Geektown Radio 131: EGX Special, 'Raw Data' Composer Jeremy Nathan Tisser, UK TV News & UK TV Air Date Info!

On Geektown Radio this week, we have all the usual TV new and air date info, plus we're all about the gaming, as we head over to EGX and take a look at the latest game releases and previews! If that wasn't enough, we also have an exclusive interview with Jeremy Nathan Tisser, the composer behind the music for best-selling VR game 'Raw Data'!Jeremy Nathan Tisser is a composer for film & television, but has really been focused on video game work recently, especially in VR games. Like a lot of kids, he started off playing the piano, but when his mum noticed he was a hyper kid who loved to tap on everything, she asked if he would like to switch to drums. Jeremy found his passion as a drummer, first studying rock – then moving into jazz and funk, playing in bands all throughout school.However, his big break came whilst in college, where he ended up scoring a VR project and making friends with Palmer Luckey and James Iliff. If you don’t know those names, Palmer Luckey is one of the founders of Oculus VR, and James Iliff is Chief Creative Officer for Survios, the company behind one of VR’s best-selling games, ‘Raw Data’.’.In the interview, we chat about composing for VR and coming up with the unique sound for 'Raw Data'. We also how he ended up being on screen in the hit movie 'La La Land'!Also On This Week's Show:Matt returns to the co-host chair, so we catch up with the games we've been playing, plus talk the latest tv shows and films we've been watching, including 'Star Trek: Discovery', 'Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams', 'The Shannara Chronicles' and 'The Good Place'.We delve through the games from EGX including Jonathan Nielssen's beautiful 'Falling Sky', business management sim 'Living The Deal', Team 17's 'The Escapists 2', Square Enix Collective's 'Deadbeat Heroes', 'Fear Effect Sedna' and Ubisoft's 'South Park - The Fractured But Whole', 'Assassin’s Creed Origins', and 'Far Cry 5'.We take a look at all the latest tv & film news, including the ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ series and Russell Tovey joining the Arrowverse.We give you our recommendations for upcoming TV in the next 7 days.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.