Joseph Lawrence - Revision history

Flux at 02:42, 20 September 2012

2012-09-20T02:42:16Z

Flux: /* Diablo III sound and music */

2012-07-20T10:44:23Z

‎Diablo III sound and music

Flux: /* Diablo III sound and music */

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‎Diablo III sound and music

Flux at 10:42, 20 July 2012

2012-07-20T10:42:37Z

Varquynne: more quotes and info from Joseph's panel appearance at Blizzcon 2011

2011-10-24T08:34:33Z

more quotes and info from Joseph's panel appearance at Blizzcon 2011

Turgedson at 23:42, 5 February 2011

2011-02-05T23:42:11Z

Varquynne at 07:57, 16 January 2011

2011-01-16T07:57:06Z

Leord at 17:12, 17 June 2010

2010-06-17T17:12:02Z

Elly at 00:11, 3 September 2009

2009-09-03T00:11:00Z

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[[Image:Josephlawrence.jpg|left|thumb|Joseph Lawrence - Lead Sound Designer]]Joseph Lawrence is Lead Sound Designer for Diablo III.

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	==References==		==References==
		+	* [http://www.destructoid.com/exclusive-meet-diablo-iii-s-sound-team-samples-included-227017.phtml Interview with Destructoid], May 2012.
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-:When you go into a Diablo game, you need to feel it and the sound is a huge part of how you perceive the game.
+<blue>When you go into a Diablo game, you need to feel it and the sound is a huge part of how you perceive the game.
-:Mood of the game is very important from an audio standpoint – it’s everything.  It has to be in an environment that just feels lush and cool and dark and dirty and dank and *smelly*.  It’s gotta stink.  The audio has to smell bad.
+Mood of the game is very important from an audio standpoint – it’s everything.  It has to be in an environment that just feels lush and cool and dark and dirty and dank and *smelly*.  It’s gotta stink.  The audio has to smell bad.
-:I like every game that I work on to have its own signature sound and, really, the only way to do that is to go out and create the material for that specific title.  Fortunately, Blizzard allows us to go out into the desert and light stuff on fire.
+I like every game that I work on to have its own signature sound and, really, the only way to do that is to go out and create the material for that specific title.  Fortunately, Blizzard allows us to go out into the desert and light stuff on fire.
-:That’s an interesting method that we’ve used over the years and I’m still perfecting it, and occasionally it goes wrong and it doesn’t work out.  But, the camera is always rolling tape when it does happen."
+That’s an interesting method that we’ve used over the years and I’m still perfecting it, and occasionally it goes wrong and it doesn’t work out.  But, the camera is always rolling tape when it does happen."</blue>
 ===Adventures in capturing the sound for Diablo III===

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-:'''"When you go into a Diablo game, you need to feel it and the sound is a huge part of how you perceive the game.'''
+:When you go into a Diablo game, you need to feel it and the sound is a huge part of how you perceive the game.
-:'''Mood of the game is very important from an audio standpoint – it’s everything.  It has to be in an environment that just feels lush and cool and dark and dirty and dank and *smelly*.  It’s gotta stink.  The audio has to smell bad.'''
+:Mood of the game is very important from an audio standpoint – it’s everything.  It has to be in an environment that just feels lush and cool and dark and dirty and dank and *smelly*.  It’s gotta stink.  The audio has to smell bad.
-:'''I like every game that I work on to have its own signature sound and, really, the only way to do that is to go out and create the material for that specific title.  Fortunately, Blizzard allows us to go out into the desert and light stuff on fire.'''
+:I like every game that I work on to have its own signature sound and, really, the only way to do that is to go out and create the material for that specific title.  Fortunately, Blizzard allows us to go out into the desert and light stuff on fire.
 ===Adventures in capturing the sound for Diablo III===

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	From 1990 to 1999 Joseph was a freelance sound designer and musician and did work for a long list of prominent Silicon Valley companies including [[Blizzard North]]. During this time as a sub contractor he worked on over 20 game titles. His freelance work for [[Blizzard North]] was included in ''Diablo II''. In January 2000, he co-founded Futurity, a sound effects company that specialized in creating sound effects libraries on CD. Futurity was known for the highly regarded sound effects series called Metropolis Science Fiction Toolkit. In 2004, Joseph joined [[Blizzard Entertainment\|Blizzard]] as a sound designer. He is currently '''Lead Sound Designer''' for [[Diablo III]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-lawrence/3/274/a31 Linked-in profile for Joseph Lawrence].</ref>		From 1990 to 1999 Joseph was a freelance sound designer and musician and did work for a long list of prominent Silicon Valley companies including [[Blizzard North]]. During this time as a sub contractor he worked on over 20 game titles. His freelance work for [[Blizzard North]] was included in ''Diablo II''. In January 2000, he co-founded Futurity, a sound effects company that specialized in creating sound effects libraries on CD. Futurity was known for the highly regarded sound effects series called Metropolis Science Fiction Toolkit. In 2004, Joseph joined [[Blizzard Entertainment\|Blizzard]] as a sound designer. He is currently '''Lead Sound Designer''' for [[Diablo III]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-lawrence/3/274/a31 Linked-in profile for Joseph Lawrence].</ref>

−	[[File:~~JosephLawrence~~-~~MakingofDVD~~.~~jpg~~ \|center\|thumb\|600px\|Joseph Lawrence talking about Diablo III's sound design - from the Making of Diablo III DVD.]]	+	[[File:Joseph-lawrence-d3-dvd.JPG\|center\|thumb\|600px\|Joseph Lawrence talking about Diablo III's sound design - from the Making of Diablo III DVD.]]

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-'''Joseph Lawrence''' is '''Lead Sound Designer''' for [[Diablo III]].
+'''Joseph Lawrence''' is '''Lead Sound Designer''' for [[Diablo III]].  He, along with the rest of the sound team, is responsible for in-game sound effects and music.
 ==Background==
 From 1990 to 1999 Joseph was a freelance sound designer and musician and did work for a long list of prominent Silicon Valley companies including [[Blizzard North]]. During this time as a sub contractor he worked on over 20 game titles.  His freelance work for [[Blizzard North]] was included in ''Diablo II''.  In January 2000, he co-founded Futurity, a sound effects company that specialized in creating sound effects libraries on CD.  Futurity was known for the highly regarded sound effects series called Metropolis Science Fiction Toolkit.  In 2004, Joseph joined [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] as a sound designer.  He is currently '''Lead Sound Designer''' for [[Diablo III]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-lawrence/3/274/a31 Linked-in profile for Joseph Lawrence].</ref>
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+[[File:JosephLawrence-MakingofDVD.jpg |center|thumb|600px|Joseph Lawrence talking about Diablo III's sound design - from the Making of Diablo III DVD.]]
 ==Sound Work==
 Joseph has done sound design for ''World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade'' and ''World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King''.  In a [http://designingsound.tv/tag/joseph-lawrence/ "Behind the Scenes" video], he shows some of the foley and field recording work that went into making some of the sound effects for the game.<ref>[http://designingsound.tv/tag/joseph-lawrence/ ''World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade'': Behind the Scenes - Sound Effects"]. Joseph Lawrence speaks @2:42.</ref> He is also a musician and has contributed to the soundtrack of the aforementioned ''World of Warcraft'' expansions.
-===Diablo III Sound and Music===
 In an [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/gamasutra-interviews-matt-uelmen/ interview with Gamasutra], [[Matt Uelmen]] discusses the direction of [[Diablo III]]'s music and sound:<ref>Chris Remo. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/gamasutra-interviews-matt-uelmen/ The Real Story of ''Torchlight's'' Music]. 2010-07-16.</ref>
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 It seems the creator of the ''Diablo'' series' iconic and haunting music has great confidence in Joseph.
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 Game credits as reported on [http://www.mobygames.com/ MobyGames].
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-[[Image:Josephlawrence.jpg|left|thumb|Joseph Lawrence - Lead Sound Designer]]'''Joseph Lawrence''' is Lead Sound Designer for [[Diablo III]].
+'''Joseph Lawrence''' is '''Lead Sound Designer''' for [[Diablo III]].
-==Background==
+:'''Matt Uelmen''': Well, I'm aware of it, but I think that that team definitely has all the talent they need to get the job done right. I'm good friends actually with Joseph Lawrence, who is doing a lot of the audio work. I'm looking forward to it being its own distinctive thing.
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+:You know, I'd really love to hear Joseph's ambient music out there more. I hope they don't feel they need to be too influenced [by my music], and that they are free to do their own thing, because the gamer in me thinks that would be more entertaining.
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+It seems the creator of the ''Diablo'' series' iconic and haunting music has great confidence in Joseph.
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+Game credits as reported on [http://www.mobygames.com/ MobyGames].
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