isn&#8217;t always the case &#8211; so while I did integrate some new &amp; helpful tools (analogue to VGA box and needed extra cables), there&#8217;s the ongoing headache of patching HDMI cables into what should be a simple switcher box, so one monitor can be fed up to 5 inputs. Simple. Space-saving, and yet a few hours of fiddling haven&#8217;t yielded any success, hence the rather fragmented upload of video game soundtrack reviews.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?p=369\">podcast interview<\/a> with composer Penka Kouneva went up about 2 days ago, alongside a review of her CD <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/v2z\/CD_0401_WarriorsOdyssey2012.htm\">A Warrior&#8217;s Odyssey<\/a><\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5716\">M<\/a>] (Howlin&#8217; Wolfe Records), and I&#8217;ve just uploaded reviews of UBISOFT&#8217;s double-header:<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/a\/MP3_0402_AssassinsCreed3_Balfe.htm\"> Assassin&#8217;s Creed III<\/a><\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5735\">M<\/a>] by Lorne Balfe, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/a\/MP3_0403_AssassinsCreed3Liberation_Liberation.htm\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed III: Liberation<\/a> <\/strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5738\">M<\/a>] by Winifred Phillips. The common thread among each score is high quality writing, strong and diverse theme variations, and a musical programme that offers plenty of drama.<\/p>\n<p>When Shirley Walker emerged on the scene and gave us <strong>Turbulence<\/strong>, <strong>Final Destination<\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/f\/CD_0195_Flash1990.htm\">The Flash<\/a><\/strong>, she proved with gusto and finesse that women can score any genre, and how foolish it is to try and discern the gender of a score&#8217;s creator. Like Walker, Kouneva and Phillips have crafted muscular  scores that meet all the requirements of action, suspense, and mayhem in film and video games, and I hope we&#8217;ll not only see more of their work in both filmic and digital streams, but other women composers. Also recommended: Jessia de Rooij&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/f\/MP3_0146_FarCry2008.htm\">Far Cry<\/a> <\/strong>(MovieScore Media) which isn&#8217;t just a solid action score, but transcends the innate flaws of Uwe Boll.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>,  Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com <\/strong>(  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/Main_Index_Page.htm\">Main Site<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php\">Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast interview with composer \/ orchestrator Penka Kouneva regarding her latest CD, A Warrior&#8217;s Journey (Howlin&#8217; Wolfe Records) plus reviews of UBISOFT&#8217;s double header &#8211; Assassin&#8217;s Creed III by Lorne Balfe and Assassin&#8217;s Creed III: Liberation by Winifred Phillips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1639,4212],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1uH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}