Dan Golding

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Dan Golding
Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)Composer, academic, writer
Years active2016–present
Website dangolding.com

Daniel "Dan" Golding is an Australian writer, composer, broadcaster, and academic.

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Early life and education

Golding holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne. [1]

Academic career

As of 2023 Golding is Deputy Chair of Media and Communication at Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn, Victoria. [2]

Writing

Golding is the author of Star Wars After Lucas, [3] and the co-author of Game Changers. [4] Golding and his work has been featured on The Conversation, [5] BoingBoing, [6] Australian Broadcasting Corporation, [7] and in Wired . [8] His 2019 book, Star Wars after Lucas: A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy, was reviewed on The Verge [9] and in Leonard . [10] As a writer, Golding won "the Lizzie" for Best Games Journalist at the 11th Annual IT Journalism Awards for work published with Crikey. [1]

Music

Golding is the creator of the soundtracks for Untitled Goose Game , [11] The Haunted Island , [12] and Push Me Pull You . [13] His soundtrack for The Haunted Island won the APRA AMCOS award for best music at the 2019 Australian Game Developer Awards. [14] Untitled Goose Game was nominated for audio awards at the 2020 Independent Games Festival Awards, [15] the Game Developers Choice Awards, [16] and the British Academy Games Awards. [17]

In March 2020, Golding's soundtrack album for Untitled Goose Game was released by House House and Universal Music Australia. [18] In 2022, Orchestra Victoria performed his music for Untitled Goose Game, dynamically responding live to gameplay. [19] In 2023, the Australian federal government's National Cultural Policy cited the performance as bringing "together multiple genres and art forms and new audiences." [20]

Golding was the director of Australia's Freeplay Independent Games Festival from 2014 to 2017, [21] and from 2006 to 2009 was a member of the Dili Allstars. [22]

Broadcasting

Golding is the host of the weekly Screen Sounds program on ABC Classic radio. [23] [2] He is a co-host of the Art of the Score podcast. [24] He has created video essays about film music, including A Theory of Film Music in response to a video by Every Frame a Painting. The dialogue between the two was described by Fandor as "an extraordinary case study in how popular video essayists and academically trained scholars can bring out the best from each other". [25]

In 2015, Golding presented A Short History of Videogames, a four-part documentary series for ABC Radio National. [26] With Linda Marigliano, Golding co-hosted the documentary series What Is Music for ABC Television and Triple J. [27]

Works

Videogame soundtracks

YearTitleDetailsAwards
2016 Push Me Pull You [28] Developer: House House
2018 Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island Developer: Worm Club APRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (won) [29]
2019 Untitled Goose Game Developer: House House

Label: Decca (Universal Music Australia) on digital, [30] iam8bit on vinyl [31]

Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album (nominated) [32] [33]

APRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (nominated) [29]

2019 Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard [34] Developer: Worm Club

Publisher: Super Hot

2022Brendan Keogh's Putting Challenge Developer: Brendan Keogh

Publisher: Paper House Games

2022 Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County Developer: Worm Club

Publisher: Super Hot

 APRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (nominated) [35]
2023Mars First Logistics [36] Developer: Shape Shop [37]

Books

YearTitlePublisherISBN
2016Game Changers: From Minecraft to Misogyny, the Fight for the Future of Videogames [38] Affirm Press 9781925344509
2019Star Wars After Lucas: A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy [39] University of Minnesota Press 9781517905422

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