He made the soundtracks for DEP winner Mindlock - The Apartment and the upcoming Atomic Age: We interviewed German composer Chris Kohler about making game music, his audio pipeline when making games, the best game soundtracks and his favourite ways to work.
GamesMarket: Lead us into the interview with a soundtrack: What one music piece of yours are you most proud of and why? Please send a Youtube link with so that we can embed it as well.
Chris Kohler: I still remember the time I wrote this piece. It must have been 2022 shortly after Christmas, when I started composing one of the first game soundtracks I ever worked on. Some say, the best music just flows right out of you. No fuss, no second guessing, it kind of just “happens”. And while composers can certainly write great music without waiting for that one spark of inspiration – it’s what we train years for after all – it definitely doesn’t make it any less magical when it happens.
