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Video game composer Casey Edwards received a bachelor\u2019s degree in music theory and composition from UTC in 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n

Like most young boys and teens, Casey Edwards played video games.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAsteroids.\u201d \u201cSuper Mario.\u201d \u201cTony Hawk Pro Skater.\u201d \u201cHalo.\u201d<\/p>\n

The names continue.<\/p>\n

Like most adults with a job and a family, he no longer has as much time to play video games. Now he\u2019s helping to make them.<\/p>\n

A 2012 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a bachelor\u2019s degree in music theory and composition, Edwards now composes music for video games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s always the story, right? You want to be involved in video games in some capacity because of how much you love playing them,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cThen you get involved and, all of a sudden, you have no time.\u201d<\/p>\n

His latest work can be heard on \u201cExoprimal,\u201d a game released in July, and \u201cMortal Kombat 1,\u201d a redesigned version of the 30-year-old game set for release in September. He\u2019s currently composing music for two more video games, \u201cUnfortunately, I can\u2019t talk about them yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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A native of Ringgold, Georgia, who graduated from Lakeview High School, Edwards waited tables at Longhorn Steakhouse for several years, both as a UTC student and after graduating.<\/p>\n

He and his wife, Ali, moved to Los Angeles in 2014. She is a visual artist who works in the animation industry with companies such as DreamWorks and Nickelodeon. Before leaving Chattanooga, they had a career plan in place.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur motto when we landed was: No matter what we\u2019re doing, if someone invites us out somewhere, let\u2019s always make that effort to be there because that\u2019s why we\u2019re here. To meet people, to network, to make friends and long-term relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once on the West Coast, he landed work with Corridor Digital, a company making short films and web series and posting them on its YouTube channel. The company\u2019s YouTube website, now filled with dozens of shows, has almost 10 million subscribers.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople were making these fan films, essentially, and video game companies really took note of that,\u201d Edwards said.<\/p>\n

Ubisoft, maker of the \u201cAssassin\u2019s Creed\u201d game series, gave Corridor Digital the money to make a short film for \u201cAssassin\u2019s Creed IV: Black Flag.\u201d Edwards was hired to compose some of the music.<\/p>\n

\u201cUbisoft put them out on an actual pirate ship. They gave them a whole crew, some money and some budget for custom music and stuff,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cThat one was a ton of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From there, he regularly was hired by Corridor Digital and another company, RocketJump, to compose music for online commercials that promoted other video games, including \u201cAssassin\u2019s Creed,\u201d \u201cFar Cry,\u201d \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d and \u201cAge of Empires.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to do that for about two or three years,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was\u2014and still is\u2014a wonderful and inspiring network of friends both on and off work.\u201d<\/p>\n

In most cases, Edwards said, he is hired a couple of years into the development process once a game\u2019s storyline is mostly in place and some of the individual scenes have been drafted.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy then they understand the scope of their music needs,\u201d he explained. \u201cThey don\u2019t really want to reach out to me and either burn money or waste their own time.\u201d<\/p>\n

For instance, he was first contacted to work on \u201cExoprimal\u201d in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u201cThen they quickly decided they needed a break to figure out some story stuff, so we paused the music, and I didn\u2019t hear back on that probably for about two years or so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of the music he composes is \u201cvirtual,\u201d using instruments already available on computerized synthesizers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile almost every composer certainly hopes to have live players when needed, our primary toolkit relies on virtual instruments and synths, whether it be for taste or budgetary reasons, though the latter is almost always the culprit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On many video games, he explained that the task is to write music that changes during the game. As the players advance through various levels, they will hear different parts of his composition\u2014an instrumental here, some vocals there, a song chorus for a special moment, Edwards said. In a way, hearing new musical passages becomes something of a reward, just like the points the player amasses.<\/p>\n

One of his compositions, the theme song for Vergil, a character in the special edition version of \u201cDevil May Cry 5,\u201d has more than 76 million listens on Spotify.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich kind of blows my mind,\u201d Edwards said.<\/p>\n

He also composes music for the online trailers that advertise a game. Known in the industry as \u201ccinematics,\u201d the music plays the same role as it would for a theatrical film, providing emotional heft for what\u2019s happening onscreen.<\/p>\n

Despite his years and success in video-game music, Edwards said he still must prove himself with each composition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this business, it\u2019s no longer good enough to be a good or great composer. You absolutely have to deliver stunning demos and final works to be taken seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

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