#202 - Featurecast Interview On Terminator 2D No Fate, Composing, Brad Fiedel, Sound Design....

About this episode

Featurecast discusses his work on the soundtrack for Terminator 2D No Fate and his journey from DJ to video game composer.

Featurecast is a DJ turned video game composer, he is most associated with @BitmapBureau and his most recent work was his stellar work on Terminator 2D No Fate. #terminator #terminator2 #terminator2dnofate TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:19 - How The Name Featurecast Came About 04:05 - Working With Bitmap Bureau 08:57 - Learning To Make SFX While Doing It 10:50 - Getting Creative Freedom On Terminator 2D No Fate 14:30 - Scrapping Music And Starting From Scratch/Reviews Praising The Soundtrack 15:45 - Trusting Your Gut 16:00 - How Featurecast Composed For Terminator 2D No Fate 18:10 - Researching The T2 Score/Recreating The Score For T2D No Fate 20:58 - Easter Eggs From T1 & T2 Score/T1000 Death 22:31 - Having The T2 Score On Loop To Prepare/Different Genres In The Music 24:15 - Melody/Terminator Film Scores Don’t Have Melody 26:50 - Blurring The Line Between Music & Sound Design 28:00 - Later Terminator Movies Didnt Capture Brad Fiedels Musical Identity 29:30 - Different Time Signatures/Police Station Time Signature/Future Level 3 31:20 - Writing & Mixing At The Same Time 34:56 - Making The Soundtrack Loud For Bitmap Bureau Games 36:00 - Playing The Game For Inspiration…

People in this episode

Host: Kiwi

Guest: Featurecast

Topics covered

• video game composition
• sound design
• Terminator franchise
• music creation
• DJ to composer

Keywords

• Featurecast
• Terminator 2D No Fate
• Bitmap Bureau
• sound design
• Brad Fiedel
• music composition
• video games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitmap Bureau

Books & works: Terminator 2D No Fate, Terminator, Terminator 2, T2 Score, T2D No Fate, LEGO Breakfasts

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