I am a composer, sound designer, and programmer with over 20 years of experience in music composition and teaching. With a passion for both musical composition and programming, I specialize in music design and composition for video games, films, and concert music. I am organized, meticulous, creative, and thrive in teamwork settings with an analytical mind. My work ranges from composing and producing orchestral, synthetic, and hybrid music for various media including video games and films to programming music and sound effect behaviors in games. I enjoy leading recording sessions and supervising staff to ensure top audio quality in projects.

Olivier Gagnon

I am a composer, sound designer, and programmer with over 20 years of experience in music composition and teaching. With a passion for both musical composition and programming, I specialize in music design and composition for video games, films, and concert music. I am organized, meticulous, creative, and thrive in teamwork settings with an analytical mind. My work ranges from composing and producing orchestral, synthetic, and hybrid music for various media including video games and films to programming music and sound effect behaviors in games. I enjoy leading recording sessions and supervising staff to ensure top audio quality in projects.

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I am a composer, sound designer, and programmer with over 20 years of experience in music composition and teaching. With a passion for both musical composition and programming, I specialize in music design and composition for video games, films, and concert music. I am organized, meticulous, creative, and thrive in teamwork settings with an analytical mind.

My work ranges from composing and producing orchestral, synthetic, and hybrid music for various media including video games and films to programming music and sound effect behaviors in games. I enjoy leading recording sessions and supervising staff to ensure top audio quality in projects.

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Language

French
Fluent
English
Fluent
German
Beginner

Work Experience

Audio Director | Music Designer | Sound Designer | Programmer at Artifice Studio
January 1, 2021 - Present
Lead the music and overall audio planning for games, conducted recording sessions with musicians and actors, designed ambient sounds and effects, produced game music including editing, mixing, and mastering, supervised staff to maintain audio quality, and programmed music, ambient sounds, sound effects, and other game features.
Composer at Freelance
January 1, 2004 - Present
Composed, produced, and integrated video game music (orchestral, synthetic, hybrid), film music (varied styles including orchestral, rock, metal), and concert music (solo, chamber, orchestral).
Lecturer at UQAM, Montréal
January 1, 2019 - Present
Prepared and taught music courses, corrected and provided feedback on students' works.

Education

AEC – Video game programmer at Collège Bois-de-Boulogne
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2022
Graduate Diploma in film music at Université du Québec à Montréal
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2017
Master in musical composition at Université de Montréal
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2009

Qualifications

Honorable mention for Best Original Score
August 9, 2022 - August 8, 2022
Delivered by Independent Shorts Awards for Keep Painting Mom
Winner of a Game Jam
October 10, 2020 - October 10, 2020
Delivered by MegaMigs for the game Twilight Pizza
Third Prize
May 12, 2017 - May 12, 2017
Delivered by de Canadian Music Center for the Prix Collégien de musique canadienne for the piece Ciel Polaire
Second Prize
April 2, 2016 - April 2, 2016
Delivered by the International Composition Competition Harelbeke for the piece Tempête
Grand Prize
July 31, 2014 - July 31, 2014
Delivered by the Concorso internazionale di composizione "Romualdo Marenco"
First Prize
July 24, 2010 - July 24, 2010
Delivered by the International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition

Industry Experience

Gaming, Media & Entertainment, Education
    uniE603 Keep Painting Mom - Fighting the Inner Darkness
    Compose de soundtrack of the short film Keep Painting Mom
    uniE603 Seuls - Horror Theme
    Compose the music for the short film : Seuls
    uniE603 Danny and the Wild Bunch - Menace and Action
    Compose an alternat music for the Short Film Danny and the Wild Bunch
    uniE603 Keep Painting Mom - Getting up in the Light
    Composition of the sound track of the short film : Keep Painting Mom
    uniE603 Danny and the Wild Bunch - Cartoon Theme
    Composing an alternate music for a short film
    uniE603 Danny and the Wild Bunch - Cartoon-Comedy
    Composing an alternate music for a short film
    uniE603 Seuls - Resting Moment
    Composition of the sound track of the short film : Seuls
    uniE603 Don't Freeze - Freezing Land
    A arctic level of a survival game