Philip Lamperski

PROFILE

• Senior Sound Designer with over 15 years of experience and 5 shipped AAA titles

• Experience with building blueprint components in Unreal to support spatial audio workflows and interactive music systems in Wwise

• Solid grasp of audio hardware and software tools in order to create impactful content

• Expert in digital and analog synthesis using Max Msp, Pure Data and analog synths

• Skilled at recording, coordinating and editing dialogue, music and sfx sessions with

  Nuendo, Pro Tools, Sound Forge and mastering with Rx

• Strong debugging skills and knowledge of how to troubleshoot and optimize CPU performance using the Wwise Profiler and the Unreal Insights Profiler

• Excellent communication skills and able to prototype and collaborate with engineers to create immersive audio and music systems

• Experience teaching and mentoring undergraduates in electronic music production

• Electronic music composer, performer and producer

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EXPERIENCE

Senior Sound Designer: 12/2011 – 8/2025

Crystal Dynamics, CA

Supervisor: Jack Grillo

• Collaborate with audio team, engineers and designers to innovate immersive sound and music experiences for video games
  

• Direct composer and edit, mix and master music stems for dynamic-generative playback

• Technical direction, design and implementation for spatial audio systems on Perfect Dark

• Direct and design the sound infrastructure and content for multiplayer on Avengers

• Create and design custom audio assets for Marvel super heroes

• Design and implement dynamic music systems and audio utility objects in blueprints

• Mentor and direct audio designers on weekly tasks

• Script and tune SFX and music to play from game events

• Record, edit and process dialogue

• Score cinematic scenes and trailers with music, SFX and VO

• Mix cinematics as well as non-linear game content

• MobyGames Credits

Music Technologist: Rock Vibe 09/2010 – 12/2011

Happy Gizmo, CA

Supervisor: Rupinder Dhillon

• Titles: Rock Vibe – A Musical Game For Blind and Sighted Players

• Created MIDI arrangements for drums and guitar

• Programmed a real time dynamic RMS ducking mixer system

• Created and Designed SFX

Recording Engineer, 09/2009 – 06/2010

University of California at Santa Cruz, CA

Supervisor: William Coulter

• Edited, mixed and mastered studio and live recording sessions using Pro Tools hardware and software

• Recorded musical events and live concerts in the university concert hall

• Applied appropriate microphone techniques according to the ensemble’s and musician’s needs

• Coordinated with co-workers when setting up for a recording session or concert

• Engineer for the Pacific Rim Music Festival 2010 and 2009 UCSC/Festival/Conference

Teaching Assistant, 09/2008 – 06/2010

University of California at Santa Cruz, CA

Supervisors: Paul Nauert, Peter Elsea and John Sackett

• Taught sections on music technology, music theory, keyboard, singing and musicianship to undergraduate music majors

• Presented tutorials on digital audio theory, computer composition and sound synthesis

• Instructed undergraduates on how to use studio equipment and software for sound design, composition, recording, mixing, mastering and production

• Successfully built an Interactive Tabletop Instrument for the studio

• Received excellent evaluations from students and faculty

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Platforms: PS4, XBOX ONE, XBOX 360, PS3, Windows and Mac OS

• Audio Applications: Pro Tools, Reason, Logic Pro, Digital Performer, Sound Forge, Native Instruments, Rx, Nuendo, Reaper FMOD and WWISE

• Programming Languages: Max/MSP and Pure Data, some Javascript and Python, familiar with Visual Studio and C++

• Engines: Unreal Engine, Unity, Proprietary Engine at Crystal Dynamics

AWARDS / NOMINATIONS

• G.A.N.G. Award: Best Interactive Score , 2018 (Shadow of the Tomb Raider)

• D.I.C.E Award Nominee: Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design, 2016 (Rise of the Tomb Raider)

• G.A.N.G Nominee: Best Mix, 2016 Game Audio Network Guild Awards (Rise of the Tomb Raider)

• D.I.C.E Award Nominee: Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition, 2015 (Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris)

• BAFTA Nominee: Audio Achievement, 2014 (Tomb Raider)

• Korea Games Conference: Game Audio of the Year, 2013 (Tomb Raider)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• GDC Talk: Real-time Procedural Percussion Scoring in Tomb Raider’s Stealth Combat (2016)

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Music, 2008-2010

University of California at Santa Cruz, CA

• Thesis: A Real Time Interactive System For Composition and Peformance

  • Performance

• Featured Composer: Pacific Rim Music Festival in Santa Cruz and Seoul Korea

  • Score

  • Performance

  • “Gradual Shifts” was performed by Sang-Hun Kim of Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea and Ji Eun Lee, and premiered at the Pacific Rim Music Festival in 2010 at Seoul Korea and in Santa Cruz, CA.

• Feature Composer and Performer: Electronic Music Concert

  • Performance

Bachelor of Arts in Music, 2004-2007

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA

Bachelor of Science in Psychology, 2004-2007

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA

DISCOGRAPHY

• Music Editor: Marvel’s Avengers video game soundtrack 2020 vinyl record

  • Disney Music Emporium

  • On Spotify

• Composer, Performer and Producer: Terrella, 2019

  • On Spotify

  • On Youtube

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Volunteer Musician for Caring Hospice Services: 2024-Present

• Perform music for patients at nursing homes

• Genre of music ranged from country, folk, rock and jazz for guitar and voice

Member of Musicians On Call: 2018-Present

• Played for patients once a month at the San Francisco VA

• Genre of music ranged from country, folk, rock and jazz for guitar and voice

REFERENCES

Available Upon Request

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