ABOUT

Sarah Sherlock

MSc Sound + Music for Interactive Games, BA Music Production

Sound Designer for games& freelance composer. Currently working remotely from my home studio in Dublin, Ireland with intention to relocate.

Upcoming Titles

Neuronet: Mendax Proxy (Dream Harvest, I was subcontracted by PitStop Productions) My role was to create audio assets for the in game narrative cards on 11 of the game locations. This included bringing the characters and environment to life with sound which reflected the actions, locations, characters and aesthetic of the cyberpunk art style. Nominated for Best Narrative & Best Mobile Game IndieGame Awards 2022,Coming in 2022 to PC, mobile and nintendo switch.

Sheep Tag 2 (Luna Wolf Studio)The classic cat and mouse game! Sheep Tag 2 is a team based asymmetric RTS/MOBA hybrid unlike any other game. I was the lead sound designer on this PC game to be released 2022.

Working with writers and producers from Frame It Productions, I have been tasked with scoring music on upcoming short films ‘The Land‘ and thriller ‘Mask‘ which I will also be the Sound Designer. Understanding the principles of visual storytelling and the role played by sound and music to convey emotion, I deliver and mix audio which reflect the tension, mood, pace and emotion of a film. Coming in 2022 (Frame It Productions)

Submechanoid is a cyberpunk survival horror metroidvania. The game has a strong narrative focus with a story drip fed to the player between sections of tense first person exploration and combat. I am the Sound Designer and Composer on this retro horror ps1 style game, currently under development!

Blog

Interview with ‘Behind The Glass Audio’ Magazine Nov/Dec20

Thanks to Deborah Skeldon, I was invited to interview in this jam packed women only issue of ‘Behind The Glass’ I talk about my audio career thus far, some projects I’ve been involved with. Link to the check out the full article is at the bottom of the page. Enjoy! Link to read the fullContinue reading “Interview with ‘Behind The Glass Audio’ Magazine Nov/Dec20”

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#Noisevember 2020

Throughout November 2020, I’ve been taking park in designing a sound by following a list of prompts to spark inspiration and posting these clips on Twitter and Instagram most days. It has been such a fun challenge and inspiring to see what other sound designers have been doing with these prompts! Follow me on twitter @sarahsherIock and @sarahsherlock.studio on instagram

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VFX Sound Design Contest_asoundeffect.com

Recently I decided to challenge myself in taking part in an international sound design contest ran by the brilliant asoundeffect.com The challenge was to create audio for the short vfx clip by only using (This is where the fun begins! ) both synthesized and recorded sounds – the recorded ones must be recorded at home.Continue reading “VFX Sound Design Contest_asoundeffect.com”

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Asoundeffect.com Creative Sound Design Contest

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Virtual Reality, Pyscoacoustics and Game Sound

An Introduction to Vitrual Reality, Pyschoacoustics and the demand on Audio The push for compelling VR experiences is a current trend in the video game industry, and the demand for Audio is crucial for creating a persuasive VR experience. As the key role that audio cues play in our sense of being are presented in anContinue reading “Virtual Reality, Pyscoacoustics and Game Sound”

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Interactive Music in Video Games

An Introduction on Interactive Music in Games Scoring music for games relies on many techniques inherited from film scoring, including harmonic, dynamic and rhythmic development, cadences and themes. The main function of music in media is to support the emotion, although, video game music differs significantly from music found in linear media such as filmContinue reading “Interactive Music in Video Games”

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Side Projects

I am playing through Darq atm and loving it, so I redesigned the sound for this creepy elevator. Using industrial sources from my factory library and lockers.

Thank you to all my old + new clients this year for working with me in 2021. It was the year I embraced freelancing life,worked hard and got my sound + music featured on many cool projects to be released.

I got little fluffers for my onboard XY mics and I’m sorry but HOW FUCKING CUTE 😻 #tascam #dr40 #fieldrecording #audiorecording #sounddesign #gameaudio #recordinggear

What’s this? Lap steel with an ebow experiments, some sort of hovering spaceship 🛸🤷‍♀️

Happy to share some music demo today. This track is called ‘Ambivalence’

A sound redesign and breakdown of my fave weapon type in destiny, the fusion rifle! Feedback always welcome. 💥

A quick brief sound re-design of Jedi: Fallen Order from this morning using rock sliding debris samples and warping synthesis.

Little nightmares II sound design and rescore timeline. I wanted to get this out before Halloween but I was on a break. I designed some scratchy live violin and guitar for the score and also some additional midi underscore, then for sound design:foley, creature, weapon, and ambience. this entire scene was a lot of fun. 🎶

Quick sound grab of some Servo sound source. Love it 🤖 this is a stencil cutter and I haven’t used it since I became a sound designer and when It starts cutting it hums and chops some very useful source sounds!

A sound for animation audio design to the fun loop by @mellowstudio_ 🎬 🎧 recommended.

A night time skate recording and practicing my pumping on the quarter pipe at the same time 🙃

Want to work with me? Fill out the contact form below or say hello on social media to see if I’m the right fit for your project. Lets make some magic together!