The first Dublin International Game Music Festival or iDig, running from 2 - 4 April, looks set to be quite an event, with loads of award-winning international composers, huge video game music concerts, discussions, talks and workshops.
One of the highlights for budding composers is Martin Clancy's Push Playground — a drop-in music lab where you can try Push and Ableton Live for yourself and get expert advice and guidance from artists and trainers while composing your own unique gaming soundtrack. Martin and the trainers have some real treats in store for festival attendees.
Martin Clancy is a Dublin/New York based Producer/Musician/Programmer/Trainer & Lecturer with over 30 years of international studio experience working with such luminaries as Greg Wells (Adele, Katy Perry, Pharell Williams), Kevin Killen (U2, Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello). He's also recently collaborated with Stonebridge, Chris Cox and Dirty Vegas, has recorded with Sinead O’Connor, and toured with U2, Simple Minds, Eurythmics and Fleetwood Mac.
Make your own video game score at the Push PlaygroundThe festival also welcomes Video Games Live, an immersive concert event featuring top orchestras and choirs performing music from the most popular video games of all time. Triforce Quartet will also be entertaining, bringing their own brand of video game music orchestrated for a traditional string quartet.
Composers taking part in the festival include:
- Jill Aversa, vocalist on Halo, God Of War and Civilization
- Christopher Tin, first ever Grammy-winning video game composer
- Eímear Noone, the world’s premiere video game score conductor
- Russell Brower, Senior Director of Audio at Blizzard (Starcraft II)
- Tommy Tallarico, composer of over 300 game scores
- Neal Acree, award-winning composer (World Of Warcraft, Diablo III)
- Craig Stuart Garfinkel, Emmy-nominated composer (Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II)
For more information, check out the iDig website.
