I've been curious about this for a while, especially as a budding music student, how exactly do you get your music? do you have your own music composition team, or do you outsource people? if you have people who do work under riot as music composers, how did they get into the business? were they just employees who had a hobby, or were they hired? what exactly is the job like?
RiotPraeco4 votesHello sir!
We actually have 4 composers (Chemicalseb, Scherzophrenia, marignak and myself) at Riot. We write most of the stuff ourselves, but in rare instances work with other composers very closely to collaborate and come up with something cool.
We all have been musicians and gamers for a long time and joined through various ways. I previously worked on different teams((Player Support, Live Services), but had worked as a composer before and transitioned after quite some time. Chemicalseb, Scherzophrenia and marignak worked with us as contractors(outsourcers) for quite some time, but were also local and we eventually brought them on. The personal relationship makes a huge difference, because working on something as "ambiguous" as music can be hard to articulate creatively to other people. Working with people that truly care about the project is really key, I think.
Hope this helps a little bit :)
Christian
Liam Neeson1 votesIt helps a ton, especially since it's always seemed like the musical department of game companies would commonly be outsourced or had a separate composer contracted to have the music done for them. What exactly are the qualifications you all have? are you all self taught, and finally, the most selfishly, do you take in interns?
Kao Atlantis1 votesThanks for answering, this is genuinely interesting. Are any of you composers going to be at PAX Prime?
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Old Man Teeto1 votesFor the Jinx music video they contracted a singer, Agnete Kjølsrud from the band Djerv.
Unsure on the rest.