Designing Video Game Soundtracks for Beginners

Learn compositional techniques and how to create immersive music and soundtracks for video games exploring digital audio workstation software

• Introduction
• Game Music 101
• Music Composition
• Editing Music
• Final project

A video game soundtrack is a unique art form—an auditory experience that engages people through musical immersion. For game composer Antonio Teoli, it’s an essential part of good storytelling. He has been composing captivating soundtracks for video games since he was just 16 years old. Over a career spanning both Brazil and the USA, he has worked for companies such as Nintendo, Sega, and Samsung.

In this course, he shows how a great soundtrack can enhance the gaming experience. Learn the composition process to transform your ideas into catchy melodies. Discover the power of chord progressions and the emotions they can impart, before fine-tuning everything into an emotive piece of music. Explore how to engage your audience through the cultural universal of music.