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Sarah Sherlock

MSc Sound + Music for Interactive Games, BA Music Production

Sound Designer for interactive and linear media, Composer & VO Editor

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2023 ‘Luna Abyss ‘As a Sound Designer working with Bonsai Collective on upcoming FPS my role is designing and implementing combat audio – guns, creatures and boss SFX
2022 ‘The Sims 4’ Dialogue Editor on Werewolves, High School Years and Growing Together DLC packs.
2021 ‘Neuronet: Mendax Proxy’ Additional Sound Design

sound + music for video games & more

SPOTLIGHT:

I re designed this creepy encounter from Little Nightmares 2 using sounds from my live violin and cigar box guitar to create an unsettling texture.

Fusion Rifle Sound Re-Design (Destiny) using various sound design techniques

Blog

#Noisevember 2020

Throughout November 2020, I’ve been taking park in designing a sound by following a list of prompts to spark inspiration and posting these clips on Twitter and Instagram most days. It has been such a fun challenge and inspiring to see what other sound designers have been doing with these prompts! Follow me on twitter…

by Sarah Sherlock

VFX Sound Design Contest_asoundeffect.com

Recently I decided to challenge myself in taking part in an international sound design contest ran by the brilliant asoundeffect.com The challenge was to create audio for the short vfx clip by only using (This is where the fun begins! ) both synthesized and recorded sounds – the recorded ones must be recorded at home.…

by Sarah Sherlock

Asoundeffect.com Creative Sound Design Contest

Recently I decided to challenge myself in taking part in an international sound design contest ran by the brilliant asoundeffect.com The challenge was to create audio for the short vfx clip by only using (This is where the fun begins! ) both synthesized and recorded sounds – the recorded ones must be recorded at home.…

by Sarah Sherlock

Virtual Reality, Pyscoacoustics and Game Sound

An Introduction to Vitrual Reality, Pyschoacoustics and the demand on Audio The push for compelling VR experiences is a current trend in the video game industry, and the demand for Audio is crucial for creating a persuasive VR experience. As the key role that audio cues play in our sense of being are presented in an…

by Sarah Sherlock

Interactive Music in Video Games

An Introduction on Interactive Music in Games Scoring music for games relies on many techniques inherited from film scoring, including harmonic, dynamic and rhythmic development, cadences and themes. The main function of music in media is to support the emotion, although, video game music differs significantly from music found in linear media such as film…

by Sarah Sherlock
Side Projects
CALL OUT ✨ this is a bit of a different post to my usual on here. Sound design is like cooking. Just stick a contact mic on a blender and away you go #sounddesign #audiodesign #scifisound #fieldrecording Happy international womens day to all the incredible women in my life working in audio and games. I feel lucky to call you friends. We are the minority in an industry surrounded by cis men so keep kicking actual ass. You all inspire me so much 🫶 Just a girl, with a dream. Happy Friday. #goals #sounddesign Other worldly grapes. This was my entry for Air Wiggles and A Sound Effects recent competition. 🍇 My dog Humphrey sneezing sounds like a lightsaber start up #starwars #sounddesign #dogsofinstagram #starwarssfx #sounddesignerlife #lightsaber At Guildford Games Festival last week, Adele Cutting, Alyx Jones and Becky Black gave an inspiring talk on the Women in Games panel with Lauren Kaye. The biggest takeaway from it for me, was the question of how can we get more women involved in the industry? And how can we change the misconception that women don’t belong in tech/games? The answer is we need to help reframe the misconception around both the attitude to games and it’s place for women. It starts with school. We can be going into secondary schools, giving careers talk that are for everyone. Showing the younger girls that women have a place in this industry. ‘Wishlist #lunaabyss now’ 👌🤫 How cool is this to have Bonsai on the cover of MCV 👀 Fantastic spread about our leads vision at the studio. I feel so lucky to be apart of it. Ps - All our characters looking hot af 🙏 This mornings pew pews in vital 🔫 wavetable synthesis is da bomb. What do we imagine this big bad boss is gonna sound like? 👀 you’ll have to wait to play Luna Abyss to find out. I’m pleased to announce I am now an ambassador for @women_in_games_wigj 🙌WIG is a non profit organization, influential in promoting positive societal change within the gaming sector.

Want to work with me? Fill out the contact form below or say hello on social media to see if I’m the right fit for your project. Lets make some magic together!