Joseph Lawrence

Joseph Lawrence is Lead Sound Designer for Diablo III.

Background

Joseph Lawrence

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 as a sound designer. He is currently Lead Sound Designer for Diablo III.

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 "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. 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 interview with Gamasutra, Matt Uelmen discusses the direction of Diablo III's music and sound:

Gamasutra: How conscious are you that there's someone out there working on Diablo III who is tasked with living up to this thing you've created?

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.

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.

It seems the creator of the Diablo series' iconic and haunting music has great confidence in Joseph.

Game Credits/Experience

• 2008 - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard; Sound Design, Field SFX Recording
• 2007 - World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Blizzard; Sound Design, Field and Foley SFX Recording
• 2000 - Diablo II, Blizzard; Additional Sound Effects

Game credits as reported on MobyGames.