Austin Wintory on Music, Videogames & Philosophy | Alex Moukala Podcast #07

Austin Wintory sat down with me to talk about Music & Videogames.
He's mostly known for his soundtracks for Journey and ABZU, but this man has way more talent and wisdom than people know!
Here's an hour on conversation where we dive deeper inside his brilliant mind.
Part 2 of the interview:    • Video Game Music's Bass-slapping New Star!...  
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0:00 - Intro
02:40 - How Austin Wintory wrote "Apotheosis" from Journey
05:52 - Where do melodies come from?
08:15 - The best way to think about Creativity and Writer's Block
16:08 - How Journey's "I Was Born For This" was made
19:45 - Austin's work on Hades & playing on Easy Mode
21:06 - You can make GREAT music no matter who you are
23:41 - How Alex writes Funky Basslines
26:04 - Austin's stories on the amazing Tina Guo
34:11 - The crazy story of how Austin Wintory wrote "The Pathless"'s soundtrack
39:38 - Alex's upbringing & story bits
42:10 - Where Alex's Fashion sense comes from
43:27 - Fashion & Racism
46:54 - Alex's motivation to pursue music(?) / parental upbringing
50:37 - Is life for musicians easier nowadays?
52:58 - A big reason why great art gets ignored & the shadow of success
1:03:10 - John Williams's genius
1:06:13 - What makes videogame music special
1:12:13 - A rant on Cyberpunk 2077's music (& Videogame Music at large)
1:16:22 - Is AI-Generated music gonna "ruin" music for good? (Technology vs Art)
01:20:26 - Finding your style through making covers
01:26:24 - Outro
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Austin Wintory's YouTube channel: ‪@awintory‬
The Pathless: https://thepathless.com/
Podcast Edited by: Trainer Trevino (  / trainertrevino  )
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