Richard Ludlow is an American video game audio director, sound designer, music producer, and voice director, best known for his work on Disney Infinity, King's Quest, Ring of Elysium and Arena of Valor. He is the founder and co-owner of Hexany Audio. Ludlow was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of 2019 under the Games category.
Ludlow attended Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, California. He studied electronic production and design (EPD) at Berklee College of Music In 2012, Ludlow founded Hexany Audio with three friends at Berklee.
Career Ludlow is the co-owner and audio director at Hexany Audio, which has audio credits for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, H1Z1, Arena of Valor, King’s Quest 2015, Ring of Elysium, Into the Stars, Blade Runner: Revelations (VR)., audio producer on film and television projects, including The Cold Light of Day, The Raven, and projects for Fortune 500 brands such as Disney, Coca-Cola, Activision, and Nike.
Ludlow has presented talks on audio for video games at GDC, GDC Europe, GDC Next, GameSoundCon, PAX East, PAX Dev, IndieCade, Gamescom, Casual Connect, the External Development Summit, the Midwest Game Developers Summit, Sigma Play, the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Expo, MIT, WonderCon, and Berklee College of Music.
Ludlow was nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score in a Video Game for his work on Moonlight Blade: Moonlight Over the Sea.
Filmography
Video games Year TitlePositionNotesSource2012Family Guy: Back to the MultiverseAudio Designer2013Disney InfinityAudio Implementer2015King's QuestSound LeadAssassin's Creed SyndicateAudio ProducerTrailer spot2016Into the StarsAudio Director2017Moonlight Blade: Moonlight Over the SeaMusic ProducerNominated: Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score in a Video GameSaint SeiyaAudio ProducerRing of ElysiumVoice Producer2018Firewall: Zero HourTechnical Audio SupportRules of SurvivalAudio ProducerArena of ValorAudio ProducerWon: Game Audio Network Guild Award for Best Music in a Casual/Social Game: Strike of Kings / Realm of Valor / (aka Arena of Valor)H1Z1Additional Sound ProducerGordon Ramsey Alexa SkillVoice DirectorPlayerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) MobileSound ProducerJust Shapes & BeatsSound ProducerOverwatch Contenders TournamentMusic Producer
Film YearTitlePositionNotesSource2012The RavenMusic CopyistThe Cold Light of DayMusic Copyist2016Beep: A Documentary History of Game SoundHimselfDocumentary
References
External links Hexany Audio Credits List