Richard Ludlow

Richard Ludlow
Background information
Genres Video games
Occupation(s) Audio Director, Sound Designer, Music Producer, Voice Director
Instruments Violin, viola
Years active 2012–present
Website https://hexanyaudio.com

Richard Ludlow is an American video game audio director, sound designer, music producer, and voice director, best known for his work on King's Quest[1] and Arena of Valor. He is the founder and co-owner of Hexany Audio, a prominent video game audio production studio located in Los Angeles, California.[2]

Early life and influences

At the age of five, Ludlow began violin lessons, and later began to learn improvisational styles of music such as Celtic, jazz, and bluegrass. He then began to study musical composition which he preferred over performance. In middle school, he composed his first piece of music.

He attended Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, California. During the summer before his senior year, he attended a five-week program at Berklee College of Music that included a presentation by a video game composer which he said inspired him to pick up video games "because it's so creative and interactive." That academic year, he received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music where he studied dual majors in electronic production and design (EPD) and film scoring, in addition to minors in acoustics and electronics, audio design for video games, and video game scoring.[3] He participated in five internships (including one with composer Lucas Vidal), received five scholarships, including the Video Game Scoring Award and the Wendy Carlos Sound Design Award, and co-founded the school's Sound Design Network. During his final years at Berklee, Ludlow began completing contract work for mobile apps and games in order to generate income and build professional experience. He soon had opportunities to work on larger projects he was unable to complete alone but didn’t want to pass off to other people. Citing that he "wanted to keep it within the family", Ludlow subsequently founded Hexany Audio in 2012 with three friends from Berklee. He graduated in 2014.[4][5]

Career

Ludlow is the co-owner and audio director at Hexany Audio. Upon his graduating college, Hexany Audio expanded to include a larger team of sound designers and composers, including Matthew Carl Earl (co-owner), Jason Walsh, Nick Tomassetti, Justin Hollis, Kellen Fenton, and Vinicius Barbosa.[6][7] It relocated its headquarters to Los Angeles, California[8] and has completed both mainstream and independent projects for video games, virtual reality, augmented reality, theme parks, and interactive experiences in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Germany, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, China, and Canada.[9][10][11] Hexany Audio has also contributed to Amazon Alexa.[12]

Ludlow has served as the audio director, audio producer, and sound lead on multiple video games for the company, including King's Quest, Into the Stars, Assassin's Creed Syndicate trailer, Blade Runner Revelations (VR), and Moonlight Blade.[13] He has also served as audio director and audio producer on multiple film and television projects, including The Cold Light of Day, The Raven, and projects for Fortune 500 brands such as Disney, Coca-Cola, Activision, and Nike.[14]

In 2016, he appeared in the documentary Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound.[15]

Ludlow speaks frequently at panels and conventions on the topic of audio and music for video games. He has presented talks on audio for video games at GDC, GDC Europe, GDC Next, GameSoundCon, PAX East, PAX Dev, IndieCade, Gamescom, Casual Connect, the External Development Summit, the Midwest Game Developers Summit, Sigma Play, the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Expo, MIT, WonderCon, and Berklee College of Music.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

In 2017, he served as audio producer for the highly anticipated North American release of Arena of Valor.[24]

Filmography

Video games

Year Title Position Notes
2012 Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse Audio Designer
2013 Disney Infinity Audio Implementer
Monster Hunter Online Additional Music Mix Supervisor
Aspects TD Sound Designer / Sound Mixer
2015 Time Zombies VR Audio Producer
Casino Frenzy Audio Producer
Billiards Shoot Master Audio Director
Iron Knight Music Producer, Sound Designer
Assault Fire Music Producer
Zula Sound Designer
Winterflame: The Other Side Audio Director
King's Quest Sound Lead
Assassin's Creed Syndicate Audio Producer Trailer spot
2016 MobilityWare Hot Streak Slots Music Producer, VO Director
MobilityWare Sunny Shapes Music Producer
VR ATV Arcade Audio Producer
Hungry Dan Audio Director
MobilityWare Block Party Bingo Music Producer, VO Director
PlanktOs: Crystal Guardians VR Audio Producer
Tribes Music Producer
MobilityWare 52 Card Pickup Music Producer
Kubo and the Two Strings: Moon Beast Brawl Audio Producer
Kubo and the Two Strings: Bachi Breaker Sound Producer
Kubo and the Two Strings: Street Sound Producer
Barking Irons VR Audio Producer
Moonlight Blade: Romantic Destiny Music Producer
Universal Studios: The Repository VR Audio Producer
Meridian: Squad 22 Audio Director
Variant: Limits Music Producer
Battle Ball Music Producer
The Azure War - Name of the Nature Music Producer
Iron Knight Music Producer, Sound Designer
Leviathan Sound Lead
Into the Stars Audio Director
The Arcslinger Sound Lead
2017 John Wick Chronicles VR Additional Sound Design
Drone Racing League Simulator Sound Lead
Heroes Arena Voice Director
AWAY: The Survival Series Sound Director
Demon Seals Sound Design Supervisor
MobilityWare Blackjack Music Producer
MobilityWare Match and Rescue Music Producer, VO Director
City of Games Audio Director
Knott’s Berry Farm Showdown in Ghostown VR Audio Producer
Life of Us Vocal Sound Design Producer
Crashnauts Music Producer
Honor of Kings Holiday Expansion Music Producer
Amazon Odyssey Voice Producer
Buzzer Beater Basketball Trivia Voice Director
Toy Fights Audio Producer
Full Count Baseball Trivia Audio Producer
Fourth Down Football Trivia Audio Producer
Sounds Fun Audio Producer
Super NBA Music Producer
Kingdom Craft Audio Producer
Moonlight Blade: Moonlight Over the Sea Music Producer Nominated: Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score in a Video Game
Realm of Valor Audio Producer
Strike of Kings Voice Producer
Fantastic Chefs Audio Lead
War Song Audio Producer
2018 Firewall: Zero Hour Technical Audio Support
Creative Destruction Voice Director, Audio Producer
Colina: Legacy Audio Director
The Epic of Tia Sound Producer
Rules of Survival Audio Producer
Arena of Valor Audio Producer Won: Game Audio Network Guild Award for Best Music in a Casual/Social Game: Strike of Kings / Realm of Valor / (aka Arena of Valor)
Xuan Yuan Sound Design Supervisor
Heroes Evolved Voice Director
H1Z1 Additional Sound Producer
Gordon Ramsey Alexa Skill Voice Director
Arcadia Audio Lead
Blade Runner Revelations Sound Director
The Glory of Loong Audio Producer
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile Sound Producer
Jurassic World: VR Expedition Sound Lead
Just Shapes & Beats Sound Producer
Fantasy Westward Journey II Audio Producer
Overwatch Contenders Tournament Music Producer
COLINA: Legacy Sound Lead

Film

Year Title Position Notes
2012 The Raven Music Copyist
The Cold Light of Day Music Copyist
2016 Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound Himself Documentary

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Awards and nominations

In 2017, Hexany Audio won the Game Audio Network Guild Award for Best Music in a Casual/Social Game: Strike of Kings / Realm of Valor / (aka Arena of Valor).[27]

In 2017, Ludlow was nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score in a Video Game for his work on Moonlight Blade: Moonlight Over the Sea.[28][29] That same year, he was nominated for a Best Music for the China Game Developers Award for Kingdom Craft.[30]

References

  1. ↑ "Episode 2: Hexany Audio (King's Quest 2015) | Level with Emily Reese on Patreon". Patreon. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. ↑ "Hexany Audio | About - Richard Ludlow". Hexany Audio. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. ↑ Music, Berklee College of. "Richard Ludlow | Berklee Music Network". network.online.berklee.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. ↑ "Audio profession sounds good to Fountain Valley High alum". Orange County Register. 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. ↑ "Hexany Audio | Berklee College of Music". www.berklee.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  6. ↑ "Hexany Audio | About". Hexany Audio. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  7. ↑ Fugitive Games (2015-01-12), The Sound of Into the Stars, retrieved 2018-05-05
  8. ↑ Hexany Audio (2018-01-26), Hexany Audio Studio Tour 2017, retrieved 2018-05-05
  9. ↑ "Hexany Audio, Berklee-Bred Business, Blasts Off | Berklee College of Music". www.berklee.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  10. ↑ "The Game Is about the People: Three Things I Learned from Richard Ludlow". Berklee Blogs. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  11. ↑ FM, Player, 81: Follow the Three P’s Principle When Choosing a Job with Richard Ludlow of Hexany Audio, retrieved 2018-05-05
  12. ↑ "Richard Ludlow of Hexany Audio Discusses Giving Life to Interactive Projects Through Sound & Music - Sound & Picture". Sound & Picture. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  13. ↑ "81: Follow the Three P's Principle When Choosing a Job with Richard Ludlow of Hexany Audio". GameDev.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  14. ↑ "Hexany Audio Breathes New Life into Gaming Sound Design & Audio". morementum.tv. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  15. ↑ Ehtonal (2015-04-02), Beep Interviews--Webisode #1: Richard Ludlow, Hexany Audio, retrieved 2018-05-05
  16. ↑ Kidwell, Emma. "VRDC Speaker Q&A: Richard Ludlow on crafting audio for interactive VR experiences". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  17. ↑ MIT OpenCourseWare (2015-12-10), 19. Working with Sound Designers (Guest Lecture by Richard Ludlow and Andy Forsberg), retrieved 2018-05-05
  18. ↑ "A Conversation with Hexany Audio's Richard Ludlow on Spatial Audio". OSSIC. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  19. ↑ "Richard Ludlow - External Development Summit (XDS)". External Development Summit (XDS). Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  20. ↑ GDCNext 2014: Richard Ludlow - "Indie Audio: Making Great Sounding Games on a Budget", retrieved 2018-05-05
  21. ↑ Ludlow, Richard (2014-11-03). "Indie Audio: Making Great Sounding Games on a Budget" (PDF). Game Developers Conference Next. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  22. ↑ B., Tan, Philip. "Session 19: Working with Sound Designers by Richard Ludlow and Andy Forsberg (Hexany Audio) | Lecture Videos | Creating Video Games | Comparative Media Studies/Writing | MIT OpenCourseWare". ocw.mit.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  23. ↑ "Fountain Valley Native to Speak at Europe's Largest Game Industry Even". Fountain Valley, CA Patch. 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  24. ↑ Francis, Bryant. "Gamasutra talks to Arena of Valor audio designer Richard Ludlow". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  25. ↑ "Hexany Audio | Portfolio - Credits". Hexany Audio. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  26. ↑ "Richard Ludlow". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  27. ↑ "2017 Awards". www.audiogang.org. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  28. ↑ "Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  29. ↑ Costa, Ray (2017-10-26). "Hollywood Music in Media Awards Announces Nominees in Film, TV, & Video Game Music" (PDF). HMM Awards. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  30. ↑ "《乱世王者》参评2017CGDA最佳游戏音乐奖_游戏狗新闻". news.gamedog.cn. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
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