About

A composer from Portugal, specializing in music for videogames, my real name is João T. Araújo.
While studying music for 9 years, music composition for 6 years and interactive music and sound design for 2 years, I've focused on creating music for videogames while maintaining a deep interest in creating art in various forms (installations, performance pieces, theater plays).
I've worked in several games - small and short productions, with limited groups and resources, which taught me how to operate in teams and make the best work with what I was provided. Recently, I've been joining game jams to show the world what I have to offer to this area.
I'm currently working on a PhD in Arts as well, doing research on videogame composers' expansion of knowledge into areas of sound design, implementation, programming, and soft skills. I am also part of the multimedia department of the Center for Research and Studies of Fine Arts of FBAUL.

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Work beyond videogames

• (2019) Death unto Darkness - Live Action Role Playing game - MIDI Orchestration:

MIDI Orchestration of composer Júlia Durand's music for the 2019 DuD LARP.

• (2018) OPUS - Theater play - Music and acting:

Theater play by the Lisbon's University of Theater and Cinema's Theater department.

• (2018) Breathe - Performance piece:

Performance piece for the Art and Technology course of the PhD in Arts.
Based on Matt Makes Games' Celeste.​

• (2017) Behavioral Economics - Installation - Music and game design:

Installation as part of the Master's in Multimedia thesis.

• (2016) nG - Sound installation - Sound design and music:

Sound installation for the Multimedia in Performing Arts course of the Master's in Multimedia.

• (2016) nG - Performance piece - Music:

Performance piece for the Multimedia in Performing Arts course of the Master's in Multimedia.

• (2009 - ) Concert music:

Over 35 pieces, ranging from electronic to symphonic orquestra music, nine of them played in concerts.

nG sound installation in the Semibreve festival at GNRation, Braga, Portugal.

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Favorite videogames

Kentucky Route Zero
The Beginner's Guide
​Hyper Light Drifter
Transistor
Black and White

Favorite soundtracks

Kentucky Route Zero
Transistor
​Hyper Light Drifter
Civilization IV
​Celeste

Favorite composers

John Cage
Terry Riley
Richard Vreeland
Darren Korb
Tigran Hamasyan

Cosplay of Tooth and Tail's Hopper at Comic Con Portugal 2017.

CV

Name: João Tiago Maia de Araújo
Pseudonym: John Elliott
Based in: Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: johnelliott.comp at gmail.com

Education:
(2000 - 2012) Calouste Gulbenkian's Music Conservatory - Degree in Music (Composition);
(2012 - 2015) Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (ESML) - Bachelor's Degree in Music (Composition);
(2015 - 2017) Engineering Faculty of the University of Porto (FEUP) - Master's Degree in Multimedia (Sound Design and Interactive Music);
(2017 - ) University of Lisbon  - PhD in Arts (Performance and Moving Picture Arts).

Experience:
Multiple DAWs and digital audio processing software (Reaper, Audacity, Pure Data);
Foley, sound recording and editing;
Programming (Python, Java (Processing), and C# (Unity + FMOD));
Sound implementation middleware (FMOD);
Work in multiple videogames:
  - (2016) Y.S.N.P. - Digital Games class assignment (music and sound design);
  - (2016) Project Yin - Sound Design for Digital Media class assignment (music and sound design);
  - (2016) O jogo do Joãozinho - Project Management class assignment (sound design);
  - (2017) Axis of Getting Punched - "Games vs Nazis"  game jam  (music and sound design);
  - (2017) Romantic - "Resist Jam"  game jam (music and sound design);
  - (2017) The Martian Anomaly - "Music Game Jam" game jam (music and sound design);
  - (2018) INSECT!ON - "Global Game Jam 2018" game jam (music and sound design);
  - (2018) Shell Shook - "The Very First Extra Credits Game Design Jam!" game jam (credits music and sound design);
  - (2018) Immobile - "Game Maker's Toolkit Jam" game jam (music and sound design);
  - (2019) Identifaction Doomsday - "Global Game Jam 2019" game jam (music and sound design);
  - (2019) Home? - "Global Game Jam 2019" game jam (music and sound design);
  - (2019) Take me Home - "Games for Good 2019" game jam (music and sound design);
  - (2019) SurvivAll - "Neuro Game Jam 2019" game jam (music and sound design);
  - (2019) Water Crisis Dilemma - "Neuro Game Jam 2019" game jam (music and sound design).
  - (2019) Aether Burst - Academic project for Games & Apps course students (music and sound design).
Multiple installations and performance pieces:
  - (2015) 235-152-369;
  - (2016) nG (performance piece);
  - (2016) nG (sound installation);
  - (2018) Breathe (performance piece);
  - (2018) OPUS (musical direction and performance).
Multiple original concert pieces:
   - 12 electronic pieces;
   - 11 solo pieces;
   - 3 duo pieces;
   - 2 trio pieces;
   - 1 string orchestra piece;
   - 1 quartet piece;
   - 1 percussion and live electronics piece;
   - 1 chamber orchestra piece;
   - 1 symphonic band piece;
   - 1 symphonic orchestra piece.

Languages:
Portuguese (native);
English (fluent);
French (beginner);
German (beginner);

Papers:
(2012) John Cage – Biographical programme note for Póvoa de Varzim's Music Festival;
(2015) Boulez and John Cage – Paper for Musical Analysis B6 class;
(2017) Non-interactive Interactivity: building a seemingly interactive installation - Dissertation.

Presentations:
(2011) Student concert, Braga - “Floresta de Tíria” and “Démodé”;
(2012) Student concert, Braga - "Démodé", “Stars” and “Reflection”;
(2012) Student recital, Braga - "Reflection" and "Manto";
(2012) Student concert, Braga – “Yggdrasil”;
(2013) Peças Frescas concert, S. Luís theater, Lisbon – “10 Seconds of Silence”;
(2015) Peças Frescas concert, S. Luís theater, Lisbon – “TV Grotesque no.4”;
(2016) Semibreve festival, GNRation, Braga - "nG" sound installation;
(2016) Private presentation, Plano B, Porto - "nG" performance piece;
(2017) Private presentation, FEUP, Porto - "Behavioral Economics" installation;
(2018) CYSMUS' 3rd Workshop (conference on music and cyberculture), FCSH NOVA, Lisbon - "Semiotic Ghosts: turning videogames into concert music"
(2018) Música Viva festival, O'culto da Ajuda, Lisbon - "Improvisation" as part of the José Luís Ferreira Electroacoustic Music Lab;
(2018) Private presentation, ESTC, Lisbon - "Breathe" performance piece;
(2018) Teatro da Comuna, Lisbon - musical direction and performance at "OPUS" theater piece.

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