Samo Studios

You've reached the hangout of Sam Dillard: lonely, nerdy self-taught freelancer in the Fort Worth, Texas area who dabbles in composing music, game design, 3D animation, and Chinese martial arts. Thanks for checking out my stuff! And feel free to contact me for commissions or ask questions! [email protected]

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Merry Christmas everyone, best wishes to you and your families! Some warm Zelda music for the day :)

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Happy Friday y'all! Here's a splishy splashy song from Zelda Cinematica :)

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My rendition of Dark World, Lorule Castle, and more from #ZeldaCinematica! Available now! https://samostudios.bandcamp.com

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My rendition of "Gerudo Valley" from Zelda Cinematica, a tribute album based on over 30 years of The Legend Of Zelda music!  Pre-Orders Available! https://samostudios.bandcamp.com/

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Zelda Cinematica Pre-Orders STARTING NOW!

Teaming up with Materia Collective to bring Zelda Cinematica to the audio world, you can pre-order the album OVER HERE!

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Just sent out download links to #ZeldaCinematica backers, the wait is over! Hopefully it lives up to expectations, public release is the 25th!

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Quick Update

Last week, I was in San Francisco briefly and upon returning to our rental car, the windows had been smashed and much of our stuff was stolen- including my work laptop I was using to finish #ZeldaCinematica. Finally arrived home this morning at like 3AM. Spent the day working and managed to get the album close to the point I had it when the laptops were stolen. Should be able to finally send backers download links sometime tomorrow night. Thank you all for your patience. Official album public release date is the 25th, if things go according to plan.

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Hi friends, finally closing in on the release date, and making it official with an announcement trailer. Life has been pretty rough lately to put it mildly, but next month this is happening.

The final album length has actually ended up longer than intended, coming in at well over 90 minutes. I usually aim for around 75 so it can fit nicely on a CD, but there was just so much music I wanted to explore, and that's the important thing. I can't wait for Zelda Cinematica to finally see the light of day and be delivered to your ears within the next couple weeks!

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Game Remix Interview

I was recently asked to provide some thoughts on the video game remixing scene for Den Of Geek, happy to contribute and appreciate that the subject is being taken more seriously these days!

http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/games/videogame-music/56308/vgm-remixing-a-hidden-treasure-trove-of-video-game-inspired-ear-candy

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I'm a huge fan of your music, and would love to create music like you do! What tools do you use to create your music? Thanks!

Hi, thanks for contacting me, I use Sonar to compose all my music (which is now dead since the company that owned it decided to trash it which sucks) and several different sample libraries from EastWest and 8dio mainly. I have a video on my channel with a bit on my music making process as well- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o50L3cHqJI

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It’s finally here! Announcing the ultimate Zelda animated musical experience! Happy Easter!!

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Love this screenshot so had to post it! Anyone still playing Breath Of The Wild? Can't believe it has been out for a year now! I still find it to be a stunningly beautiful game- and sometimes you just have to stop and admire the view! Music from the game will be featured in my upcoming Zelda Cinematica album, scheduled for release later next month!

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Finally got around to uploading my version of one of my favorite themes from one of my favorite game characters ever, Frog from Chrono Trigger! A track from my remix album, Chrono Cinematica. The full album can be downloaded at most major online music retailers and my site, http://www.samostudios.com

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Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! Here’s a new preview of Zelda Cinematica, this time featuring Fi’s Theme as portrayed in the album!

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Finally got around to rebuilding my website- check it out for all my content, also Chrono & Metroid Cinematica CD albums are BACK IN STOCK, get ‘em while they last! XD  www.samostudios.com 

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I love the Wind Waker soundtrack, here's what I'm doing with it for Zelda Cinematica- coming this Fall! Also, Metroid & Chrono Cinematica CDs will be back in stock very soon :)

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My experience witnessing the total solar eclipse last Monday!