Description
Making it HUGE in Video Games recounts the astonishing journey of an unassuming, middle-of-the-bell-curve young man, rising from mundane beginnings to scale the dizzying heights of artistic distinction and financial success in the worldwide video game industry.
This is the story of Chance Thomas, a moderately talented musician who struggled and grew to compose original scores for some of the most well-known entertainment properties in the world. Detailed personal accounts and instructive side bars carry readers across the jagged peaks and valleys of an absolutely achievable career in video games. World-famous IP’s get personal treatment here – The Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Avatar, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer, DOTA 2, King Kong, The Settlers, and many more.
Readers will discover unvarnished true stories about starting out, pitching and pursuing gigs, negotiating contracts, composing and producing scores, multinational corporations and personalities, funny anecdotes, daunting challenges, glorious successes, and instructive failures. Autobiographical details throughout provide intimate perspective, vibrant color, and inspiration. The book is written in a comfortable, conversational style.
Think of this as a career guidebook wrapped around a personal retrospective; a professional how-to manual woven into a memoir.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Chapter 01. Music Degree... What Now?
Chapter 02. Quest for Glory and Grammy Awards
Chapter 03. The Lord of the Rings, Part One
Chapter 04. King Kong
Chapter 05. Left Behind
Chapter 06. Academy Award
Chapter 07. The Lord of the Rings, Part Two
Chapter 08. EA Games
Chapter 09. Avatar
Chapter 10. GDC, GANG, and GSC
Chapter 11. Warcraft and Other Peripheral Life Savers
Chapter 12. DOTA 2
Chapter 13. Faeria and Roguebook
Chapter 14. Might & Magic and Combat of Giants
Chapter 15. Rise and Fall of HUGEsound
Chapter 16. Warhammer
Chapter 17. Swinging For The Fences
Chapter 18. Avatar 2
Chapter 19. The Settlers
Chapter 20. Church Music
Chapter 21. Securing the Future
