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Composition and Sound Design reel
Here are a few audio and videos excerpts of my recent video game audio projects. Style/genre is listed at the beginning of every track, for quick reference! Everything that you hear in the sound redesigns is original (with most sounds produced by either my mouth or my vaccum cleaner and processed to oblivion).
Composition Excerpts
Atmospheric Ambient: Recapture OST - Floating Pieces
0:33
Upbeat Retro: Sonic Robo Blast 2 Mod
0:46
Mischievous Orchestral: Circus Reversal OST - Level 1
1:00
Medium Samba: Volleybot OST
0:30
Epic Choir + Chiptune: Stuck in the Stronghold - Boss Fight
0:32
Ancient Mayan: Rule OST - Mayan theme
0:25
Electonic-jazz: Coffee Please! OST clip
0:29
Medieval: Rule OST - Gaul Tavern
0:39
Electronic: Abstract Revolution OST - Help drop
0:33
Chiptune: Secret Santa Clip
0:29
Hyperlight Drifter Sound Redesign
Doom Sound Redesign
Nightshift Galaxy Sound/Music Redesign
Robot Sound Redesign
Biography
Producer and multi-instrumentalist John MacDonald aspires to concoct the warbliest sounds in the Bay area. While attending the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory, he performed with several jazz-influenced groups (including Guggenheim fellow David Fiuczynski’s planet microjam and Taylor Dayne). During Covid lockdown, he turned his attention to producing video game music (under the alias JMCD) and minimalist-electronic art music (as down_j). He has presented on game audio at the PCA conference 2023, Oxford University, and Calgary University.