Composer Mac Quayle discusses working on The Last of Us Part II with Composer Gustavo Santaolalla and Naughty Dog Studios. We discuss the creative process for scoring a wide range of musical textures that were implemented throughout the game including Mac's music that was used for the 2018 E3 game preview. Mac shares his approach to scoring for video games and using the Resonant Garden, an acoustic-electronic hybrid instrument.

ABOUT MAC QUAYLE:

Audiences worldwide have been captivated by the unique musical stylings of emmy-winning and grammy-nominated composer, Mac Quayle. Quayle won an emmy for his score on usa network’s golden globe winning suspense-thriller Mr. Robot, starring christian slater and rami malek, now in its final season. Quayle also scores fx and ryan murphy’s peabody award-winning, golden globe and emmy-nominated 80’s nyc ball scene drama pose, starring billy porter; Fox’s procedural drama 9-1-1, starring angela bassett, which he co-composes with todd haberman; netflix’s the politician, starring gwyneth paltrow and ben platt; and fx’s golden globe winning and emmy-nominated horror anthology american horror story. He received his first emmy nomination for his score on american horror story: freak show. Quayle’s upcoming projects include Fox's 9-1-1 spinoff series 9-1-1: lone star, starring rob lowe and liv tyler, which he co-composes with Todd Haberman and which premieres January 19; and netflix’s ratched, which is based on ken kesey’s “one flew over the cuckoo's nest,” starring sarah paulson and scheduled to premiere in the Fall of 2020.