^ "Checking the Score: Interview With Vampyr Composer Olivier Derivière".International Film Music Critics Association. "Olivier Deriviere Interview: No Longer Obscure". ^ a b "Interview with Composer, Olivier Deriviere".International Film Music Critics Association Awardsīest Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media Discography Video games YearĪssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Freedom Cry For the music, Deriviere collaborated with the London Contemporary Orchestra, and used a custom-built instrument. Deriviere composed the soundtrack of Dying Light 2 Stay Human, which released in 2022. Deriviere wrote the game's main themes, while each boss fight's theme was written by one of the guest composers. 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. 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. Other instruments, such as bass flute, piano, double bass and cimbalom, were used to characterise aspects of the story. In 2018, Deriviere composed for Vampyr, using a cello as the primary instrument to convery a sense of a sense of emptiness and solitude. For his work on the soundtrack, Deriviere won the 2013 IFMCA award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media. 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. In 2013, Deriviere composed the soundtrack of Remember Me, which became one of his most notable compositions. The same year saw the release of Might and Magic: Heroes Kingdoms, for which Deriviere composed the cut-scene music. In 2010, Deriviere established AMEO Productions, a music production company dedicated to video game scoring. Deriviere also discussed the game with director David Nadal to ensure a mutual understanding of the soundtrack's approach. As the game was more-action oriented, Deriviere sought to composer the music with an epic scale in mind. įollowing his work on Obscure, Deriviere was contacted by Atari representatives to compose for Alone in the Dark. 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. 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. Deriviere took interest in music since childhood, studying classical percussion at the age of five.