Gameable Audio - A VGM Podcast

In this episode we're diving down deep under the water as we are stuck on the U-boat known as HSM Domherren in the recently released Old-school survival horror game Heavy Metal Death Can. Together with Toby Karlsson the Developer and composer of the game, we'll talk about the use of authentic submarine sound effects, references to bands such as System of A Down and Marlyn Manson. What is i...

With a dark and gritty exterior and a rubber-hose animation, MOUSE P.I For Hire have grasped a lot of eyes during it's development, as the polish game development studio Fumi have been very open with it's progression of the game. Today however, the returning guest of Patryk Scelina joins Chris side to talk about the music composed for the game. How is it to compose within a genre that is n...

Time to celebrate a brand new week with a brand new episode of Gameable Audio, in this week Chris is guested by the Swedish composer and sound designer Gustav Wall, known for his work in documentaries such as Fosterfamiljen, series such as The Journey and more. We go deep into what led Gustav on his path of music and why the piano was such a big influence for him throughout his life. But one of th...

Diving straight into 2026, we have a very special guest joining Chris side for the episode, all to talk about the 40 year anniversary album for the Amiga, the "Amiga 40". The guest is none other than the the acclaimed music composer and designer Allister Brimble. (Well-known for his work with the company Team 17, the games Rollercoaster tycoon, Driver, The Plucky Squire and many more) We...

Last episode of 2025 and we're shooting this off with a big firework blast! The two amazing composers Carla Dobbie and Patrik Jarlestam joins Chris side to talk about a soundtrack they both worked on, the Swedish developed game "Deliver at all Costs". We're discussing the soundtrack, their thought processes during this work and much more, all to the extent that even Carla said &q...

The stage is set, the Swedish composers Douglas Holmquist known for soundtracks to games such as Teardown, SteamWorld Heist II and PinOut to name a few. We go through Douglas origin story and we also deep dive into one of the latest soundtracks he worked on, the dreamy and special soundtrack of the indie game "Overlook trail". Enjoy conversations about crazy things, analyzing work of oth...

Are you a solo dev or have a small indie studio looking for an orchestral track, then look no further, Audio creatures run a mission each year, focusing on elevating music in videogames. Listen to Markus Zierhofer, the master of music talk about the importance of multiple projects and working together with many different people. While Chris asks the important questions such as why the title only i...

In this weeks episode, Chris is joined by two composers, Karl Flodin and Erik Lyding, the minds behind the Original SoundTrack for Landfall's game "Haste". Karl is behind soundtracks such as TABS (Totally Accurate Battle Simulator), Clustertruck and Stick Fight the game to name a few. On Erik's end, Haste is his first officially released work. Listen in on the episode and learn m...

Brand new episode and the episodes focuses on a newly released indie game called Paperklay. The composer Nathan Ross joined Chris side, a composer who have worked on games such as Adventures of The Carrot Captain and Kevin Anderssons previous game Hoplegs. We talk about cost and value surrounding audio packs, how to figure out the "Kill your darlings" concept for composers and much more! Music in...

Praise the sun, Chris is back with another Nordic Game Conference interview, done on-site of NGC 2025. This time Pelle joined my side, Pelle is not necessarily a composer, but a writer, Creative director, Audio Director and a poet, one who have been in connection with multiple composers we've interviewed previously. Therefore when the opportunity gave itself, we had to take it! We'll discuss Pelle...

A new episode is here and this time Chris is back with a Nordic Game Conference interview, done on-site of NGC 2025. First out is the guest Leonhard Van Voorst who is a composer who works with multiple people in a collective, how does that work and what do they all do? Listen in on this special and get to know Leonhard and his work. The Episode is sponsored by Spelkollektivet, a co-living communit...

This weeks guest is a person who have created a quite successful name for themselves, getting a viral hit with the "This is War" series on YouTube, he's been working both with his own projects, but also as a freelancing composer, our guest for this week is none other than Josef Falkensköld. Josef joins in to talk about his career as Falconshield, but also within game development, the...

New episode and this week Chris dug into his childhood character Bomberman, who is this person and why is bombing stuff so much fun? Learn the origin of Bomberman, a bit of the main series and more on spin-off games and their music, 5 amazing hand-picked tracks are on the feed, let's go! Music in the episode: Dyna blaster - Credits (Amiga version) - Eike Steffen Bomberman Wars - Track 14 (Saturn v...

This weeks guest comes from a background as a music teacher, but does have an interest in both coding and notes from an early age, playing on classics such as the Atari and strumming guitars. Per joins in to talk about his work on the early access game "Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef". We talk about Per's sources of inspiration, how important the music is to the experience, what to...

This week, Chris grabs the behemoth that have over the last years, gained a huge following, the genre is Metroidvanias. What defines a metroidvania according to the people, Chris evaluates the definition, makes one that he thinks is important part to the genre and share amazing tracks from five different games. One of the biggest question on people's lips, is Zelda 2 a Metroidvania? Listen to...

This weeks guest is one of the two from the duo known as Dual Aeon, they started out in 2022 and have since then released more than 30 tracks! Magnus joins in to talk about the lyrical work that he has done in this duo. We talk about the perfection within imperfections, our love for Weird al, and what's the important parts when working with lyrical work, and what about Kalinka? In connection w...

This weeks guest is one who have about one decades of work in music under their belt, A Freelancing composer with a dream, who have worked on titles such as RUSHAWAY, The Tartarus Key, Inkbound and Whisker Squadron. Tiago joins in to talk about a soundtrack that he is currently working on, the game Constance, a metroidvania focusing around the protagonists mental health in a world of corruption. W...

This weeks guest is one who have more than two decades of history in music under their belt, A Freelancing composer who have made music for games such as Vigil: The Longest Night, Neverinth and the World of Tanks trailers. Jouni joins in to talk about one of his latest released works Voidwrought, a cosmic horror metroidvania created by Chris old Level design teacher. We also discuss about what we...

This weeks guest is one who have followed many of us since childhood, David Wise, A Freelancing composer known for his work on games made by Rare, games such as Snake Rattle 'n' roll, Donkey Kong series and Battletoads to name a few. David joins in to talk about one of his latest released works Gimmick! 2, the sequel to the amazing NES game Gimmick! We also discuss the importance of a "gut feeling...

This weeks guest is a returning one, Daniel Lindholm, A Freelancing composer known for work in the Yakuza Series, Street Fighter V AE, Resident Evil 6 and more. Daniel visits Chris home during his visits in Sweden, to sit down in the kitchen and talk about his three latest indie games that he have been scoring, Fallen City Brawl, Danlab's Golf and The Port of Jumanah. We're talking about a...

Guested episodes are one of the most important pillars with this podcast, and not just about having highly known composers guesting each episode, it is all about bringing in both the knowledge and understanding from all aspects, in which creates a better world for tomorrow and that's exactly what this weeks guest Jaakko Mela is all about, a young developer who is still working hard to become the b...

A new episode and a new guest has appeared! In episode 46 Chris is joined in by the composer Erik Desiderio (Composer to games such as Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games, Diablo III: Rise of the Necromancer and Star Trek Fleet Command to name a few), we're talking about his massive work on the active game called Last Epoch by Eleventh Hour Games. We're talking about how he came to love music a...

It is time to crunch the numbers, order in some workforce and delve into the depth of the world in order to find the riches! In episode 45 Chris is joined in by the composer, sound designer and voice acter Alec Shea, we're talking about his latest work in the upcoming game EcoGnomix. As always we're talking about Alecs journey up to the point of today, what are the hardest things to work with, but...

This weeks guest is one who have been working on only multiple games, but also worked in various music departments for variosu films and TV show such as Star Wars IX, Avengers: End game, Toy Story 4 and Indiana jones and the Dial of Destiny. Samantha joins in to talk about three cosy games she worked on, Love Ghostie, Petit Island and Cloudscape Music in the episode: Love, Ghostie - Creepin' it Re...

200 Episodes and seven years of content, this week Chris is summerizing up all that he has done in this massive episode, Childhood, videogames, music, what was the initial idea of the podcast and much more! Thank you all for you immense support and here’s to 200 more Episodes! Music in the episode: Chip ’n [...]