Gordy Haab is a multi-award-winning film, video game and television composer who has written music for many well-known titles, including most recently: Microsoft’s “Halo Wars 2, and EA’s “Star Wars: Battlefront II”, and “Star Wars Battlefront I”, which won Music of the Year, Best Interactive Score, and Best Instrumental Score at the 2016 GDC G.A.N.G. Awards, and was nominated for a BAFTA for Excellence in Audio Achievement.

He was kind enough to chat with me for Composer Code, and he brought some serious value. If you’re interested in writing orchestral music, you will learn a lot.

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I originally discovered Gordy Haab through his GDC talk all about scoring the music of the Battlefront games. It has practical advice for all creatives and I highly recommend it. You can watch it here. (Gordy’s portion is on the back half, but definitely watch the whole thing.)

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