Julie Buchanan

music + sound design

About Me

Julie Buchanan is an award-nominated composer and sound designer for games currently living in Berlin. She did the audio for Say No! More which was nominated for IGF's Excellence in Audio Award (2021), contributed an anthem pack for Rocket League, did additional sound design for Godfall, and made an original remix for League of Legends: Wild Rift's main theme. Most recently she has doing additional sound design for Albion Online, and music and sound for Telescope Games and Megapop.

Julie graduated in 2014 from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA as a Film Scoring major and Video Game Scoring minor. Afterwards, she moved to Los Angeles and interned under Henry Jackman and Lorne Balfe at Remote Control Productions. Following her internships Julie started working freelance in game audio and now has almost 10 years of experience. She loves writing electronic music and creating creature and gore sound design. According to her Steam tags, her favorite games include LGBTQ+, dating sims, emotional, procedural generation, and dinosaurs.

IGF Excellence in Audio Nomination 2021 (Say No! More)

High Score 2021 Opening Keynote Presenter

GDC Audio Summit Speaker 2021

IGDAF Velocity Scholarship Recipient 2019

Pixelles 'Career Ignite Workshop' Mentor 2020

Indiecade Media Choice Award 2017 (You Must be 18 or Older to Enter)

photo by Lawrence Jung

Projects

German Developer Award Best Sound Nomination 2021 (Say No! More)

Awards/Nominations

Speaking

Zürich Games Week 2022

Most Wanted: Music 2023 Berlin

composer/sound designer

original sound and music for "Say No! More"

Nominated for IGF's Excellence in Audio Award in 2021. You can find the soundtrack here

additional sound design

additional creature and portal sound design for Godfall. contracted by A Shell in the Pit

composer

original music for the Amazon skill "Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots"

composer, "Watch Me Go" anthem pack

original music anthems for Rocket League, listen here

composer

original tracks for Soundodger 2 including "Talk About It", "Image of August", and "Loathing"

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composer/sound designer

original sound and music for the game "The Other Half". you can find the soundtrack here

composer

original remix for LOL: Wild Rift main theme "Bring the Wild"

composer/sound designer

original music and sound design for "Cartoon Network's Journeys VR". Music & sound featured in"Beyond Beeville", sound design in "Jest to Impress", and music and sound for the release trailer

sound designer

original sound design and dialogue editing for the Amazon skill "Barbie: You Can Be Anything"

And more...

Listen

Music Trailers

Channel info

Gaming, Entertainment

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Music Trailers

Bring the Wild (Wild Rift Main Theme: Remix) | League of Legends: Wild Rift

This Power Spike Patch, we’re celebrating how far we’ve come together! From cinematics to IRL events, let’s look back on all the hype since the very beginning. 💙⚡ Original Theme by: Riot Music Team Remix by: Julie Buchanan Additional Production and Supervision: Riot Music Team ABOUT THE GAME Dive into Wild Rift: the skills-and-strats 5v5 MOBA experience of League of Legends, now built from the ground up for mobile and console. With fresh controls and fast-paced games, players of every level can team up with friends, lock in their champion, and go for the big plays. Download now for free on iOS and Android: https://riotgames.sng.link/Dus0s/9d5d Follow for 200IQ gameplay clips, dev and feature updates, and a whole lot more: Instagram: https://instagram.com/playwildrift Facebook: https://facebook.com/playwildrift Twitter: https://twitter.com/wildrift Website: https://wildrift.leagueoflegends.com

Gaming

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Say No! More is Out on April 9th! (Release Date Trailer)

In a world where everyone sticks to the status quo of saying “YES”, create your own custom character and take on the role of an intern on a mission to change the world with the positive power of “NO!“. With this new power nothing will get in your way as you shout “NO!” at any absurd requests fired your way. ---- Wishlist the game on Steam NOw: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1191900/Say_No_More/ Read more at: https://www.saynomo.re/ Funded with the help of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg ---- Using simple controls designed for anyone to pick up and play, start your working life through a predetermined path in a quirky office environment. As well as shouting NO! in your chosen language, use your NO! different emotional states to send them reeling. Confuse people with different actions to let their guard down, then charge up your NO! for an even greater effect on unsuspecting colleagues. Key Features: - Choose how to say No!: Heated No! Cold No! Lazy No! Wacky No! - Charge your No! for bigger effect! - Irritate your colleagues! Laugh at them! Clap at them! Hmmm at them! - Make them feel you listen to them, but sarcastically! - Say No! in many different languages! - Customize your character! - Fight mean colleagues, supervisors and bosses! - Make friends in your lunchbreak! - Laugh out loud because this game is very funny! - Rad mixtape music - And learn to say No! more

Gaming

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CN Journeys VR Experience | Cartoon Network

Introducing Cartoon Network Journeys VR experience, launching on Steam October 1st, 2019! Join Gormlorm (voiced by Reggie Watts), the traveling wizard of the multiverse and venture to alternate dimensions. Compatible with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. SUBSCRIBE: http://cartn.co/subscribe WATCH MORE: http://cartn.co/moreminisodes About Cartoon Network: Welcome to Cartoon Network's YouTube Channel, your destination for episode clips, behind the scenes footage, how to draw tutorials, toy videos, and more! Cartoon Network is home to your favorite shows and characters including Teen Titans Go!, Ben 10, Steven Universe, The Amazing World of Gumball, OK K.O.!, and much more! Want full episodes? Go to the CN APP where you can find new unlocked episodes updated every week! Connect with Cartoon Network Online: Visit Cartoon Network WEBSITE: http://cartn.co/cnwebsite Follow Cartoon network on INSTAGRAM: http://cartn.co/instagram Like Cartoon Network on FACEBOOK: http://cartn.co/facebook Follow Cartoon Network on TWITTER: http://cartn.co/twitter http://www.youtube.com/user/CartoonNetwork

Entertainment

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The Other Half Trailer (Original Music and Sound Design)

A dark fantasy action adventure where you unbury a tale of intimacy and violence in order to cleanse a demonic infestation from a once-beautiful land. Available now on PC + Mac + Linux: http://www.theotherhalfgame.com https://store.steampowered.com/app/917920/The_Other_Half/ https://studioeggroll.itch.io/theotherhalf http://www.gamejolt.com/games/theotherhalf/359665 Soundtrack is now available at: https://juliebuchanan.bandcamp.com/album/the-other-half-ost Follow us: twitter: https://twitter.com/studioeggroll

Gaming

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Talks & Interviews

High Score 2021 Opening Keynote Speaker: No-ing Your Way Around Synths
GDC Audio Summit: Behind the Scenes of the Audio in 'Say No! More' (free to watch)
GDC Audio Summit: Q&A Lunchtime Surgeries
Soundbytes Podcast: Ep. 47 - Interview with Julie Buchanan
The Gaming Nexus Show: The Gaming Nexus Show talks with sound designer and composer Julie Buchanan
Gamasutra: "Using audio to emphasise the positive power of 'NO!' in Studio Fizbin's Say No! More"