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Since graduating from the Berklee College of Music, Laryssa has worked for Sony Interactive Entertainment (The Last of Us, Uncharted 4), Ronen Landa (The Pact, At The Devil's Door, 1BR), and Sarah Schachner (Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Assassin's Creed: Origins). She has also been a featured panelist at events such as GameSoundCon and Game Developer's Conference, alongside  Tom Salta (Halo 2 Anniversary, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier) and Garry Schyman (Bioshock, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor).

Her debut soundtrack release is Bafta nominated Manifold Garden, a dreamy, ambient Escher-inspired puzzle game, and was recently awarded the G.A.N.G. Breakout Talent Award.  ​Currently, Laryssa is working at 343 Industries on Halo Infinite as Associate Audio Producer.

Her latest release "Things I'll Never Say" is an Japanese and English EP of personal questions, musings, and 2020 stress transformed into a moody, neon, synthwave experience. 
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recently playing: ai: the somnium files

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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