Dan Golding Explained

Dan Golding
Origin:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:Composer, academic, writer
Years Active:2016–present
Associated Acts:Dili Allstars

Daniel "Dan" Golding is an Australian writer, composer, broadcaster, and academic.

Early life and education

Golding holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne.[1]

Academic career

Golding is Deputy Chair of Media and Communication at Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn, Victoria.[2]

Writing

Golding is the author of Star Wars After Lucas,[3] and the co-author of Game Changers.[4] Golding and his work has been featured on The Conversation,[5] BoingBoing,[6] Australian Broadcasting Corporation,[7] and in Wired.[8] His 2019 book, Star Wars after Lucas: A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy, was reviewed on The Verge[9] and in Leonard.[10] As a writer, Golding won "the Lizzie" for Best Games Journalist at the 11th Annual IT Journalism Awards for work published with Crikey.[1]

Music

Golding is the creator of the soundtracks for Untitled Goose Game,[11] The Haunted Island,[12] and Push Me Pull You.[13] His soundtrack for The Haunted Island won the APRA AMCOS award for best music at the 2019 Australian Game Developer Awards.[14] Untitled Goose Game was nominated for audio awards at the 2020 Independent Games Festival Awards,[15] the Game Developers Choice Awards,[16] and the British Academy Games Awards.[17]

In March 2020, Golding's soundtrack album for Untitled Goose Game was released by House House and Universal Music Australia.[18] In 2022, Orchestra Victoria performed his music for Untitled Goose Game, dynamically responding live to gameplay.[19] In 2023, the Australian federal government's National Cultural Policy cited the performance as bringing "together multiple genres and art forms and new audiences."[20]

Golding was the director of Australia's Freeplay Independent Games Festival from 2014 to 2017,[21] and from 2006 to 2009 was a member of the Dili Allstars.[22]

Broadcasting

Golding is the host of the weekly Screen Sounds program on ABC Classic radio.[23] [2] He is a co-host of the Art of the Score podcast.[24] He has created video essays about film music, including A Theory of Film Music in response to a video by Every Frame a Painting. The dialogue between the two was described by Fandor as "an extraordinary case study in how popular video essayists and academically trained scholars can bring out the best from each other".[25]

In 2015, Golding presented A Short History of Videogames, a four-part documentary series for ABC Radio National.[26] With Linda Marigliano, Golding co-hosted the documentary series What Is Music for ABC Television and Triple J.[27]

Works

Videogame soundtracks

!Year ! Title! Details!Awards
2016Push Me Pull You[28] Developer: House House
2018Frog Detective 1: The Haunted IslandDeveloper: Worm ClubAPRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (won)[29]
2019Untitled Goose GameDeveloper: House House

Label: Decca (Universal Music Australia) on digital,[30] iam8bit on vinyl[31]

Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album (nominated)[32] [33] APRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (nominated)
2019[34] Developer: Worm ClubPublisher: Super Hot
2022Brendan Keogh's Putting ChallengeDeveloper: Brendan KeoghPublisher: Paper House Games
2022Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy CountyDeveloper: Worm ClubPublisher: Super HotAPRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (nominated)[35]
2023Mars First Logistics[36] Developer: Shape Shop[37]

Books

Year TitlePublisherISBN
2016Game Changers: From Minecraft to Misogyny, the Fight for the Future of Videogames[38] Affirm Press9781925344509
2019Star Wars After Lucas: A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy[39] University of Minnesota Press9781517905422

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Dan Golding - Lecturer, Swinburne University, and Writer — School of Culture and Communication. Bunyan. Marcus. 2019-01-10. Faculty of Arts. en. 2019-09-18.
  2. Web site: Broadcaster, composer, academic . Dan Golding . 27 February 2021 . 21 September 2023.
  3. Web site: 10 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out in May. Liptak. Andrew. 2019-05-01. The Verge. 2019-09-18.
  4. Web site: Game Changers. 2016-03-01. Affirm Press. en-AU. 2019-09-18.
  5. Web site: Johnstone . Stefanie . The Rise of Skywalker ends a third Star Wars trilogy. Here's why stories work so well in threes . The Conversation . 18 December 2019 . 6 January 2020 . en.
  6. Web site: James . Andrea . Dan Golding's brilliant response to the Marvel soundtrack originality debate . Boing Boing . 6 January 2020 . 19 September 2016.
  7. Web site: Williams . Cameron . Twenty years on, we're still feeling the aftershocks of The Phantom Menace . ABC News . 6 January 2020 . en-AU . 26 May 2019.
  8. Rogers . Adam . Star Wars Fans Know Nostalgia Well. It's Time to Build a Future . Wired . 6 January 2020 . en.
  9. Web site: Liptak . Andrew . 10 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out in May . The Verge . 6 January 2020 . en . 1 May 2019.
  10. Web site: Sweeting . James . Review of Star Wars After Lucas: A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy . Leonardo/ISAST . 7 January 2020 . en . 6 July 2019.
  11. Web site: Developing a horrible goose and a huge following Film Victoria. www.film.vic.gov.au. 2019-09-18.
  12. Web site: Road to the IGF: Grace Bruxner's The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game. Couture. Joel. www.gamasutra.com. en. 2019-09-18.
  13. Web site: Push Me Pull You. pmpygame.com. 2019-09-18.
  14. Web site: The Winners for the 2019 AGDAs have been announced. Di Giovanni. Gianni. www.pixelsift.com.au. en. 2020-04-09.
  15. Mutazione, Eliza, Untitled Goose Game Are Some of the Key Nominees for the 22nd Annual Independent Games Festival . . 7 January 2020 . 8 January 2020.
  16. Web site: Death Stranding leads the pack of 2020 Game Developers Choice Awards nominees . . Gamastura staff . 8 January 2020 . 8 January 2020.
  17. News: Death Stranding and Control dominate Bafta games awards nominations . . Keith . Stuart . 3 March 2020 . 4 March 2020.
  18. News: Honk! The Untitled Goose Game Soundtrack Is Available Now--Listen To It Here . . James . O'Connor . 31 March 2020 . 9 March 2020.
  19. Web site: Radbourne . Lucas . 2022-06-29 . ACMI to stage live concert of Melbourne videogame 'Untitled Goose Game' . 2023-10-10 . Beat Magazine . en-AU.
  20. Web site: Chris . Kerr . 2023-01-30 . How a live performance of Untitled Goose Game shaped government policy . 2023-10-10 . Game Developer . en.
  21. Web site: Freeplay, Australia's premier indie games festival, gets a shake-up. Dominguez. James 'DexX'. 2014-10-23. The Sydney Morning Herald. en. 2019-09-18.
  22. There's Something About Video Game Music ft. Dan Golding . PocketBuds. 2024-04-26 . 2024-04-26 . en.
  23. Web site: Screen Sounds. ABC. en. 2019-09-18.
  24. Web site: Art of the Score. Art of the Score. en-AU. 2019-09-18.
  25. Web site: The Best Video Essays of 2016. Fandor. en. 2019-09-18.
  26. Web site: A Short History of Videogames. ABC Radio National. en-AU. 2019-09-18.
  27. Web site: What Is Music. ABC iView. en-AU. 2020-04-09.
  28. Web site: Push Me Pull You . 2023-10-10 . press.pmpygame.com.
  29. Web site: The winners of the Australian Game Developer Awards revealed . 2023-10-10 . Checkpoint . en-AU.
  30. Web site: Untitled Goose Game . 2023-10-10 . Presto Music . en.
  31. News: Shaun . Prescott . 2020-07-21 . Untitled Goose Game vinyl soundtrack has a neat trick up its sleeve . en . PC Gamer . 2023-10-10.
  32. Web site: 2020 ARIA Awards Winners . 2023-10-10 . www.aria.com.au . en.
  33. Web site: And The 2020 ARIA Awards Go To… . 2023-10-10 . www.aria.com.au . en.
  34. Web site: Frog Detective . 2023-10-10 . frogdetective.net.
  35. Web site: Innes . Ruby . 2022-10-05 . Australian Game Developer Awards 2022 Winners: Praise The Lamb . 2023-10-10 . Kotaku Australia . en-AU.
  36. Web site: Smith . David . 2023-06-26 . Mars First Logistics Is A Clever Aussie Game About Doing Chores With Lego . 2023-10-10 . Kotaku Australia . en-AU.
  37. Web site: Verbrugge . Kieron . 2022-09-29 . You Can Check Out A Free Steam Demo Of The Gorgeous Aussie-Made Physics Sandbox Mars First Logistics . 2023-10-10 . Press Start . en-US.
  38. Web site: 2017-05-10 . Game Changers: From Minecraft to Misogyny . 2023-10-10 . Right Now . en-US.
  39. Web site: Star Wars after Lucas . 2023-10-10 . University of Minnesota Press . en.

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