YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY: EPISODE 31: Lifeformed & Janice Kwan

EPISODE 31: Lifeformed & Janice Kwan

Aug 1, 2022

Welcome all you cute foxes! This episode I am joined by Lifeformed and Janice Kwan, the composing duo behind the outstanding soundtrack of the indie darling Tunic. We discuss their working process, how a vacation to Taiwan became a permanent residence change and what breakfast essentials nourished them to compose a 60 track soundtrack.

Furthermore, we discuss what it was like to work 7 years on a soundtrack, how they both come up with track titles and I get to lose a couple of potential sponsorships while asking about their hardware issues over the years.

Time – Topic Discussed:

0:00 - Intro

03:50 - Guest topic: Convenient store experiences

10:53 - The process of coming up with a song

23:45 - Warm up for making music

25:03 - Coming up with music ideas

28:41 - Finishing a track vs. working on multiple at the same time

30:10 - Going back to older tracks an re-doing them

35:25 - Swapping tracks

38:00 - Being worried about the game

41:00 - Coming up with new music

45:25 - How the environment impacted the music