
- 330 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Making it HUGE in Video Games recounts the astonishing journey of an unassuming, middle-of-the-bell-curve young man, rising from mundane beginnings to scale the dizzying heights of artistic distinction and financial success in the worldwide video game industry.
This is the story of Chance Thomas, a moderately talented musician who struggled and grew to compose original scores for some of the most well-known entertainment properties in the world. Detailed personal accounts and instructive side bars carry readers across the jagged peaks and valleys of an absolutely achievable career in video games. World-famous IP's get personal treatment here – The Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Avatar, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer, DOTA 2, King Kong, The Settlers, and many more.
Readers will discover unvarnished true stories about starting out, pitching and pursuing gigs, negotiating contracts, composing and producing scores, multinational corporations and personalities, funny anecdotes, daunting challenges, glorious successes, and instructive failures. Autobiographical details throughout provide intimate perspective, vibrant color, and inspiration. The book is written in a comfortable, conversational style.
Think of this as a career guidebook wrapped around a personal retrospective; a professional how-to manual woven into a memoir.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Music Degree… What Now?
- Chapter 2 Quest for Glory and Grammy Awards
- Chapter 3 The Lord of the Rings, Part One
- Chapter 4 King Kong
- Chapter 5 Left Behind
- Chapter 6 Academy Award
- Chapter 7 The Lord of the Rings, Part Two
- Chapter 8 EA Games
- Chapter 9 Avatar
- Chapter 10 G.A.N.G., GDC, and GSC
- Chapter 11 Warcraft and Other Peripheral Life Savers
- Chapter 12 DOTA 2
- Chapter 13 Faeria and Roguebook
- Chapter 14 Might and Magic and Combat of Giants
- Chapter 15 Rise and Fall of HUGEsound
- Chapter 16 Warhammer
- Chapter 17 Swinging for the Fences
- Chapter 18 Avatar 2
- Chapter 19 The Settlers
- Chapter 20 Church Music
- Chapter 21 Securing the Future
- Acknowledgments
- Outrodiction
- Index
- Author