Kiwi Talkz

Nathan Grigg is a video game composer for Monolith Productions and has worked on franchises like F.E.A.R and Shadow Of Mordor. He has also assisted on various other games under the Warner Bros. umbrella such as the recently released Mortal Kombat 11

#fear #mortalkombat11 #shadowofwar

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:43 - Previous Work/How Nathan Ended Up Working On F.E.A.R Series

02:50 - Direction Taken With F.E.A.R/How Music Was Created

06:39 - Sustaining Tension/Blurring Music & Sound Design

08:07 - Field Recordings/Sample Libraries/Convolution

10:59 - Nathan’s Mum Painting Technique/Composing Techniques

12:48 - Music On The Cutting Room Floor/Emotional Music

15:49 - Creating Music And Evolving As Time Goes On

17:33 - How Nathan Expands On An Idea/Idea Process

20:00 - Nathan Doesn’t Think He Is A Lord Of The Rings Nerd

20:30 - Collaborating With Garry Schyman/Not Copying Howard Shore’s Score

24:00 - Nathan & Garry Were Only Ever In The Same During Recording/Orchestra & Choir

26:15 - Garry & Nathan’s Scores Blending/Collaboration Process

28:54 - Nathan’s Work With Inon Zur

30:56 - How Nathan Ended Up Working On Mortal Kombat 11

33:35 - Differences Between Working On Mortal Kombat 11 And Shadow Of Mordor

35:08 - Lore Of Mortal Kombat 11

35:58 - Opportunities Working Under The Warner Bros. Umbrella/Interaction Cues For MK11

39:25 - Energy Of Mortal Kombat 11 Music Cues/Atmosphere To MK11

42:50 - Nathan Is Open To Working On Film Scores/Game Cinematics Are Different To Film

47:19 - Warner Bros Film & Gaming Don’t Have Much Crossover

48:30 - Evolution Of Music In Video Games

50:15 - Getting Into The Game Industry Back In The Early Days/Ambiguity Of Music

53:45 - Nathan Doesn’t Use Social Media/How To Contact Nathan

55:31 - Where To Listen To Nathan Grigg’s Game OST

Tom Salta is a recording artist, producer and composer for film/television and video games with the latter being his most known arena. He has composed for PUBG, Killer Instinct, Halo, Prince Of Persia and more.... He hosts his own Masterclass series in teaching about composing for video games.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Website - www.tomsalta.com

Twitter - @TomSalta

Instagram - @TomSalta

#masterclass #pubg #princeofpersia

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:43 - How Tom Got The Name Atlas Plug

04:21 - Tom’s Original Plan Before The Video Game Industry/Record Industry

07:38 - Learning How To Composer For Video Games/Working On Need For Speed 2

08:40 - Submitted Music Getting Rejected

10:16 - Trying To Followup Music From Marty’s & Michael’s Halo Score

12:53 - Trying To Follow Up Mick Gordons OST For Killer Instinct

15:10 - Mick Gordon’s Mixing/Avoiding Copying Him

16:32 - Tom Salta’s Mixing Process

18:45 - Removing Instruments & Layers While Mixing/80’s Mixing

20:32 - The More Fatiguing The Mix The More Breaks You Need

23:18 - Difference Between Deadlines On Television/Film Vs Video Games

25:28 - Tom Salta Absolutely Loves Video Games

26:14 - Playing Video Games While Exercising

27:43 - Writers Block/Creative Process

30:50 - Meditation/Tom Doesn’t Meditate To Music

34:15 - Tom’s Masterclass Course

38:41 - Consolidating Masterclass Information Into A 3 Hour Course

39:32 - Other Courses Are In The Pipeline

40:53 - Working On PUBG Main Theme

45:35 - Building Relationships In The Age Of Covid/Networking

48:50 - Tom’s Story On Working Of Prince Of Persia/Collaborating On Prince Of Persia

52:44 - Prince Of Persia The Forgotten Sands Being 2 Games

56:00 - Type Of Games Tom Would Like To Work

58:00 - Where To Follow Tom Salta/Signing Up For Tom’s Masterclass Course

Prof. Jan Lindsay is a volcanologist and a professor at the University Of Auckland and her expertise is the in research of volcanic hazards

VOLCANOLOGY RESEARCH PAPER - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S03770273210011

16 AUCKLAND UNI PROFILE - https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/j-lindsay

TWITTER - @GeoJanUoA

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

00:54 - What A Volcanologist Does

05:12 - Working In The Field/Past Activity Of A Volcano

07:24 - Volcano’s Have Small Activity Before A Big Eruption

08:28 - If Taupo Were To Erupt It Would Be A Small Eruption In Our Lifetime/Super Eruption

11:20 - You’d Have A Warning Before A Super Eruption

11:51 - Warning Of Taupo Erupted

13:25 - Speaking With The Government & Civil Defence About An Eruption

14:41 - Auckland’s Volcanic Field

17:07 - Evacuating Auckland If An Eruption Happens/Immediate Effects

21:09 - Uncertainty Of Knowing When Eruptions Being Over

23:13 - The Probability Of An Auckland Eruption Is Extremely Low

25:27 - Earthquakes Triggering A Volcano

27:43 - Why Mudpools Randomly Appear In Rotorua

30:46 - White Island Tragedy Eruption

34:10 - Debriefing Since The White Island Tragedy/Investigation

37:05 - Reasons GNS Want To Revisit White Island

37:46 - Tongariro Crossing Eruption/Why It Wont Be Like White Island

39:52 - Jan Lindsay Remembering Mt Ruapehu’s Eruption

40:50 - Mt Taranaki’s Inevitable Eruption/Taranaki’s Effect On Auckland

44:08 - Ash Entering The Stratosphere

45:13 - Parts Of Zealandia Rising To The Surface From A Volcanic Eruption

48:25 - Ring Of Fire And How It Works

51:48 - Where To Find Prof’ Jan Lindsay’s Work

52:50 - Volcano Films Are Not Realistic/Walking On Lava In Goma

Garry Schyman is a multi award winning video game composer. He is most well known for his scores to Destroy All Humans, The Bioshock Trilogy and Middle Earth games Shadow Of Mordor and Shadow Of War. He is also a lecturer at the University Of Southern California

SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE - www.garryschyman.com

FACEBOOK - Garry Schyman

#bioshock #destroyallhumans #shadowof war

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:53 - How Garry Got Started In The Film/Video Game Industry

05:04 - Garry Was Somewhat Aware Of The Advancement Of Games When He Started Composing Destroy All Humans

05:50 - Involving Himself In Games

07:06 - Playing Bioshock/ Playing Games While Composing/Finding Time To Play Games

08:49 - Composing For Games That Aren’t Pick Up And Play/Garry Getting Destroyed Online

09:58 - Destroy All Humans Always Had A 1950s Music Direction

11:50 - Garry Was Hired Specifically For His 1950s Sound

12:37 - Destroy All Humans Got Garry Job On Bioshock

13:13 - Developers Of Bioshock/Bioshock 2

13:44 - Garry Mostly Worked Remotely On Bioshock From L.A.

14:59 - Garry Is Working On A Japanese Game Without A Translator/Translations

16:40 - Garry Was Unaware Of Licensed Music While Scoring Bioshock

17:24 - Cowens Masterpiece/Playing Piano

19:37 - How Garry Ended Up Teaching At University Of South California

21:41 - Gaming Industry Is Less Stressful Than Film & Television

23:45 - Garry Prefers Scoring For Games

24:29 - Gaming You Have To Much Free Time With Scoring Compared To Film/Television

25:48 - How Garry Composes

28:04 - Walking Away From Music And Coming Back To It Later

29:43 - Finding Bioshock’s Distinctive Sound

31:37 - Pressure Of Composing Bioshock Infinite

32:37 - Television Is More Ambient These Days/Garry Composing More Unique Stuff In Games

35:35 - Garry Wouldn’t Know What To Do If He Wasn’t Composing

36:58 - Garry Was Specifically Advised To Not Reference LOTR Film Score In Shadow Of Mordor

37:20 - Garry Hasn’t Watched LOTR So Music Wasn’t Tainted By Film Scores

38:53 - Garry Didn’t Have Much Direction With Shadow Of Mordor & War Scores

39:53 - Garry Had To Get Clearance From Tolkien Estate

41:09 - Garry Would Like To Work With Peter Jackson

41:40 - Tolkien Estates Approval Process

43:30 - Various Opportunities Came Up From Bioshock/Bioshock Imitation

45:35 - Working On First Person Shooters

46:01 - Garry Would Like To Work On A Western Game Or Something Creative

48:27 - Garry Still Chases Projects And Gets Shotdown/Getting What You Need Not What You Want

49:55 - Garry’s View On Voice Acting

53:23 - Garry’s Wife Is A Therapist/Actors Working In Video Games

55:20 - Video Games Continues To Grow/Hypocrisy Of People Saying Video Games Are Violent

56:57 - Younger Film/Television Directors Approach Garry Based On His Video Game Scores

57:40 - A lot Of Students At University Of Southern California Are More Interested In Scoring Video Games Than Television & Film

58:50 - Garry’s Advice For Young & Upcoming Composers

1:04:11 - Where To Follow Garry Schyman

1:05:33 - Garry Bought A Car Off Facebook/Pros & Cons Of Social Media

Claire Chitham is a well known NZ Actor who has been in well known NZ Shows such as Shortland Street and Outrageous Fortune and in films like Netflix's 2019 Film Falling Inn Love. She has recently released a book called Good For You which details her battle with Crohn's disease and contains tips on health.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook - @Claire Chitham

Twitter - @clairechitham

Instagram - @clairechitham

#shortlandstreet #outrageousfortune #fallinginnlove

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:48 - How Falling Inn Love Film Got Off The Ground/Auditioning For Falling Inn Love

02:00 - Working On Falling Inn Love

03:43 - Working With Christina Milian

05:07 - Recognising The Difference Between The Australian And NZ Accents

06:01 - Differences Between Acting In Television And Film

09:18 - Not Knowing A Characters Arc/How Television Funding Works In NZ Vs America

13:59 - How Shortland Street Is Filmed

17:20 - Memorising Lines

20:41 - Getting Sore Facial Muscles/Claire Tells Shortland Street Fiji Story

22:01 - Jacinda’s Facial Muscles

22:55 - Outrageous Fortune House Being Demolished

24:33 - Working With John Rhys Davies On Fresh Eggs

30:00 - Gut Inflammation/Claire’s Battle With Crohn’s Disease

32:19 - Ignoring Pain & People Ignoring Health

34:20 - Inflammation Is Number 1 Cause Of Disease In The Body/Claire Loves Learning About The Body Now

35:54 - Claire Speaks On Good For You Book

36:28 - Tips On Cutting Back On Bad Food

37:51 - Food Diary/Food Alternatives

40:55 - Turmeric/How To Cook Turmeric To Get The Most Out Of Its Anti-Inflammatory Properties

42:29 - Pros And Cons Of Spices/Talking About Poo/Eastern Diets

43:53 - The Food We Consume Doesn’t Match Our Lifestyle

44:36 - Everybody’s Gut Bacteria Is Different/Food Produce

46:28 - Meal Preparation/How Claire Monitors Food While On Set

48:28 - Avoiding Sugar/Stevia

50:25 - We Are Not A Tube That Food Just Passes Through

52:10 - Claire Looking So Young/Smiling

52:51 - Projects Claire Is Working On Currently

54:30 - Small Things Can Turn Into Big Diseases 

Inon Zur is a video game composer who is most known for composing a majority of the Fallout series as well franchises like Dragon Age, Prince Of Persia, Lord Of The Rings and more...

SOCIAL MEDIA

Website - www.inonzur.com

Twitter -  @Inon Zur 

Youtube -  @Inon Zur 

Instagram - @inonzurofficial

#fallout #dragonageorigins #princeofpersia

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:41 - What Inon Zur’s Name Means In Hebrew

01:25 - How Inon Kept The Fallout Franchise Music Cohesive

03:40 - The Fallout Theme Songs Are Always Written First

04:38 - Direction Inon Will Be Given From Bethesda/Development Process

06:20 - Inon Started Writing Fallout Music From Early Development

07:17 - Adjustments In Music As Visuals Change

08:25 - Inon Can Compose Fast & Maintain Quality Because Training In Film/Television

09:35 - Why Video Game Scores Are Different To Television/Film

11:07 - Inon Is Open To Returning To Film/Television

11:51 - Microsoft Acquiring Bethesda Has Not Changed How Bethesdas Operations

12:34 - Inon Has A Great Relationship With Bethesda 

13:03 - Inon Does Chase Some Projects/Working With Different Studios

14:12 - How Inon Got Job To Work On Dragon Age: Origins/Title Theme Process

15:59 - When Inon Will Work With Orchestra Vs Synthesisers

17:35 - Creating A Language For Dragon Age: Origins Title Theme

20:29 - Writer’s Block/Getting Inspiration

21:36 - Revisiting Music That You Feel Are Terrible

22:59 - Lord Of The Rings: War Of North/Warner Bros’ Originally Wanted To Use Film Score

26:17 - Inon Avoided Referencing Howard Shore’s LOTR Score But Was Inspired By It

28:03 - Inon Likes To Engage In New Musical Ideas

30:02 - Tapping Into His Israel Upbringing For Ideas For Prince Of Persia

31:05 - Researching Musical Genres/Japanese Music

32:16 - Inon Would Like To Work On James Bond/Jazz Music

33:28 - Ambient Music/Minimalism 

35:38 - Royalties/Royalty System & How It Works

39:00 - Forgetting About Royalties And Then Happiness From Receiving A Payment

41:03 - Working On Multiple Scores At Once

42:18 - How Inon Composes

44:04 - Different Mixes Of Music In The Game/Music Cues

45:02 - Audio Director Implements Musical Score/Implementation Process 

47:33 - Implementing Music For Looping

Sam Dillard is the founder of Samos Studios and is known for turning video game soundtracks into cinematic scores he gained huge attention for his Metroid Cinematica project as well as his Zelda and Chrono Trigger Cinematica projects.

SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE - https://samo-studios.com

TWITTER -  @SamoStudios 

YOUTUBE -  @SamoStudios 

FACEBOOK - SamosStudios

#samostudios #metroidcinematica #zeldacinematica

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:39 - Sam Being Buff

01:06 - Martial Arts

01:49 - How Sam Got Into Martial Arts

03:38 - Sam Is More Interested In Health & Self Defence/Martial Arts History

07:10 - Sam Critiques Martial Arts Films

08:55 - Applying Disciplines From Martial Arts To Music/Feeling

11:10 - Sam Created His Own Sample Library

13:19 - Sam Thought Obsessing Over Sample Realism Was Normal

17:25 - How Metroid Cinematica Came Together

21:34 - Making Metroid Cinematica A Cohesive Package/Plot Outline

25:25 - Chrono Trigger/ Chrono Cinematica

29:42 - Zelda Cinematica

36:46 - 3D Animation/Beyond The Glass Animation

39:13 - Being A Perfectionist/Time It Takes To Make One Song

41:19 - Sam Doesn’t Have Much Of A Social Life/Trial & Error For Work Ethic

43:40 - Sam Originally Learned Game Development

47:24 - Indie Games Blew Up Just As He Moved Away From Game Development

48:04 - Game Remixes Have A Built In Audience

49:12 - Building On Each Music Project

50:34 - How Sam Was Affected By Covid-19/Texas

53:25 - Benefits Of Zoom/Martial Arts Through Zoom

55:37 - Post Covid/Remote Working

58:20 - Why Sam Loves Texas

1:00:27 - Sam Does Take Holidays/Nice Things To Do In Texas

1:02:52 - Where To Follow Sam Dillard/Samos Studios

1:04:25 - Sam Plays Zelda On His Keyboard/Shows Off Keyboard

Shai Navot is the interim leader of NZ political party The Opportunities Party (TOP).

SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE - www.top.org.nz

FACEBOOK - facebook.com/topnz

TWITTER - @top_nz

INSTAGRAM - @top.nz

YOUTUBE -  @The Opportunities Party 

#nzpolitics #politics #housing

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:52 - Shai’s Views On Governments New Housing Policy/Problems With The Policy

04:13 - Rent Caps/Supply Issues

05:36 - No Silver Bullet To Solve Housing

06:24 - Distortion Of The Tax System/Infrastructure Funding

08:33 - Allocating Resources To The Right Place/Infrastructure Commission

11:10 - Northern Express Should Be The Standard For Public Transport

12:10 - New Zealand Is Decades Behind Due To Governance Short Term Thinking

13:38 - NZ Didn’t Build Up Instead Build Out

15:52 - Examples Of Mistakes In Infrastructure

17:45 - NZTA & Kiwirail

18:45 - Media Are Gatekeepers Of Democracy

20:01 - Media Weren’t Giving TOP A Voice

21:51 - Polls/Wasted Vote Argument

24:01 - Labour & National Are Similar 

24:25 - Reason TOP Was Excluded From 2020 Election Debates

24:54 - 2020 Election Debates Were Stupid

27:19 - Media Prefer Celebrity Leaders/Next Leader Of TOP/Marketing Strategy

29:59 - What UBI Is, How It Works And Who It Benefits

33:58 - UBI Trial Showed Lowered Rates Of Depression

34:38 - How UBI Would Be Funded/Effects Of UBI

37:10 - Why Wealthy People Would Receive UBI

38:49 - Minimum Wage Wouldn’t Be Abolished From UBI

40:11 - Crime Is Caused Is Interlinked With Housing & Poverty

41:03 - Reece Tells Story Of Customer Walking Out Of Grocery Store With Groceries And Not Paying

43:10 - Theft Is Usually A Result Of Societal Problems

44:59 - Reoffending Statistics And What Causes It

46:44 - Nutritional Food Being Out Of Reach For Some People/Junk Food Tax And What It Would Fund

49:07 - Removing GST From Fruits And Vegetables

50:28 - Lack Of Competition In NZ Is A Problem

50:34 - TOP Social Media

Ken Lampl is a long time film composer who was trained under John Williams and recently got international attention for his score for Australian film 2067. He has composed for over 90 films as well as other forms of media such as television and commercials. He is currently a lecturer at the Australia National University School Of Music.

SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE - www.kenlampl.com

Twitter - @KennethLampl

Youtube - @KenLampl

#schoolofmusic #2067 #filmscores

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:26 - Ken Lampl Being Underrated

01:17 - Doing Music Scores For Terrible Films

05:07 - Australia Workforce Is Used For Filming Hollywood Productions Not Composers

06:02 - Australian Film Makers/Seth Lardi

08:38 - How Ken Got Music Job For 2067

11:05 - Australian National University/School Of Music Programme

14:46 - Balancing University Teaching With Film Scoring/Scoring Music Quickly

17:40 - Australian Films Aren’t As Rushed As American Films

19:30 - How Ken Records Choral Music/Choir Work

20:50 - 2067 Choir Was Synthesised/ Sample Libraries

22:01 - Ken Learned How To Get The Best Out Of What You Have

23:12 - Midi Guitaring/Software Plugins

24:12 - Film Scores Combining Orchestra & Sample Libraries/Alan Myerson/Hans Zimmer

26:20 - Ken Lampl Feels He Has The Skillset To Do A Blockbuster

28:02 - 2067 Is Kens Breakout Project

29:30 - How Hans Zimmer Got Discovered

31:06 - It Took 40 Films Before John Williams Got Discovered/George Lucas Originally Didn’t Want A Score For Star Wars

32:25 - Early Space Movies/Ken Being Influenced By John Williams/Star Wars

34:10 - How Ken Got To Study Under John Williams

36:18 - John Williams Speaks About Music In Psychological & Philosophical Terms

38:28 - John Williams Is Far Greater Than People Think He Is

42:09 - Doing Music For Pokemon Films

46:33 - Collaborating With Mick Gordon

48:10 - Mixing Different Genres/Mix With The Masters

51:25 - Ken Teaches Mixing At School Of Music

53:33 - Never Stop Learning/How Ken Up Skills

56:08 - Differences Between Australia & America/Tall Poppy Syndrome

1:00:11 - Ken Has More Opportunities In Australia

1:01:30 - Ken Loves Australia

1:03:25 - Where To Follow Ken Lampl

Dilz is a well known NZ rapper who has worked with other well known local acts such as Ty, Sid Diamond and J Williams. He got national attention for his court case with Tom Francis.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook - Dilzmusic

Instagram -  @DilzMusic 

Youtube -  @DilzMusic 

Tiktok -  @DilzMusic 

Snapchat - dilzmusic

#dilz #isnap #metamorphosis

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:39 - Hamilton Event

01:24 - Dealing With Difficult Promoters

02:59 - How Ricky Became Dilz Hypeman

04:58 - How Covid Affected Dilz & Tours

06:30 - How Dilz Style Has Changed In The Last Year

07:33 - Knowing What Songs Are Better For LIVE

09:04 - Dilz Is Still The Same Person/Ricky Mistaken As Dilz

10:55 - Auckland Gig Drama

14:15 - Promoters Reach Out To Dilz/How Auckland Gig Came About

15:02 - How Long A Gig Takes To Organise

15:46 - Creatively Getting Burned Out/Dilz Working 24/7

16:45 - Well Known Rappers Still Working Full Time Jobs

17:37 - Rapping Will Never Be A Full Time Job For Dilz

18:02 - You Can’t Make Money In Music In NZ Doing It Full Time/Side Hustles

19:41 - Ricky Is At Every Single Dilz Gig

20:54 - Dilz Wants To Go Back To Australia

22:56 - Dilz Doesn’t Want To Battle Rap & Views On It

24:06 - Tom Francis Court Settlement

25:27 - Reece Doesn’t Want Tom Francis On The Show

26:29 - Sexual Allegations Possibly By Tom Francis

28:06 - Dilz Does F*** Tom Francis At His Shows 

29:11 - Tiktok/Facebook/Snapchat

31:00 - Trying To Find New Stuff To Write About/Dilz Is Always Writing

33:22 - Dilz Feels He’s Always Improving

35:45 - New Music Sucks/Marketing

38:23 - Dilz Struggles To Sleep

39:42 - Dilz Tore His Pec/MRI Scan

41:27 - Googling And Youtubing Injuries Is A Bad Idea

42:15 - Dilz Tried To Avoid Seeing A Doctor

43:15 - Dilz Future Projects

45:39 - Where To Follow Dilz & Ricky

46:30 - Dilz & Ricky Perform ISnap