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Shortly after graduating from the Berklee College of Music, Laryssa interned at Sony Interaction Entertainment where she had the opportunity to work on titles such as Mass Effect Andromeda and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy as a music editor. From there, she moved to LA, where she began working for Sarah Schachner as an editor on Assassin's Creed: Origins, as well as a composer's assistant to Ronen Landa. Soon after, Laryssa met and began working for the folks at Hyperkinetic Studios as QA on their in-house title, Epic Tavern, which eventually lead to her becoming a producer there. 


Extended Bio:

Since graduating from the Berklee College of Music, Laryssa has worked for Sony Interactive Entertainment (Mass Effect Andromeda, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy), Ronen Landa (Aquarians, YINZ), and Sarah Schachner (Assassin's Creed: Origins). She has also been a featured panelist at events such as GameSoundCon and Game Developer's Conference on several occasions.

Her work on debut soundtrack release, Bafta nominated Manifold Garden (a dreamy, ambient Escher-inspired puzzle game) awarded her the Game Audio Network Guild's Breakout Talent Award. 

In addition to composing, Laryssa has also worked in QA (Hyperkinetic Studios), as an Audio Producer (Halo Infinite), and currently works as a music editor and specialist on Destiny 2 at Bungie Inc.

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recently playing: apex legends & hades

Press
  • Hooked Gamers: Manifold Garden, "Supporting the experience is a tremendous soundtrack and ambient design to Manifold Garden’s visceral interactions,", November 9th, 2020
  • Gaming Route: Manifold Garden Review, "Laryssa Okada does a brilliant job of encapsulating the feeling of isolation, enchantment and perfectly accompanies the mood set by its trippy visuals and all the exploration-focused gameplay.", September 16, 2020
  • Nerfeados: Manifold Garden, "El trabajo musical y de diseño de sonido es magnífico", September 2, 2020
  • Game Over LA: Manifold Garden | Review «Un deleite casi constante para los oídos, los ojos y la mente.» "Banda sonora sublime" , August. 27, 2020,
  • NSVMundo Geek: Manifold Garden - A Experiência "Sendo áudios que te deixam arrepiado por várias vezes, principalmente se você joga com fone de ouvido.", August 26, 2020
  • Game Offline: Manifold Garden Review (PC) :: To Infinity And Beyond,  "Music that sweeps you off your feet", August 21, 2020
  • Keen Gamer: MANIFOLD GARDEN REVIEW: INFINITELY MESMERISING, "Audio - An Ambient Masterpiece", August 21, 2020
  • Nomicom: Análisis de Manifold Garden, "...el juego cuenta con una banda sonora muy buena y bien llevada adelante.", August 21, 2020
  • Xbox Achievements: Manifold Garden Review, "...a fantastic soundtrack...", August 20, 2020
  • Variety: Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Award Winners List, Breakout Talent of the Year Award Winner, May 6, 2020

​Conference Appearances
  • 2020
    • Wwise Tour: Sound as Storytelling, December 2nd, 2020, https://www.twitch.tv/audiokinetic
    • Area of Effect: Music & Audio in Games, November 21, 2020
    • Gamesoundcon: Redefining Career Building Stigmas in Game Audio, October 3rd, 2020
    • High Score: Lets Get Technical - Solving Problems Live with Laryssa Okada (Manifold Garden) & Aaron Edwards (Dead Static Drive), October 2nd, 2020
    • PAX Online: Soundtrack Scramble: Real Time Game Music Arrangement, September 19th, 2020, twitch.tv/pax
  • 2019
    • Girl Power! Women Working in the Music Industry Conference: Level Up: Helping Female Music Artists Get To The Next Level, April 27, 2019, Berkeley, CA
As previously, Laryssa Chan
  • Game Developers Conference: Emerging Composers Guide to Productivity - with Tom Salta, Penka Kouneva, Jesse Harlin, Laryssa Chan,  March 19th 2018, San Francisco, CA
  • Gamesoundcon: Striking a Balance II - With Tom Salta, Garry Schyman, Laryssa Chan, and Bill Piyatut H., November 8th 2017, Los Angeles, CA

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