How to get into video game music

Thanks for the huge shoutout my dude!!
Really appreciate it :)

Awesome! Thank you for the tips. I'm just getting into game composing and will apply these methods.

I have a question for you:
I can’t find ANY assistance in becoming a studio musician. Everything I find is about becoming a composer. I don’t want to compose, I want to play my sax for videogame soundtracks. How can I get my foot in the door? Tons of high quality samples and recordings of my own, and I have studio and live show experience. How can I take the next step here?

You rock Alex! Thanks for the great content

how can i become a videogame composer in college? what majors? I'm in my last year of highschool, and I am interested in game design, making game art and music.

Glad I found your channel bro! Very very helpful info! Keep it up!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾

Great info. I’ll be coming back to this video to help look for projects once I get some game packs out there.

If I wudda had this ....when I was about maybe 20.... I'd probably be a billionaire right now....😆😜

Great video sir. A lot of good insight here

Great video Alex! Really liked the "write 30s music" approach.

I still remember playing Anno 1404 as a small child, and being in love with that soundtrack. I was so exited when I found out you were one of the composers!!!

THANKS MAN FOR BEINGG AWESOME <3

Alex, would it be too much to ask NOT to post videos at 60 frames per second? I don't think it serves any purpose for these videos, and only increases bandwidth usage, and makes streaming to my Chromecast impossible. Thanks! :)

I am incredibly passionate about video games. I am not interested in composing music at the moment someday I intend to give it a try. What I really like is Graphics design and computer programming. I say people should just do what they love even if it's not for work if nothing else you get satisfaction from doing it.

Dear Alex, thank you for your insight. I have never worked with a program as FMOD - and I fear that this is a must to be able to work with an interesting company. How should I start with, for example fmod - without a game in which fmod is integrated? I hope the question does not sound too naive - but I could not get a real answer for that till now. Thank you for your time & all the best, Adam

The mods tip is true, i have applied and got in 3 years ago, and we released even a soundtrack for our mod.

Great video Alex, few useful advices can change big bad habits. Now I have to work on mine :)

Gutes Tutorial gemacht, der Herr.Weiter so.

Like, of course. Thanks for these tips! I am very interested to know how you make a living, what exactly is more? How to live and not worry about having enough for everything, while doing something interesting to you. It seems to me that over the years that you have been working, you have gained some experience.

Thank you for this video.. really inspiring.

Rejection is the first step towards success..
thanks for such wonderful video alex..
by the way i like the background music :)

Awesome insights Alex. I'd also suggest taking part on Game jams. Its a great way to learn the specifics of composing for games.

Very informative. Thank you.

Thanks for the tips Alex. I absolutely love Dynamedion music for Anno 1800, I hope you participated in the project because I am looking for the names of performers of one of the vocal parts of the soundtrack that I am so heavily inspired by :)

Regarding games music, I've been involved in some indie projects before but I never took the opportunities that were available in full seriousness as I was focusing on a non-music career. Fast forward 6 years, I decided I can't live without making music on a daily basis so I'm restarting my video game composing aspirations :)

Thank you Alex!

Vielen Dank für diese hilfreichen und detaillierten Tips. Ich stehe am (Wieder-)Anfang weiß aber wo die Reise hingehen soll :) Freue mich immer wenn Du wieder ein neues Video veröffentlichst.

What a fantastic insight! I'm at the early stages of my career, looking to branch into video game composition, and I think I'm going to do exactly as you've outlined!
Writing 30 seconds of music multiple times for different games is a great way to apply to indie companies, and if nothing comes of it, you're still adding these short pieces to your portfolio which will again help further down the line.

Thanks a lot for this!

Awesome video!
For people interested in starting out and might not have much experience, i would recommend checking out various Game Jams as well. This is a great way to dip your toes into creating music and sound effects for games on a small scale. You quickly get to know the basics of game engines and even middleware if you so desire. You get to meet lots of great people from all over the world and make new friends along the way; some of who probably will need a composer when they start creating bigger games. There are online Game Jams going on all the time, big and small. Very easy to find by googling or going on Discord. Mini Jam, Global Game Jam, Ludum Dare, Brackeys etc etc.

nice one. cool title anims as well :)

Do you need to actualy play and like to play with such video games?

(Last time I've played a video game it was on a NES in the 80's, which I gave to the son of my partner of the time...)

Very inspiring, not only for music composers...

That email template 🤯. Alex Moukala is awesome too. I’ll do a video on some of my favorite online composers and music knowledge sharers like Christian Henson, Christopher Siu, Steven Melin, Guy Mitchelmore, you. lol.

Hey Alex - thanks so much for this. Really got me thinking..

Ayyy yes I needed this! Thanks Alex

Will definitely give this a go, thanks Alex, invaluable information! :)

Thank you Alex .!