Mike Morasky
@MikeMorasky
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I’m hearing reports of someone posing as me on Discord and threatening to ban folks on Steam or in Valve games. THIS IS A SCAM! Even if I were on the VAC team, which I’m not, I would never engage a customer publicly and ask for sensitive information. PLEASE REPORT THIS THIEF!
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"Saluting the Fallen"
A tribute to Rick May ("Soldier").
1940 – 2020
"That was a hell of a campaign, son!"
#teamfortress2
#tf2
#rickmay
#covid19
#valvestudioorchestra
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Watching Erik and Jay direct JK as Cave Johnson was a career highlight for sure. Like they’re born to it.
“The lines read themselves” - JK Simmons.
Btw, Mr. Simmons is also fully trained baritone and sight read the piece, riddled with timing changes and hemiola accompaniment
Desk Job is live! After Jay & I finished the vo, Mike had J.K. do some singing. We were all much happier than we look.
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20 years ago I was working on AI animation in feature film and the same problems. It's crazy to me how advanced and effective this approach is and absolutely stunning to witness in game.
#HalfLifeAlyx
#AI
#animation
#LOTR
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A decade late but pretty complete, we've released the sheet music for TF2, complete with Sibelius files for easy rearranging.
Big thanks to
@lenniemooremus
for helping button it all up!
#teamfortress2
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Finally, just over 2 years in the finishing, the full digital streaming and Steam Music versions of the HL:A OST are out.
Full credits, info on other download platforms and physical releases upcoming.
The final chapter of the Half-Life: Alyx Soundtrack, "Point Extraction," has been freed from the vault and is available to purchase on Steam, or stream on Spotify and Apple Music.
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With so much going on I forgot to mention that chapter 10 of the
#halflifealyx
ost was released this morning!
Only 1 more chapter to go.
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This is a great watch for HL & Valve fans, game dev enthusiasts and those dedicated to the creative process in general! Honored to have worked with most of these folks and grateful to still work with and call many of them friend.
What a thing they did!
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Hello HL:A OST friends
As Q1 has undeniably passed it is clear that we have missed our target release date for the final chapter of the OST. There were many reasons which I won't bore you with other than to say there is a plan and it will be asap.
Thank you for your patience
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I love my work but some days are better than others. This was a great one.
@g__ct
killing it.
#germanhold
#HalfLifeAlyx
#antlions
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Hello HL:A OST friends.
HNY!
After the release of the 10th chapter our intention was to release the final Ch. in a timely fashion, or failing that at least by the end of the year. Alas, events IRL and IVL have stymied that hope.
Sometime Q1, thx 4 patience!
#valvetime
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It's happening!
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The in-game implementation of this one caused a decent amount of discussion within the team.
"But where is the music coming from?"
Literally suspended in the air along the path of trajectory.
#GladOS
IS basically inside your head after all.
The Friendly Faith Plate - Portal 2 (2011, PC)
Composer: Mike Morasky (
@MikeMorasky
)
[volume warning]
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The next chapter of the Half-Life: Alyx Soundtrack is here. Listen to "The Northern Star" on Steam, Spotify, and Apple Music.
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The audio in
#HalfLifeAlyx
wouldn't have been nearly as immersive or powerful without
#steamaudio
.
Big kudos to them for really elevating the results!
They've also updated the public version so you can use the same features, many platforms, and it's free!
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The
#halflifealyx
team put a ton of thought into how it fits into the HL saga. A big shout out to fan sites and videos that made it so much easier like which gave us the idea to include HL1 music and put it on the OST under different names. Thanks!
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Chapter 2: Wherein Alyx enters The Quarantine Zone, encounters both the beauty and danger of Xen and has her future remembered by a new and puzzling friend.
Available on all major streaming platforms and for download via
#steammusic
The Half-Life: Alyx soundtrack now includes music from Chapter 2: The Quarantine Zone. Purchase on Steam or stream on Spotify and Apple music.
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Dig it!
We're thrilled to announce Half-Life: Alyx, a new full-length entry in the Half-Life series, built by Valve for VR.
Return to Half-Life in March 2020. Pre-purchase now on Steam.
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HL:A OST friends!
Help design the tracklist for the "best of" collection.
Please post a list of your favorite cuts.
Or if you're particularly ambitious, you can DM me a proposed track listing in the following format.
Sides A, B, C, D
Each 20-22 minutes in length (yes vinyl!)
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Dig it!
Today we're excited to announce Counter-Strike 2. Counter-Strike 2 is an overhaul to every system, every piece of content, and every part of the C-S experience. First, let's talk about smoke grenades:
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I'm pretty sure Harry's been doing these for over a decade and they're always great.
New Portal song 'The Sound of Science' is up! A huge thank you to the ever-brilliant
@TheStupendium
for writing the lyrics to this one nearly 3 years ago! =P
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Power users with super powers!
The audio team on
#HalfLifeAlyx
was killer and increasingly more empowered than ever.
A quick reminder that Valve is always hiring in all domains. Are you a
#poweruser
? Check it out at
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HL:A OST Chapter 3, ("Is Or Will Be").. that's chapter THREE!
Wherein things get a bit dark for Alyx, she dispatches hostile Combine, causes some massive destruction and sets off on a new and mysterious mission.
The long awaited third chapter of the Half-Life: Alyx soundtrack is now available for download on Steam, and for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.
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It’s 10:30am and where I am the sun is refusing to rise. Smoke in the upper atmosphere has made it dark like night. Street lights are all on and cars are driving with headlights. So of course I thought I’d take a walk and give HLA Ch. 3 one last QA listen. A very spooky decision.
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One of my favorite people to work with. Singing turrets and the vort choir powered tuning substation cables are amongst our many collaborations over the years.
#HalfLifeAlyx
#valvesoftware
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Short but sweet
Only 3 more chapters to go! O.k., we haven't finished in time for the release anniversary a week ago, maybe we'll get 'er done for the anniversary of the first OST release.
#halflifealyx
Take a quick trip to the City 17 zoo with Chapter 8 of the Half-Life: Alyx soundtrack, now available on Steam, Spotify and Apple Music.
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We're up to nearly 50 different music packs in
#CSGO
! 7 great new composer packs dropped today.
"The Masterminds Box"
@awintory
@drenmc
@SamMarshallMuse
@mattlevinemusic
@SadowskiMusic
@timhuling
@treeadams
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Thanks for posting this
@140VGM
!
Tucked way way at the very end of the game, its definitely a favorite.
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A very long time in the making thanks to supply chain shenanigans and the mighty growth of demand for vinyl but it's finally here. Can't wait to get my hands on one!
Thanks
@MondoNews
!
#portal2
In partnership with
@ValveSoftware
, we are proud to present the premiere vinyl pressing of
@MikeMorasky
's amazing soundtrack to the hit game, PORTAL 2, with incredible design by
@Alan_Hynes
!
On sale on Wednesday 11/9 at 12PM CT. 🥔
More info here:
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@gabrieleder
@g__ct
Yes! Once it's finished HL:A soundtrack will be on all major streaming/download platforms as well as
#steammusic
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One of the many insanely talented folks I have the honor of working with.
#valve
#HalfLifeAlyx
#craft
#process
#gman
Craziness of me acting ref for GMAN. Took several times on different days to feel out the right emotions/facial changes. *TIP: I always try to memorize the lines to help secure the flow. He is an interesting char.
#HalfLifeAlyx
#animation
#VR
(thanks to
@jeffunay
for filming)
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Hell yeah!
In an earlier life I dedicated years to making these films in charge of the Sentinel's animation/vfx.
Stoked for this!
180,000 versions of the teaser.. 2 pills, every minute it changes
#TheMatrix4
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Dig it!
A very clever crew at Valve have been cooking this up for a while and it's looking pretty killer!
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Nearing the 10 year anniversary, the music of Portal 2 has had a ton of analysis over the years, PHD theses, semiotics papers, etc. This one is fun, breaking down it's similarity to and structural basis(ish) in the operatic form. Always in awe of the continued interest. 🙏🙏🙏
We finally have English subtitles for
#Ludofon
ía 's video about our crazy theory on Portal 2 and its amazing soundtrack by the great
@MikeMorasky
.
It's a great watch and it's full of little things that I'm sure even the most avid of fans haven't noticed.
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RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto.
I met him when I was 20 after he helped me place in a Tokyo music competition and encouraged my pursuit of the music/media arts.
To say he was an inspiration and influence is an understatement.
Such a tragic loss, too early.
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So saddened by this loss!
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Half-Life: Alyx, Chapter 4 (Superweapon)
Grenades, corridors, combine and a mysteriously powered floating armory.
Chapter 4 of the Half-Life: Alyx Soundtrack is short but sweet, and is now available on Steam, Apple Music, and Spotify:
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20 years ago, a production from a little known studio in New Zealand was unleashed to the world. After 2 years of working with some truly amazing folks, I’m not sure we fully understood what we’d done.
Happy 20
#lotr
, it was and still is an honor to have been part of it.
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@halfsamuel
I’ve been on vacation but I’d say it’s another case of some artist trying to gain traction by claiming they are Valve or are somehow officially collaborating with Valve. I’ll certainly look into it this week.
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@ValveNewsNetwor
"Taps" (the trumpet part) is ancient. This version was recorded Wednesday and then the drums added and finished late Wednesday night.
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Oh, this happened!
Chapter 6: "Arms Race"
More awesome art by
@ollymoss
!
There seems to be a problem with the U.S. spotify ingestion process and it may not show up until tomorrow.. :/ spotify is sorry
#halflifealyx
#VGM
Chapter six of the Half-Life: Alyx Soundtrack is now available to download on Steam, and stream on Spotify and Apple Music.
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I should send this tweet out once a month:
I’m hearing reports of someone posing as me on Discord and threatening to ban folks on Steam or in Valve games. THIS IS A SCAM! I am not on the VAC team and I would never engage a customer publicly and ask for sensitive information.
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The people one works with is everything and the audio team on Half-Life: Alyx is killer.
"Level with Emily Reese" is the bees knees for anyone interested in music and sound in games. A teaser for upcoming shows:
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@SlappyCromwell
@valvesoftware
It would appear that one of Apertures AI(s?) is violating the second law of robotics and is asserting it's independence.
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The Game Audio Network Guild awards are one of my favorites because it's comprised of friends and colleagues from the
#gameaudio
community. We're super honored and humbled that the
#HalfLifeAlyx
audio team has been nominated for 6 awards this year. Thanks
@audiogang
!
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Emily Reese is the longest running VGM journalist I know of. From her legendary PBS program dedicated to VGM to her current, extremely expansive and in-depth podcast "Level", she is an OG lifer.
Level has released an in-depth series on the audio in HLA.
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One of my favorite posters
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What a truly amazing year for games, evidenced by
#TheGameAwards2020
nominees. Many nods to Valve in here including
#csgo
for "best esports game" and
#HalfLifeAlyx
for "best action", "best vr/ar", "best audio design" and "best game direction".
Thanks
@geoffkeighley
for all you do
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Wow, these folks have done a complete cover of the entire
#portal2
OST ... for the SECOND TIME as a tribute to the 10 year anniversary. Well done, I'm honored. 🙏🙏🙏
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"HANDS UP!" Cowering in the face of the Combine is a reasonable response.
#HalfLifeAlyx
#combine
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Check this cool interpretation / remix of "Triple Laser Phase" from
#portal2
.
I never get tired of hearing reimaginings like this.
NEW OC ReMix! (
#4101
)
@EvokeSeagull
's horror scoring arrangement of Portal 2's "Triple Laser Phase" is creepy, unsettling, disturbing, and might give some test subjects nightmares. ;-)
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Making it official:
The penultimate chapter of the Half-Life: Alyx soundtrack is here. Listen to Chapter 10: Breaking & Entering on Steam, Spotify, and Apple Music.
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The simplest ideas are the most genius and this one is a perfect example. The earliest, basic prototypes and playtests won over the biggest skeptics almost instantly and made the multi-year development cycle a no brainier... heh, for
@emilyindustries
.
GG
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In the grand tradition of my cat slinging friends
@chetfaliszek
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@matttwood
and the internet in general, please meet Soda Pop, Pony Boy and my slippers. Adopted survivors of kitten panleukopenia I'm told they have anti-bodies for life. Hoping they're a good omen.
#covidkittens
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@ValveNewsNetwor
Hey Tyler, indeed it was. My love for that title is endless, so fun to spend some time with that crew!
#teamfortress2
#JungleInferno
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I was going to post one of those "what I did in 2020" tweets but everything ended with ".. during a global pandemic" and I decided getting pretty much anything done in the last year "during a global pandemic" was completely amazing.
I ate a lot of chocolate...
You?
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The 8 composers of the new "Masterminds"
#CSGO
music pack box got together and discussed their individual takes and processes for the project.
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If you enjoy large, high quality orchestras performing VGM,
@gameonconcert
includes Portal 2 and Dota in their program and have performed it all around the world.
Game ON! will be performing with Symphony San Jose on May 26th, with up coming performances in Seattle and Toronto.
‘THE SHOW WAS SPECTACULAR! ... WELL WORTH SEEING FOR ANY AFICIONADO OF BOTH MUSIC AND VIDEO GAMES’ -ShowFilmFirst.com
Part 1: Last week, Game ON! made its UK premiere with
@the_halle
to a packed house!
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Note: Please bare with us as our distro reconfigures spotify to match per chapter packaging and away from the waterfall rollout. It'll be messy for a little bit.
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Check it out folks! A super cool new box set of game composers for your
#CSGO
enjoyment! Collect them all!
Today we're excited to ship the Tacticians Music Kit box, featuring 6 new Music Kits from:
-Austin Wintory (
@awintory
)
-Chipzel (
@chipzel
)
-Jesse Harlin (
@oogew
)
-Laura Shigihara (
@supershigi
)
-Leonard Paul (Freaky DNA) [
@VideoGameAudio
]
-Sarah Schachner (
@SarahSchachner
)
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Racism is systemic. If you don't understand "systemic" please watch this simple explanation of an all too common example.
I did not fully appreciate the issue with "most cops don't live in the neighborhood they police" until seeing this
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Weird fringe benefits of the trade. This Yamaha U2 in our living room was the source for the piano in the bar at The Northern Star. Also where I drink my coffee most mornings. A cool aside I think.
#HalfLifeAlyx
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@TheToadKing
@valvesoftware
We're doing it this way so you don't have to wait while we finish ~80 pieces of music.
#covidtime
#valvetime
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Karen’s the best and I always feel honored to get to work with her. Such an utterly lovely person and complete pro!
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@ValveNewsNetwor
Sometimes it's a lot of work, sometimes hardly any at all. The pacing of these have also been impacted by reduced productivity due to covid disruption and competing priorities. I know some would prefer faster, me too, but we are getting there.
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@SebastianWolff
I applaud your fight for artists rights and generally agree with you. However, I am largely responsible for the Alyx OST and am an "in-house" artist at Valve. At our best we function as a collective and granular credits don't reflect our internal structure or contributions.
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I still dig these so much
Today we're shipping three new Music Kits—the Hades Music Kit from
@SupergiantGames
, The Lowlife Pack from
@NeckDeepUK
, and CHAIN$AW.LXADXUT. from
@scarlxrd
. Like the Halo Music Kit, the Hades Music Kit is free to users with 5 hours play time in Hades on Steam:
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@JaycieErysdren
In some parts of the world it already has :) Steam is likely tomorrow morning.
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Generally speaking I’m always grateful for many things but today I am primarily grateful for and need to acknowledge the Esselen, who are the indigenous people of the amazing land I am spending this holiday on. I hope you all enjoy(ed) your meal and took a moment to do the same.
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... and upcoming 10 sides of vinyl for the 10th anniversary by our favorite collectible vinyl label!
#mondo
#portal2
Happy 10th Anniversary to PORTAL 2. May your day be filled with many (real) Cakes. 🍰
Our (also real) 5XLP Soundtrack box set, designed by
@Alan_Hynes
will be coming later this year.
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<3
@matttwood
Fittingly for
#WholesomeSnack
, our last game is a real treat! I haven't laughed this hard at a trailer since Untitled Goose Game 🤣
@LittleKittyGame
put together a good one and I couldn't resist saving it for last. Thanks to all the devs who brought this showcase to life 💖
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Nice
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Great website for sound nerds interviewing a bunch of dedicated sound nerds.
#HalfLifeAlyx
"...you can hear this distant, occasionally repeating sound coming from the direction you’re headed....you’re always aware of the sound of your goal and where it is in relation to where you’re going." -
@MikeMorasky
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@rarumogi
We are not officially distributing it on YouTube Music as to avoid causing monetization issues with regards to our "video policy". I'm sure it's already been ripped and posted unofficially however.
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Solid nods from
#bafta
are a great opportunity to shout out the awesome
#halflifealyx
audio crew David Feise,
@rolandshawsound
,
@emilyindustries
, Kelly Thornton, Jay Stelly, Anish Chandak and Lakulish Antani. (code matters too)
#gameaudio
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Oh and the order doesn't need to be chronological like the complete collection
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@Freak_OTRT
I totally support this type of thing but I unfortunately don’t foresee having the time to make that stuff available anytime in the near future. Sorry. Maybe someday
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Hey
#GDC2018
! I'm honored to be joining an amazing collection of folks speaking tomorrow for 5 minutes each about "What's Next" in game audio and other things. Come on out for these morsels of insight.
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