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Olivier Deriviere (born 26 December 1978) is a French video game composer, best known for his work on the Alone in the Dark, Obscure, Remember Me and Streets of Rage 4 soundtracks. His work on Remember Me won the 2013 IFMCA award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media.

Olivier Deriviere
Born (1978-12-26) 26 December 1978 (age 43)
France
Genres
  • Orchestral
  • electronic
  • industrial
  • video game music
Occupation(s)Composer
Websiteolivierderiviere.com

Career


Deriviere took interest in music since childhood, studying classical percussion at the age of five. At the age of eight, Deliviere's mother bought a synthesizer, which he used to write various short pieces, and took interest in game music after hearing the main menu theme for Shadow of the Beast, which led to Deriviere taking advanced harmony and orchestration courses.[1] Deriviere received training at the Nice Conservatoire and Berklee College of Music, and made his debut in the game industry with the soundtrack for Obscure.[2]

Following his work on Obscure, Deriviere was contacted by Atari representatives to compose for Alone in the Dark. As the game was more-action oriented, Deriviere sought to composer the music with an epic scale in mind. Deriviere also discussed the game with director David Nadal to ensure a mutual understanding of the soundtrack's approach.[3] In 2010, Deriviere established AMEO Productions, a music production company dedicated to video game scoring. The same year saw the release of Might and Magic: Heroes Kingdoms, for which Deriviere composed the cut-scene music.[2] In 2013, Deriviere composed the soundtrack of Remember Me, which became one of his most notable compositions. For the music, Deriviere sought to reflect the game's theme of digitized memories by manipulating the recordings of a live orchestra, giving the impession of synthesized and acoustic instruments.[1] For his work on the soundtrack, Deriviere won the 2013 IFMCA award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media.[4]

In 2018, Deriviere composed for Vampyr, using a cello as the primary instrument to convery a sense of a sense of emptiness and solitude. Other instruments, such as bass flute, piano, double bass and cimbalom, were used to characterise aspects of the story.[5] In the same year, Deriviere composed the soundtrack for 11-11: Memories Retold, having heard of the project during the Nordic Game Conference in Sweden.[6] In 2020, Deriviere served as the lead composer for Streets of Rage 4, with additional music by Yuzo Koshiro, Motohiro Kawashima, Yoko Shimomura, Keiji Yamagishi, Harumi Fujita, Das Mörtal, and Groundislava. Deriviere wrote the game's main themes, while each boss fight's theme was written by one of the guest composers.[7][8] Deriviere composed the soundtrack of Dying Light 2 Stay Human, which released in 2022. For the music, Deriviere collaborated with the London Contemporary Orchestra, and used a custom-built instrument.[9]


Discography


Video games
Year Title Notes
2004Obscure
2006Championsheep Rally
My Little FluftiesWith Nicolas Laborde
2007Obscure II
2008Alone in the Dark
2009The Fall Trilogy
Might and Magic: Heroes Kingdoms
2010Tangled: The Video Game
2011Cardboard Castle
2012Of Orcs and Men
2013Harold
Remember Me
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag — Freedom Cry[10]
2014Bound by FlameWith Markus Schmidt
2015Life Is StrangeSpecial thanks
Supernova
Subject 13
2016The Technomancer
2017Get Even[11]
2018The Council
Vampyr
11-11: Memories Retold[12]
2019A Plague Tale: Innocence
GreedFall
ChernobyliteSpecial thanks
2020Streets of Rage 4 With several others[13]
2022Dying Light 2 Stay Human[14]
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong[15]
A Plague Tale: Requiem[16]
Other work
Year Title
1998Harry's Day

Awards and nominations


Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2013 International Film Music Critics Association Awards Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media Remember Me Won [4]
2017 British Academy Games Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Music

 Get Even Nominated [17]

Develop Awards

Music Design

 [18]
International Film Music Critics Association Awards Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media [19]
2018 International Film Music Critics Association Awards Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media 11-11: Memories Retold [20]
2019 A Plague Tale: Innocence [21]

References


  1. "Interview with Composer, Olivier Deriviere". The Sound Architect. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. Greening, Chris. "Olivier Deriviere Interview: No Longer Obscure". Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. D., Spence (24 June 2008). "Alone In The Dark Composer Q&A". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  4. "IFMCA winners 2013". International Film Music Critics Association. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  5. "Checking the Score: Interview With Vampyr Composer Olivier Derivière". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  6. Dealessandri, Marie (24 April 2019). "The sounds of… Olivier Derivière". MCV. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  7. Hussain, Tamoor. "Streets Of Rage 4's Soundtrack Has Four Legendary Artists Including Yuzo Koshiro". GameSpot. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. "Streets of Rage 4 Soundtrack". Brave Wave Productions. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  9. "Dying Light 2 Stay Human Interview: Composer Olivier Derivière Talks Main Theme and Custom Instrument Made Exclusively for Game". Game Press. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  10. "Olivier Derivière | Develop Conference".
  11. McMillan, Emily (17 May 2017). "Olivier Derivière's latest soundtrack uses real-time generated music". Video Game Music Online. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  12. "Olivier Deriviere's Music Respects the Sacrifices of World War I in '11-11 Memories Retold&#039".
  13. Romano, Sal (20 March 2020). "Streets of Rage 4 composed by Olivier Deriviere". Gematsu. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  14. Lanier, Liz (9 June 2019). "'Dying Light 2' E3 Trailer Introduces Protagonist Aiden". Variety. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  15. Clark, Dean (3 November 2021). "'Go Behind The Music Of VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE - SWANSONG In This Dev Diary". GameTyrant. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  16. @oderiviere (4 March 2022). "I'm very happy to announce that I'm making the music for ⁦@APlagueTale Requiem. Read the interview! Merci! Can't wait to share more with ⁦@AsoboStudio and ⁦@Focus_entmt" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 March 2022 – via Twitter.
  17. "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Games Awards in 2018". www.bafta.org. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  18. Cleaver, Sean (12 May 2017). "Develop Awards 2017: The Finalists". MCV. Retrieved 6 February 2022.[permanent dead link]
  19. IFMCA (2018). "2017 IFMCA Awards". IFMCA. IFMCA. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  20. Flores, Marshall (7 February 2019). "15th Annual IFMCA Awards Nominations". AwardsDaily. Stone, Sasha. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  21. Anderson, Erik (6 February 2020). "Hildur Guðnadóttir leads International Film Music Critics Association (IMFCA) nominations". AwardsWatch. AwardsWatch. Retrieved 6 February 2022.



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[de] Olivier Derivière

Olivier Derivière (* 26. Dezember 1978) ist ein französischer Soundtrack-Komponist, der am besten für seine Alone in the Dark, ObsCure und Remember Me Soundtracks bekannt ist. Letztere haben den IFMCA-Preis 2013 für die beste Originalpartitur für ein Videospiel oder interaktive Medien gewonnen.[1][2][3]
- [en] Olivier Deriviere


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