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No longer just the "ugly stepchild" of the games industry, Beep traces the history of game sound from the Victorian penny arcades through pinball and to today's massive industry of soundtracks and live music. With clips from over 80 interviews with game composers, sound designers, voice actors and audio directors from around the world, Beep is the definitive documentary on game sound. This 2 DVD set features a full, extended director's cut of Beep-- 1 hr 52 minutes! The extra DVD contains Three specials, totalling nearly 1.5 hours, including "Beep: Big in Japan," "How to get into game audio" and "Ryu Umemoto Tribute."

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Bonus Materials

• A Tribute to Ryu Umemoto
• Big In Japan: A Japanese Special (Game Music Connect 2015)

Sales Points

• Confirmed screenings at Dublin International Game Music Festival (Dublin April 2016), Buma Music in Motion (Amsterdam May 2016), Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (Melbourne) (July 2016), GameSoundCon (Los Angeles) (September 2016)
• Confirmed screenings at San Francisco Conservatory of Music (San Francisco March 2016), A Maze Festival (Berlin April 2016), Quo Vadis Game Developers’ Conference (Berlin April 2016), Ottawa International Game Developers’ Conference (Ottawa April 2016
• Features interviews with Marty O'Donnell (Halo), Nathan McCree (Tomb Raider), Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy)
• Received press from Kill Screen, Engadget, C|Net, Kotaku, Polygon, Gamespot

Press Quotes

'Do you ever think about sound for games? This movie shows it for what it is: an art and a science'

     —George “The Fat Man” Sanger (composer, '7th Gu

'The most informative and in depth film ever made on the subject of game music and sound. If you love music for games, you have come to the right place.'

     —Steve Horowitz (composer, “Super Size Me”)

'I love this film! It's amazing and gratifying to see and hear so many talented game audio friends and colleagues all in one place. Informative and entertaining with a bit of a walk down memory lane.'

     —Marty O’Donnell, composer/audio director (Halo)