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Hey everybody! I’m game composer Winifred Phillips, and one of my latest projects is the Grammy Award-winning musical score for the video game Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord! (Listen and download the soundtrack.)
Last March I was honored to be a presenter at the Game Developers Conference 2025 — a top industry event where experts and leaders in game development present tutorials and strategies to their peers. My lecture was titled “A Score for Wizardry: World Building Through Music.” Each year, after I present my lecture at GDC, I transcribe the lecture into an article series (so that those who couldn’t attend the conference can still read the content). This article kicks off my six-part series based on my 2025 GDC presentation! In these articles you’ll find all of the discussion from my GDC lecture, accompanied by many of the videos and illustrations that I used to support the ideas explored in my talk. So let’s get started!