Steven Burke is a composer and sound designer who has worked on video game projects for Nintendo, Microsoft, and Rare Ltd. Some of his music credits include: Yooka-Laylee, How We Soar and Kameo: Elements of Power.  He also created some of the most recognizable game music, listened to by millions of gamers around world - music and sound effects for the dashboards of the Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and the Xbox One game consoles. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was unveiled on May 12, 2005 and has since gone on to sell some 84 million units! The Xbox One succeeded the Xbox 360, as the third Xbox console, and was first announced in My 2013. Estimates say that by the March 2018, some 39 million Xbox One units had been sold. In this episode, Steve Burke shares the story and process behind the music and sound effects he created for the Xbox 360 dashboard. He reveals some of his original musical sketches created to be used during avatar setup and customization. He also talks about returning in 2009 to do the music for the Xbox 360 Kinect update and how, while under an already tight deadline, not even a dangerous coup in the country he was currently residing in could prevent him from finishing the project! ANNOTATED SEGMENTS 02:11 - Avatar Begins (Xbox 360 Avatars Suite) 03:01 - Early sketches (Xbox 360 Avatars Suite) 04:00 - Working on the main theme (Xbox 360 Avatars Suite) 05:27 - Sting stories (Xbox 360 Avatars Suite) 06:49 - Kinect, Coup, and Keyboard (Xbox 360 Avatars Suite) 14:23 - Sound Effects and the Xbox One (Xbox 360/One Avatars Suite) SOUNDTRACK This music is not commercially available. MORE ABOUT THE COMPOSER You can also hear more music and find out more about Steve Burke at his official site: http://steveburkemusic.com. Follow him on Twitter @steveburkemusic ABOUT THE ANNOTATOR Produced by Christopher Coleman (@ccoleman) and you can Find more episodes at THEANNOTATOR.NET or you can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher Radio or wherever you find quality podcasts. FOLLOW US Twitter @audioannotator Facebook @TheAnnotator Email theannotatorpodcast@gmail.com SUBSCRIBE iTunes Spotify Stitcher Radio Google Play Podcasts RSS Feed