Austin Wintory, beloved and Grammy-nominated video game composer behind flOw, Journey, The Banner Saga, and the upcoming Abzu is being sued by his union, AFM Local 47, for violating their contract for creating and recording video game music. The contract, which went into effect a couple years ago, has been universally rejected by both the industry and the composers the union represents, and has forced the video game industry to go elsewhere to record music for their games.
Austin Wintory, who works out of "right-to-work" state Texas, is legally allowed to take any work offered to him regardless of his union's laws, but the situation may ultimately cost him thousands in legal battles. He asks that those who can share his story, hopefully to help pressure AFM to change its unjust laws that are preventing its composers from working on video games.
Mr. Wintory is a friend of the site, having composed the music for our 2012 Game of the Year, Journey. We interviewed him that year about his work and his grammy nomination.
Source:
gamrreview.com/news/91604/…Related Brainwaves
-
24th April
Austin Wintory's Monaco Soundtrack Available Now
The Austin Wintory helmed Monaco soundtrack can now be yours. Released today, the soundtrack to the highly praised PC and XBLA game, Monaco: What's yours...
-
21st February
Journey - Gaming Nation
Que dire d’un jeu ou il n’y a absolument aucune vie, aucune limite de temps et aucune échec possible? En sois, il serait facile de décrire ce jeu...
Trending Articles
-
16th February
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Generation Hack Unlock All Pack, Deck Cheats
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Generation Hack Tool Get Free Unlock All Pack and Deck, tool works on Android and iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), download tool Hack Tool...
-
6th January
Best RPG of 2014
When it comes to video games with deep stories, huge open worlds, and complex battle systems, nothing comes close to the RPG. Few genres are more diverse...
-
28th November
Tips and/or tricks for Glory of Generals
These are some tips and/or tricks that almost everyone can use for Glory of Generals. 1. Upgrade your Commander first. The Commander is very important...
-
21st January
Rumor - Durango (Xbox 720) Specs Unveiled
As we promised during the weekend in the next weeks we will unveil Durango and Orbis. All the technical info you want to know about the next generation...
-
25th July
No cutscenes or story in Super Smash Bros. Wii U?
The next installment of the Super Smash Bros series is in development. Ever since a few days ago, people were excited to see it. Now, fans of the series...
-
18th June
Miyamoto says "He feels that he has made a bad game"
Legendary Game Designer Shigeru Miyamoto has told Kotaku that he feels that he made a bad game. Shigeru Miyamoto is famous for games like Metroid, Star...
