Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound
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| Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound | |
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| Directed by | Karen Collins |
| Written by | Karen Collins |
| Cinematography | Matthew Charlton |
| Music by | Leonard J. Paul |
Production company | Ehtonal |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | CAD 61,606[1] |
Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound is a 2016 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Karen Collins,[2] who, according to Dana Plank on the Journal of the Society for American Music, has published "some of the most influential texts on the history of game audio."[3] The documentary examines the history of game sound design[4] from penny arcades, pinball and video games up to 2015.[5] The documentary was founded through Kickstarter, and features interviews with people involved in game sound design,[6][7][8] such as: Marty O'Donnell, Nathan McCree, George Sanger, Nobuo Uematsu, Yoko Shimomura and Winifred Phillips among others.[9]
It was awarded with the Best Editing film in the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival in 2016.[10][11]
