Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra Explained

Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra
Birth Name:Blake Robinson
Birth Place:London, UK
Genre:Soundtrack, orchestral, classical, video game music
Occupations:Music software developer, Composer
Years Active:2001–present

The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra, also known simply as The Synthetic Orchestra, is the pseudonym for a British video game music composer and orchestrator Blake Robinson, who has developed a substantial following on YouTube, primarily for his orchestrations, recreations and remixes of popular video game music.[1]

Career

YouTube

Robinson frequently releases orchestrations of popular video game music on YouTube. His channel features titles from a large variety of genres and various eras of gaming history from Alex Kidd in Miracle World on the Sega Master System to Alan Wake on the Xbox 360. He is also known to play live streams every Sunday starting at 6:00 P.M. GMT. The songs included in his playlist includes most of the songs on his channel, plus a few exclusive songs, only featured in his live streams.[1]

Games development

Robinson began a career in the games development and worked as a tools programmer and web developer for companies such as Electronic Arts and Realtime Worlds. As music became a bigger interest in his life, he turned his focus to making a career of it, leaving the industry and becoming a freelance music software developer and composer. While he is no longer a full-time games developer, Robinson still spends his free time designing and developing independent video games.[2]

Composing

Robinson is a keen user of Image-Line's FL Studio and is listed as a power-user on their website. He frequently posts tutorials and walk-through videos on his primary and secondary YouTube channels and is known to go into great depth about the processes and tools he uses to create his music.[3] Robinson has also extended his influence outside of YouTube, releasing several albums of original music composed by himself.[4]

Sample development

Robinson's primary career is audio software development. He is currently a core part of the Spitfire Audio development team, a collection of composers and engineers that create sample libraries for the Kontakt sampler by Native Instruments and for their standalone sampling engine available in VST/AU/AAX formats.[2] [5] [6]

In popular culture

The Stanley Parable appeared during the third season of House of Cards, where President Frank Underwood is being shown the game by a novelist and video game reviewer who is writing his biography, with the puzzling nature of the game used as a metaphor for the current politics in the show's fiction. Robinson's music from the soundtrack accompanied the scene.[7] [8]

Discography

Video game credits

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gallagher . Danny . This "Synthetic Orchestra" Recreates Some of Gaming's Greatest Tunes | Side Mission . GameTrailers . 2012-09-06 . 2012-10-06.
  2. Web site: Interview with Blake Robinson . Nintendo Nation.net . 2012-08-31 . 2012-10-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120917063506/http://www.nintendo-nation.net/synthetic-orchestra-interview/ . 2012-09-17 .
  3. Web site: Blake Robinson (Synthetic Orchestra) « Power Users List . Image-line.com . 2012-10-06 .
  4. Web site: Synthetic Orchestra: "Originals Volume 1" (Review) . Original Sound Version . 2012-10-06.
  5. Web site: Blog . Spitfire Audio . 2012-10-06.
  6. Web site: Albion II. Spitfire-webassets. 2012-10-06.
  7. Web site: How House of Cards broke new ground for video games in pop culture . Joshua . Rivera . March 4, 2015 . March 6, 2015 . .
  8. Web site: Watch indie games star in House of Cards season three . March 2, 2015 . March 6, 2015 . Tom . Phillips .
  9. Web site: VGMDB NUKEM: Duke 3D Remixes . vgmdb.net. 2013-05-23.
  10. Web site: Nintendo Life Banjo-Kazooie Symphony review . nintendolife.com . 2013-05-25.
  11. Web site: iTunes - Music - The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra . Itunes.apple.com . 2012-12-18.
  12. Web site: BandCamp - Music - The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra . bandcamp.com . 2012-12-18.
  13. Web site: The Portal Knights Soundtrack . bandcamp.com . 2016-02-27.
  14. Web site: Lost in Random Original Soundtrack - Complete Edition. bandcamp.com. 2021-09-14.
  15. Web site: Lost in Random: Indie at heart, but close to Triple A. . eurogamer.de . 2020-07-03.
  16. News: All Winners of gamescom award 2021.
  17. News: All Winners of the German Game Developer Awards 2016. Develop-online.net. 2017-01-09. 2017-01-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170110015634/http://www.develop-online.net/press-releases/all-winners-of-the-nbsp-german-game-developer-awards-nbsp-2016/0227523. dead.
  18. Web site: IGF Finalists 2014 . Igf.com . 2014-02-08.
  19. Web site: Games in 2014 | BAFTA Awards. Awards.bafta.org. 2020-06-21.

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