Academy of Scoring Arts – Garry Schyman and the Music of VR Game ‘Torn!’

“Father’s Day with the ASA! Join us this Sunday morning, June 18th, at the Autry Museum Theater, as we welcome back acclaimed composer Garry Schyman to talk about his score to the VR game Torn.

Torn explores the abandoned mansion of the famed Dr. Lawrence Talbot, who went missing decades earlier. It begins as a narrative puzzle game reactivating the mysterious machines that bring the mansion to life, and then evolves into a dark, character-driven story slowly uncovering the truth about Talbot, discovering in the process a new dimension called “The Parallel.” Garry’s musical score sets a misleadingly beautiful atmosphere amid the bizarre gadgets and disturbing experiments, isolated deep within a forgotten forest hiding a dark secret.

The soundtrack for Torn was released on Varèse Sarabande Records.

We will look at an orchestral suite of the score, which is being performed Sunday evening as part of the GLOCKE ImPuls »GAME SYMPHONY«by the Landesjugendorchester Bremen in Germany (read more), and talk about the genesis of the various themes and textures, as well as how they were integrated into the gameplay.

This event is at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park! Ample free parking available. Lunch will not be provided for this event, but we will informally meet afterwards at the Museum Cafe!”