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    Image of Furious_Liver Furious_Liver
    04/21/09

    In reply to So, How Much Do Video Game Composers Make?
    Shoji Meguro please.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    04/21/09

    In reply to So, How Much Do Video Game Composers Make?
    So how much does that studio cost now?
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    Image of jayntampa jayntampa
    04/21/09

    In reply to So, How Much Do Video Game Composers Make?
    The article says 80 to 100 MINUTES not hours.
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    Image of GameBuddy - Doesn't like tomatoes on his sandvich. GameBuddy - Doesn't like tomatoes on his sandvich.
    04/21/09

    In reply to So, How Much Do Video Game Composers Make?
    Richard Jacques. For the win.



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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    04/21/09

    @GameBuddy: It doesn't really matter if Variety missed interviewing Richard?
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    Image of Stan64 Stan64
    04/21/09

    In reply to So, How Much Do Video Game Composers Make?
    What games feature 80-100 hours of original music?


    The biggest soundtracks I can think of is the GTA-series, FF-series and the Rythm Tengoku Gold-soundtrack (6 discs for a DS-game).


    Maybe they are talking about filling 80-100 hours of playtime with music.

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    Image of rabbibert rabbibert
    04/21/09

    @Stan64: Luke here misquoted that stat, in the actual article, they say 80-100 MINUTES of music, which is far more reasonable(16-20 tracks at about 5 minutes each). 80 hours of music at $1000 a minute would cost $4.8 million, don't think any game would spend THAT much on a music score.
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    Image of Foffity Foffity
    04/21/09

    In reply to So, How Much Do Video Game Composers Make?
    I want to know how much foley artists get paid. One of the most underappreciated jobs in the industry, IMO.
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    Image of phicaluk phicaluk
    04/21/09

    @Foffity: Thwack! Zap! Kerpow!
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    Image of mind in rewind mind in rewind
    04/21/09

    @Foffity: I'm not sure about for games, but entry level sound positions for a union film is $37.85 an hour.
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    Image of yellowpastystuff yellowpastystuff
    04/21/09

    In reply to So, How Much Do Video Game Composers Make?
    whoa...typo...it's supposed to be 80 to 100 MINUTES of music...if it were 80-100 hours, they would be making anywhere from 4.8 million to 12 million dollars based on that pay scale...I would change my career path right now if that were the case!
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    Image of Toasticus Toasticus
    04/21/09

    @yellowpastystuff: Could you imagine an 80 hour game with unique music throughout? Wow!
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    04/21/09

    @Toasticus: I suspect that every Nightopian soundtrack variation of NiGHTS into dreams may well approach that mark.
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    Image of Elgar Elgar
    04/21/09

    In reply to So, How Much Do Video Game Composers Make?
    I'd like to know Nobuo Uematsu's price. Whatever it was probably too low.
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    Image of FarmboyinJapan FarmboyinJapan
    04/21/09

    @Elgar:


    Uematsu made that music while employed at a Japanese corporation = He didn't see squat.

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    Image of DarkSonic999 DarkSonic999
    04/21/09

    In reply to So, How Much Do Video Game Composers Make?
    lol
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    04/21/09

    @DarkSonic999: You spelled 'first' wrong.
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