Mat Ombler
@matombler
Purveyor of video game music. Former freelance journo, now head of music & gaming partnerships at Laced. Subscribe to my music and gaming newsletter, MusicEXP.
You're all moaning about heatwaves but at least your place of work isn't covered in piss
Did a round-up of all the game concerts that have been announced or are taking place this year and wow (what have I missed?)
There is something very cool about three incredible musicians meeting their video game idols. I love this so much.
Hosted a masterclass with Jesper Kyd today on behalf of Laced Music, gave a cool talk on music and gaming partnerships after, and bonded with fellow avant garde metalheads over John Zorn’s Naked City (a first for a game conference)
Haven't posted in a while so here's a lovely pic of me and Sergio probably making a fun joke about a video game soundtrack
LONG LIVE VIDEO GAME MUSIC - RECORD BREAKING CHART POSITIONS FOR A GAME SOUNDTRACK.
It's an honour that Nintendo has chosen Laced as their partner to release The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild soundtrack on vinyl. This is the first time Nintendo has commercially released a game soundtrack in the West!
Starting to see pics of the Silent Hill 2 vinyl land with customers. Hope everyone enjoyed the added extras we didn't mention like Mary's Letter and Photograph! A lot of time and care went into creating this and the team at Laced absolutely smashed it.
Massive congratulations to Lorien Testard and our client Sandfall Interactive for winning the Game Music Award at the World Soundtrack Awards! Testard's debut game score has surpassed 350 million track streams and spent 10 weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Classical Chart since its release in April.
Latest edition of my music and gaming newsletter MusicEXP is out now and dives into the metrics behind Daft Punk's Fortnite activation and game music licensing lessons after Rock Band 4 was delisted
Do you reckon Takenouchi knew he was writing a tech death metal album when he wrote the music for Jewel Master
Just found out Tim Heidecker has a band called The Yellow River Boys entirely dedicated to songs about piss
And on Saturday, ASADI & XYE will perform a selection of songs from Prince of Persia: Rogue, the latest instalment in the Prince of Persia series. They take to the stage at 6:30pm in Hall 1!
Me and @kevinschulzzz.bsky.social booked Tony Hawk's Pro Skater band The 900s to tear up Hall 1 at Gamescom tomorrow. They start at 5.30pm. Get in that pit and spread the word!
Literally can't log into Roblox because I can't solve the fucking captcha
This quote from Jeff Rosenstock is probs the best/funniest thing I’ve ever received
New Korg production software for PS5 is developed by Detune, a company owned by Nobuyoshi Sano, AKA Sanodg, AKA the composer who makes fucking BANGERS for ridge racer and tekken
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 soundtrack just made its debut in the U.K. Official Charts. Phenomenal achievement.