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Laryssa Okada is a Seattle based composer, music editor, and producer.  She has worked on numerous titles in a variety of game audio disciplines, such as Destiny 2 (Music Editor and Specialist), 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: dress to impress, karmazoo

SKILLS

  • Pro Tools, Cubase
  • FMOD,  wwise
  • Unreal, Unity
  • Perforce, Git
  • Jira, TFS, Notion
  • +more

TITLES

  • Composer
  • Implementer
  • Music Editor
  • Music Coordinator
  • Audio Producer
  • QA
PRESS
Awards
  • 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

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