On the show today, we have game music composer Jack Wall. Jack has composed music for games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops, 2, 3, 4 and Cold War, Mass Effect, Myst, Jade Empire, and many others.

Beyond working on incredible game franchises, Jack has also won an ASCAP award for his work on Call of Duty: Black Ops II and been nominated by BAFTA for his work on Mass Effect 2.

Jack also co-founded The Game Audio Network Guild where he was the director until 2007.

In this interview, we spoke about:

• Working and composing music for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

• Recording the choir for Cold War all separately due to the pandemic

• Why he returns any leftover budget to the developer

• How he schedules his time to get the music flowing on a new project

• How he writes themes that will connect and create a bigger picture

• Why he doesn’t really have any writer’s block

• A major turning point in his life when decided to quit his job

• The fact that there’s always an opportunity waiting for you 

• Working for John Cale and being encouraged to do anything he set his mind to

• Playstation 5 3D Audio and why music is not really being made in 3D

• Why it’s important to be aware of the politics and who is in charge of a project

And much more

Listen to Jack’s game compositions here:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ttsFiIQxBWmfS1JPgTZ6o?si=g9nBuWStTNurzB9TYTTFcg

►► Join The Audio Tribe To Get Exclusive Access To Interviews, Private Q&A’s And Live Streams: https://www.youraudiosolutions.com/exclusive-access