Sintel (2014) is an independently produced short film initiated by the Blender Foundation. When I first learned of Sintel, I became excited by the idea of reimagining the music, particularly this "journey" montage. As Sintel travels the world looking for a lost friend, I wanted the music to reflect each of the different locations she visits, yet remain a unified musical idea. To achieve this, I introduced a variety of non-Western instrument sounds underscored by a consistent driving rhythm.

Spark (2016) follows a nano-materials engineer who gains the ability to transform into a spaceship as he flees from a universe that wants to see him destroyed. Working with a group of talented developers at the University of Southern California, I had the privilege of designing and implementing all of the audio in the game, giving me the chance to work with the audio implementation tools in Unity 3D and personally script all of the audio-related code in C#. This video offers a look at some of Spark's key sound design elements. Special acknowledgment to composer Alex Winkler for his fantastic score, and a very special thanks to director Chris Cantwell for making this video possible.

This re-imaging of the sound and music in a trailer for the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward presents a contrast between the desolation depicted in the first part of the trailer with the chaos of battle seen in the second half. I also focused on creating a sense of anticipation, both for the battle depicted in the video as well as the game's release.