Mass Effect 2 Sound Design Reel

Finally finished my sound design for the Mass Effect 2 trailer!

After I captured a portion of the trailer, I completely stripped all original audio and created a new sound scape from the ground up. Using Logic Pro Studio, I created new audio and music through various sound design techniques to come up with what you're watching below.

Mass Effect 2 Sound Design Reel from Bryan Higa on Vimeo.

I can't really pinpoint which aspect was the most fun to create- there are too many! A few stand-outs were Thane's slow-motion sequence, creating gun sounds, and breathing life into the Collector's ship at the end. It was very challenging but oh-so fun. Thoroughly enjoyed creating this and hope you do to!

Hmm, so what should be my next project...?

New Short Term Goal - Sound Design Demo

It's been a rainy week in Atlanta. Thankfully, I like the rain, but I haven't been able to really enjoy it because it's been a busy week. Also, thankfully, I love what's making me busy! Aside from working on various sound design projects for work, I decided that my new short term goal would be to make a demo reel of some sound design work. My first task? Take a piece of a movie from one of my favorite games, remove all the sounds, and then create new sounds for it! What's the game?

Mass Effect 2, developed by BioWare, is arguably the most popular game that has come out this year, and one of the greatest games I've played in a long time. So I took a portion of the official theatrical trailer and now in the process of adding my own sound design to it. It's so much fun! I've completed my gun sounds pass and now I'm working on footsteps. I'll be sure to post it when I'm done!

Mahalo!