BAFTA award winning Video Game Composer Garry Schyman arrived in Madrid, Spain September 2017, for his first Video Game scoring program in Spain.

Joining Garry were amazing, creative students & professional composers from all over Spain. The program concluded with students attending the premier of BioShock Symphonic Suite performed by Orquesta Metropolitana.

Participants had an amazing one day masterclass in how to write for Video Game, with BAFTA winner Garry Schyman, including writing combat/action music, adaptive music, how it works & aleatoric techniques. 

Our sponsor awards partner Warners Entertainment, provided the new 2017 Shadow of War Video Game. The score had been recently written, conducted & recorded by Garry Schyman and featured in the newly released Video Game.

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Meet Shadow of War winners here

After party at with the conductor of the Orquesta Metropolitana, at the Auditorio Naciónal de Musicawith and fellow video game composers.

Facilitating this unique summer program were our host partner, the renowned and specialized Audio Visual College CEV, in Madrid.

Participants got the chance to write and submit a piece of music, prior to the program, or share a compositional piece there and then for Garry Schyman to review.

All the participants were invited to join Garry Schyman to his world premier of the BioShock Symphonic Suite, performed by the  Orquesta Metropolitana, at the Auditorio Naciónal de Musica. An amazing concert at a beautiful concert hall.

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Watch the standing ovation here

Attending the  Garry Schyman Masterclass is an absolute joy for everyone, making new great friends and having a wonderful creative experience.

We sat down with Garry Schyman in the studio for an interview about what participants could expect from the Masterclass and get some insights in to his brilliant scoring career.

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Watch the interview here

Each participant took home their own signed solo piano scores from the video game, BioShock & BioShock 2 with a personal message added from Garry Schyman.

A reporter with Spains leading national news paper El País, visited us behind the scenes, prior to the concert, for an article in El País following day.

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Garry Schyman AfterShock here