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Laryssa Okada is a Seattle based composer, music editor, and producer, currently on contract for Bungie Inc. on Destiny 2 as a music editor and specialist. She has worked on numerous titles in a variety of game audio disciplines, such as Halo Infinite (Audio Producer), Manifold Garden (Composer), Dorfromantik (Composer), Epic Tavern (QA), and more. While a proud game audio multi-disciplinarian, her heart lies with composing.
In her free time, Laryssa enjoys producing personal music releases and playing games or TTRPGs with friends. She also enjoys customizing her mechanical keyboards collection. recently playing: alan wake remastered |
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Conference Appearances
As previously, Laryssa Chan
- Game Audio Network Guild: Breakout Talent Award, 2019
Press
- Spin: Indie Puzzler Manifold Garden Gets New Burst Of Life Through Mind-Bending Limited Vinyl Release, April 27, 2022
- EDGE: The Making of Manifold Garden, "Music is a huge part of the game's emotional core and Okada hoped to evoke a feeling of scale and grandiosity.", October 2021
- Audio Source Winter Edition: Laryssa Okada, Member Spotlight, December 2020
- 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
- PAX East '23: Soundtrack Scramble: Real Time Game Music Arrangement, March 25th, 2023, Boston, MA
- GameSoundCon '21: It's Dangerous to Go Alone: The Support Roles of Game Audio, November 10, 2021
- Wwise Tour: Sound as Storytelling, December 2nd, 2020, https://www.twitch.tv/audiokinetic
- Area of Effect: Music & Audio in Games, November 21, 2020
- GameSoundCon '20: 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
- 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