[PAX East 2020] Exclusive Interview with LotRO Composer Bill Champagne

Big-time raiders aren’t the only ones who get world firsts. We here at MMO Central are pleased to bring you a world first, an exclusive interview with Lord of the Rings Online‘s head of Quality Assurance and also the reigning game composer, Bill ‘Darth Celtics’ Champagne. We discussed a number of topics from both his spheres of influence in the game, so here’s the video of that interview, recorded at Standing Stone Games during PAX East.

Highlights include:

Tenure at Turbine/SSG
How he got into music at the company and in general
Bugs they choose not to fix
Bugs that have proven elusive to track down
Musical influences
Tools used in composing
Favorite composition
News on upcoming content

Many thanks to the folks at Standing Stone Games and Bill Champagne himself for the interview!

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