Robin Beanland's guest appearances

Robin Beanland

The Sound Test

Kiwi Talkz

Gareth Coker

Tom Salta

Grant Kirkhope

Jason Graves

Peter McConnell

Vanessa Williams

Nathan McCree

David Wise

Darcy Ungaro

James Cameron

David Levy

Scott Morgan

Tim Schafer

Jonathan Coulton

Chet Faliszek

OwlTail

Mick Gordon

Robin Beanland has been a mainline composer at Rare since the early 90s and has worked on franchises such as Killer Instinct, Jet Force Gemini and Conker's Bad Fur Day. He won awards for his recent work on Sea Of Thieves. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @TheRealBeano   #seaofthieves #killerinstinct #rare   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - How Much Of Sea Of Thieves Was Recorded During The Pandemic 01:16 - Transition Period Of Working From Home On Sea Of Thieves Vs Kinect Sports 03:30 - Finding Unorthodox Instruments Used For Sea Of Thieves 05:19 - Learning How To Use &amp; Record The Hurdy Gurdy For Sea Of Thieves 08:47 - Sea Of Thieves Main Theme/Cow Ribs 10:52 - We Shall Sail Together Theme 13:38 - Robin Composes With Melody In Mind 14:45 - Composing Killer Instinct/The Early Rare Days 16:25 - David Wise Was A Master Of HEX/Robin Avoiding HEX 17:50 - DKC Funky Kong Theme Was Originally Written For Killer Instinct 19:40 - How Short Robin Had To Keep Killer Instinct Themes/Keeping Music Under 4MB 20:30 - Combo’s Theme/Compression System 21:49 - Killer Instinct Killer Cuts Album Was Written After The Original Music Was Composed 22:15 - Sabrewulfs Theme Originally 23:45 - Cinder’s Theme Had To Be Shortened/Avoiding Feedback 25:30 - Discussions Over Shortening Music With Developers/Sample Rate Was 32Khz 27:19 - 90’s Music Influenced Diversity Of Killer Instinct Soundtrack 29:55 - Robin Would Be Open To Scoring Another Fighting Game  31:00 - Robin Gave Mick Gordon DAT Tapes From Killer Instinct 31:48 - Why The Culture Of Rare Has Stayed The Same From The Nintendo To Microsoft Era/In-house Composing 37:45 - Its A Long Process For Robin To Find A Musical Palette 39:39 - Being In The Musical Zone/Exploring 41:19 - Deadlines/Arts Never Finished/ 42:22 - The First Listen Of The Day Is The Most Important/Taking Breaks 43:46 - Cycling Caused Robin To Be Addicted Lollies &amp; Chocolate 45:01 - Robin Thinks Of Melodies Well Cycling 46:30 - Loony Tunes Inspired Conker’s Bad Fur Day Music 48:15 - Being Inspired By The Rare Developers/Instruments Robin Plays 49:05 - The Accessibility Of Playing Music/Not Many Effects Used On Sea Of Thieves/Waterphone 51:45 - Taking An Instrument And Playing It In A Way Its Not Meant To Be Played/Spitfire 54:05 - Just Create &amp; Don’t Worry About Having All The Gadgets 56:25 - Implementation Of The Music In Sea Of Thieves 1:00:36 - Robin Doesn’t Get Offended When His Music Gets Rejected 1:01:20 - A Tune From Conker’s Bad Fur Day Ended Up In Jet Force Gemini/Cutting Room Floor Tunes 1:02:50 - Robin Is Influenced By Miles Davis Philosophy 1:04:04 - Robin Thinks Mick Gordon’s Sound Is Incredible/Loves His Sabrewulf Theme 1:05:23 - Where To Follow Robin Beanland 1:06:15 - Meeting Shigeru Miyamoto &amp; Phil Spencer 1:07:11 - The Gaming Industry Is More Grounded Than Music &amp; Film 1:09:30 - Bike Rides/Find Something You Enjoy

Robin Beanland has been a mainline composer at Rare since the early 90s and has worked on franchises such as Killer Instinct, Jet Force Gemini and Conker's Bad Fur Day. He won awards for his recent work on Sea Of Thieves. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @TheRealBeano #seaofthieves #killerinstinct #rare TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - How Much Of Sea Of Thieves Was Recorded During The Pandemic 01:16 - Transition Period Of Working From Home On Sea Of Thieves Vs Kinect Sports 03:30 - Finding Unorthodox Instruments Used For Sea Of Thieves 05:19 - Learning How To Use &amp; Record The Hurdy Gurdy For Sea Of Thieves 08:47 - Sea Of Thieves Main Theme/Cow Ribs 10:52 - We Shall Sail Together Theme 13:38 - Robin Composes With Melody In Mind 14:45 - Composing Killer Instinct/The Early Rare Days 16:25 - David Wise Was A Master Of HEX/Robin Avoiding HEX 17:50 - DKC Funky Kong Theme Was Originally Written For Killer Instinct 19:40 - How Short Robin Had To Keep Killer Instinct Themes/Keeping Music Under 4MB 20:30 - Combo’s Theme/Compression System 21:49 - Killer Instinct Killer Cuts Album Was Written After The Original Music Was Composed 22:15 - Sabrewulfs Theme Originally 23:45 - Cinder’s Theme Had To Be Shortened/Avoiding Feedback 25:30 - Discussions Over Shortening Music With Developers/Sample Rate Was 32Khz 27:19 - 90’s Music Influenced Diversity Of Killer Instinct Soundtrack 29:55 - Robin Would Be Open To Scoring Another Fighting Game  31:00 - Robin Gave Mick Gordon DAT Tapes From Killer Instinct 31:48 - Why The Culture Of Rare Has Stayed The Same From The Nintendo To Microsoft Era/In-house Composing 37:45 - Its A Long Process For Robin To Find A Musical Palette 39:39 - Being In The Musical Zone/Exploring 41:19 - Deadlines/Arts Never Finished/ 42:22 - The First Listen Of The Day Is The Most Important/Taking Breaks 43:46 - Cycling Caused Robin To Be Addicted Lollies &amp; Chocolate 45:01 - Robin Thinks Of Melodies Well Cycling 46:30 - Loony Tunes Inspired Conker’s Bad Fur Day Music 48:15 - Being Inspired By The Rare Developers/Instruments Robin Plays 49:05 - The Accessibility Of Playing Music/Not Many Effects Used On Sea Of Thieves/Waterphone 51:45 - Taking An Instrument And Playing It In A Way Its Not Meant To Be Played/Spitfire 54:05 - Just Create &amp; Don’t Worry About Having All The Gadgets 56:25 - Implementation Of The Music In Sea Of Thieves 1:00:36 - Robin Doesn’t Get Offended When His Music Gets Rejected 1:01:20 - A Tune From Conker’s Bad Fur Day Ended Up In Jet Force Gemini/Cutting Room Floor Tunes 1:02:50 - Robin Is Influenced By Miles Davis Philosophy 1:04:04 - Robin Thinks Mick Gordon’s Sound Is Incredible/Loves His Sabrewulf Theme 1:05:23 - Where To Follow Robin Beanland 1:06:15 - Meeting Shigeru Miyamoto &amp; Phil Spencer 1:07:11 - The Gaming Industry Is More Grounded Than Music &amp; Film 1:09:30 - Bike Rides/Find Something You Enjoy

#111 - Robin Beanland Interview (Sea Of Thieves, Killer Instinct, Rare, Composing, Mick Gordon etc.)

Sea of Thieves is a multiplayer pirate adventure complete with sailing, cutlasses, sea monsters and even interactive shanties. Though given a cartoonish and playful feel, as is often the case with Rare, its creation and continued evolution are taken very seriously. That’s exemplified in Sea of Thieves’ music, which uses an arsenal of intriguing instruments in its authentic sound. In fact, its composer, Robin Beanland, received an Ivor Novello award in 2019 for his inventive OST. But its strength, and clever use of generative elements, are to be expected from Robin – a Rare mainstay who cut his teeth on Killer Instinct before writing immensely popular scores like Conker’s Bad Fur Day.  After leaving a huge Robin Beanland-shaped hole in my first series of VGM podcasts, I was particularly eager to speak to him for ST2. As a result, this is only the first of two appearances, with the second covering his output on the Nintendo 64.  Lee Tyrrell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreenT128  Robin Beanland on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealBeano  Also available through:  YouTube iTunes Spotify Stitcher and many more...  Early access, unedited interviews, LIVE shows and more: http://patreon.com/_secretcave

Sea of Thieves is a multiplayer pirate adventure complete with sailing, cutlasses, sea monsters and even interactive shanties. Though given a cartoonish and playful feel, as is often the case with Rare, its creation and continued evolution are taken very seriously. That’s exemplified in Sea of Thieves’ music, which uses an arsenal of intriguing instruments in its authentic sound. In fact, its composer, Robin Beanland, received an Ivor Novello award in 2019 for his inventive OST. But its strength, and clever use of generative elements, are to be expected from Robin – a Rare mainstay who cut his teeth on Killer Instinct before writing immensely popular scores like Conker’s Bad Fur Day. After leaving a huge Robin Beanland-shaped hole in my first series of VGM podcasts, I was particularly eager to speak to him for ST2. As a result, this is only the first of two appearances, with the second covering his output on the Nintendo 64. Lee Tyrrell on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/GreenT128" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/GreenT128</a> Robin Beanland on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealBeano" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TheRealBeano</a> Also available through: <a href="https://youtu.be/d7-we73CdNo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sound-test/id1418674203?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0nt97mhg0PgE3pqUmDXmhC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a> <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-sound-test?refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a> and many more... Early access, unedited interviews, LIVE shows and more: <a href="http://patreon.com/_secretcave" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://patreon.com/_secretcave</a>

67: ST2 #08 - Sea of Thieves (w/Robin Beanland)