Hello there, my name is Stephen Brennan or steb74 and I’m the music composer for First Strike.
Following the layout of the other dev diaries, I’ll just tell you briefly about myself. I’m from the north west in the UK but have been living in Madrid for about a year. My age? Well, I’m younger than 34 but older than 32 ( it’s hard to believe Star Wars has been a major factor in my life for 30 years, a long time ago indeed ! ) I was only 3 when I saw Star Wars so I must admit it’s difficult to remember the exact emotions of the experience but I was 6 when I saw The Empire Strikes Back and life has never been quite the same, it was the most magical moment of cinema in my life and I imagine will remain so. I’ve been passionately interested in music/movies/tv and games for as long as I can remember and spent most of my late teens and twenties performing and recording with various rock/blues bands, while at the same time writing orchestral type work for various other projects.
I guess when I was about 27 I decided I just wanted to pursue a music career composing and have spent my time since then working on my writing. I'm currently writing the music for a theatre production of The Jungle Book for a production company in Madrid. All my life I’ve been addicted to the combination of music and imagery and find that the results can even sometimes create real life magic - surrendering ones senses to the creativity of others is a magnificent pleasure of life indeed.
It’s still early days for me as a composer but I believe I do have something positive and musically effective to offer and I guess that’s how I ended up in this neck of the woods with this fine group of rebels. I’ve only been involved here since about March of this year ...I think, but even in that time and from the solitude of our own keyboards, it’s wonderful how warm friendships can blossom when a common love and goal is in the sights.
I've had great Sunday night chats with Ulf and Mika. My responsibility at the moment for First Strike has been to create music for the menu and also for the various loading screens. I imagine for the first release that this is the only role the music will play. However, I’ve read various questions on the forums and also there has been discussion among the devs about the role of music in actual gameplay. If done wisely I believe music can really enhance the immersion of the gaming experience and obviously if done poorly it can just simply annoy and get in the way. I’ve always been a bit of a ‘ Han Solo ‘ when it comes to gaming and don’t have any real experience in these 40+ player battles, so for me the music has never really got in the way as such but I do understand how in a huge multiplayer experience music could become too intrusive and cease to function as it should, enhancing the unfolding drama.
I think when the first release is out we will be able to continue exploring ways in which music can work ingame and function effectively. I’ll return to these thoughts though when there is actually something more concrete to discuss and explore. For the time being, here is some music for the Mos Espa loading screen. This piece has gone through so many changes and I’m sure that some of the unused parts I wrote will find there way into other pieces at some point. It’s hard to really take any credit as the whole piece is completely based on music or musical ideas contained within the style of John Williams ( my musical hero ). The piece hopefully should evoke the feeling of tatooine and the world of Star Wars and also a more early John Williams style which we felt suited our current needs better. One thing is for sure though that the better I get, my John Williams rips should also get better. Anyway, I’m sure you all only wanted a quick hello and a bit of info – so thanks for reading.
what programs do you use when you compose your "John Williams rips"? :P
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dampnikke @ 07 Aug 2007 - 07:08
At the moment I use Cubase and the East West orchestral libraries and the most important - an obscene amount of coca-cola
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steb74 @ 07 Aug 2007 - 10:08
As both a musician and a gamer, I really enjoy seeing (and hearing!) the effort that you're putting into the music of First Strike. I'm always glad to hear music in a game that actually enhances the artistic nature of the game, while at the same time adding a little something extra to the whole experience. Loved the clip that you put up of Mos Espa's loading screen music, excellent work, cant wait to hear more!
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