Steve Pardo is a composer and interactive audio designer in the video game industry. He’s the co-founder of audio production house SkewSound, a game developer at The Pardo Brothers, and an audio director at Authentic Artists.

Pardo has a background in jazz, and his professional career began at legendary music-game studio Harmonix Music Systems where he led the audio team for games such as Rock Band VR, Dance Central, and Super Beat Sports.

In addition to collaborating on some of the world’s most recognizable music gaming titles, he’s also composed a range of other interactive soundtracks such as Signs of the Sojourner, Gigantic, Grim Dawn, and Fantasia: Music Evolved. Outside of games, he’s scored music for networks such as Netflix, Adult Swim, and IFC.

We spoke with Steve about how he designs the sound of home in his music.

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