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Olivier Deriviere

Olivier Derivière (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 Derivière
Born (1978-12-26) 26 December 1978 (age 45)
France
Genres
OccupationComposer
Websiteolivierderiviere.com

Career

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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 compose 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. Deriviere sought to reflect the game's theme of digitized memories by manipulating the recordings of a live orchestra, giving the impression 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 convey 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, XL Middleton, Scattle, 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

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Video games

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Year Title Notes
2004 Obscure
2006 Championsheep Rally
My Little Flufties With Nicolas Laborde
2007 Obscure II
2008 Alone in the Dark
2009 The Fall Trilogy
Might and Magic: Heroes Kingdoms
2010 Tangled: The Video Game
2011 Cardboard Castle
2012 Of Orcs and Men
2013 Harold
Remember Me
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag — Freedom Cry[10]
2014 Bound by Flame With Markus Schmidt
2015 Life Is Strange Special thanks
Supernova
Subject 13
2016 The Technomancer
2017 Get Even[11]
2018 The Council
Vampyr
11-11: Memories Retold[12]
2019 A Plague Tale: Innocence
GreedFall
Chernobylite Special thanks
2020 Streets of Rage 4 With several others[13]
2022 Dying Light 2 Stay Human[14]
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong[15]
A Plague Tale: Requiem[16]
2025 South of Midnight[17]

Television

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Year Title Season Episode
2023 Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 The Spy Dancer

Other work

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Year Title
1998 Harry's Day

Awards and nominations

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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 [18]
Develop Awards Music Design Nominated [19]
International Film Music Critics Association Awards Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media Nominated [20]
2018 International Film Music Critics Association Awards Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media 11-11: Memories Retold Nominated [21]
2019 A Plague Tale: Innocence Nominated [22]
2021 Pégases Best sound universe Streets of Rage 4 Won [23]
2022 The Game Awards Best Score and Music A Plague Tale: Requiem Nominated [24]
2023 D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Nominated [25]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Interview with Composer, Olivier Deriviere". The Sound Architect. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Greening, Chris (15 November 2010). "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. ^ a b "IFMCA winners 2013". International Film Music Critics Association. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Checking the Score: Interview With Vampyr Composer Olivier Derivière". Hardcore Gamer. 23 May 2018. 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'". 8 January 2019.
  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. ^ Majumdar, Rahul (9 June 2024). "South of Midnight Gameplay Reveal Shows Off Impressive Third-Person Action". Men's Journal | Video Games. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Games Awards in 2018". www.bafta.org. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  19. ^ Cleaver, Sean (12 May 2017). "Develop Awards 2017: The Finalists". MCV. Retrieved 6 February 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  20. ^ IFMCA (2018). "2017 IFMCA Awards". IFMCA. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  21. ^ Flores, Marshall (7 February 2019). "15th Annual IFMCA Awards Nominations". AwardsDaily. Stone, Sasha. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  22. ^ Anderson, Erik (6 February 2020). "Hildur Guðnadóttir leads International Film Music Critics Association (IMFCA) nominations". AwardsWatch. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  23. ^ "Édition 2021 | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Jeu Vidéo" (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  24. ^ Awards, The Game. "The Game Awards". The Game Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  25. ^ "D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details A Plague Tale: Requiem". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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