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Interview with Jennifer Miller Hammel

ArcadeJennifer Miller Hammel

Host Jennifer Miller Hammel champions the recognition of video game music as a legitimate form of classical music in and interview with Comics Beat. Jennifer speaks to the genre's complexity when putting together Arcade, aligning it with both traditional and contemporary classical works. Her inclusion of modern classical pieces that inspire video game scores highlights their deep interconnection and strengthens the case for video game music’s artistic value.

This past April, Jennifer brought Arcade to a live studio audience at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Jennifer Miller Hammel: "I had the lovely opportunity to partner with our friends at the San Francisco Conservatory, and they have this incredible program there: The Technical and Applied Composition program, or the TAC program. It trains the commercial music composers of tomorrow. Students in this program get to work in film scoring, television scoring, and game scoring. They go through the whole development cycle, working with student game developers to do audio design and music design."

Read the full article and interview by Ricardo Serrano Denis HERE!

You can listen to Arcade now on our website or our free smartphone app.

Stream Arcade with Jennifer Miller Hammel

Classical California’s Jennifer Miller Hammel takes the controller to enchant you with hours and hours of today and yesterday’s music for interactive games, plus classical pieces used in games or that inspired today’s composers.

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ArcadeJennifer Miller Hammel
Published on 05.01.2025
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