Dan Golding

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Daniel "Dan" Golding is an Australian writer, composer, broadcaster, and academic.

Early life and education

Golding holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne.{{Cite web|url=https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-culture-and-communication/students/graduate-researcher-career-profiles/dr-dan-golding|title=Dr Dan Golding - Lecturer, Swinburne University, and Writer — School of Culture and Communication|last=Bunyan|first=Marcus|date=2019-01-10|website=Faculty of Arts|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}

Academic career

{{as of|2023}} Golding is Deputy Chair of Media and Communication at Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn, Victoria.{{cite web | title=Broadcaster, composer, academic | website=Dan Golding | date=27 February 2021 | url=https://dangolding.com/ | access-date=21 September 2023}}

Writing

Golding is the author of Star Wars After Lucas,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/1/18518743/science-fiction-fantasy-recommendations-books-may-2019-asher-mcguire-peper-tchaikovsky|title=10 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out in May|last=Liptak|first=Andrew|date=2019-05-01|website=The Verge|access-date=2019-09-18}} and the co-author of Game Changers.{{Cite web|url=https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/game-changers/|title=Game Changers|date=2016-03-01|website=Affirm Press|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-18}} Golding and his work has been featured on The Conversation,{{cite web |last1=Johnstone |first1=Stefanie |title=The Rise of Skywalker ends a third Star Wars trilogy. Here's why stories work so well in threes |url=https://theconversation.com/the-rise-of-skywalker-ends-a-third-star-wars-trilogy-heres-why-stories-work-so-well-in-threes-127997 |website=The Conversation |date=18 December 2019 |accessdate=6 January 2020 |language=en}} BoingBoing,{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Andrea |title=Dan Golding's brilliant response to the Marvel soundtrack originality debate |url=https://boingboing.net/2016/09/19/dan-goldings-brilliant-respo.html |website=Boing Boing |accessdate=6 January 2020 |date=19 September 2016}} Australian Broadcasting Corporation,{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Cameron |title=Twenty years on, we're still feeling the aftershocks of The Phantom Menace |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-26/the-phantom-menaces-20th-anniversary-game-of-thrones-finale/11139608 |website=ABC News |accessdate=6 January 2020 |language=en-AU |date=26 May 2019}} and in Wired.{{cite magazine |last1=Rogers |first1=Adam |title=Star Wars Fans Know Nostalgia Well. It's Time to Build a Future |url=https://www.wired.com/story/star-wars-may-the-fourth-nostalgia/ |magazine=Wired |accessdate=6 January 2020 |language=en}} His 2019 book, Star Wars after Lucas: A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy, was reviewed on The Verge{{cite web |last1=Liptak |first1=Andrew |title=10 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out in May |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/1/18518743/science-fiction-fantasy-recommendations-books-may-2019-asher-mcguire-peper-tchaikovsky |website=The Verge |accessdate=6 January 2020 |language=en |date=1 May 2019}} and in Leonard.{{cite web |last1=Sweeting |first1=James |title=Review of Star Wars After Lucas: A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy |url=https://www.leonardo.info/review/2019/07/review-of-star-wars-after-lucas-a-critical-guide-to-the-future-of-the-galaxy |website=Leonardo/ISAST |accessdate=7 January 2020 |language=en |doi= |date=6 July 2019}} As a writer, Golding won "the Lizzie" for Best Games Journalist at the 11th Annual IT Journalism Awards for work published with Crikey.

Music

Golding is the creator of the soundtracks for Untitled Goose Game,{{Cite web|url=https://www.film.vic.gov.au/showcase/developing-a-horrible-goose-and-a-huge-following|title=Developing a horrible goose and a huge following {{!}} Film Victoria|website=www.film.vic.gov.au|access-date=2019-09-18}} The Haunted Island,{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/334734/Road_to_the_IGF_Grace_Bruxners_The_Haunted_Island_a_Frog_Detective_Game.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126071257/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/334734/Road_to_the_IGF_Grace_Bruxners_The_Haunted_Island_a_Frog_Detective_Game.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2019|title=Road to the IGF: Grace Bruxner's The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game|last=Couture|first=Joel|website=www.gamasutra.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}} and Push Me Pull You.{{Cite web|url=https://pmpygame.com/|title=Push Me Pull You|website=pmpygame.com|access-date=2019-09-18}} His soundtrack for The Haunted Island won the APRA AMCOS award for best music at the 2019 Australian Game Developer Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pixelsift.com.au/post/the-winners-for-the-2019-agdas-have-been-announced|title= The Winners for the 2019 AGDAs have been announced|last=Di Giovanni|first=Gianni|website=www.pixelsift.com.au|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}} Untitled Goose Game was nominated for audio awards at the 2020 Independent Games Festival Awards,{{cite press release |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/01/07/1967446/0/en/Mutazione-Eliza-Untitled-Goose-Game-Are-Some-of-the-Key-Nominees-for-the-22nd-Annual-Independent-Games-Festival.html |title=Mutazione, Eliza, Untitled Goose Game Are Some of the Key Nominees for the 22nd Annual Independent Games Festival |website=GlobeNewswire |date=7 January 2020 |accessdate=8 January 2020}} the Game Developers Choice Awards,{{cite web |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/356378/Death_Stranding_leads_the_pack_of_2020_Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_nominees.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108192505/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/356378/Death_Stranding_leads_the_pack_of_2020_Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_nominees.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 January 2020 |title=Death Stranding leads the pack of 2020 Game Developers Choice Awards nominees |website=Gamasutra |author=Gamastura staff |date=8 January 2020 |accessdate=8 January 2020}} and the British Academy Games Awards.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/mar/03/death-stranding-and-control-dominate-bafta-games-awards-nominations |title=Death Stranding and Control dominate Bafta games awards nominations |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Keith |last=Stuart |date=3 March 2020 |accessdate=4 March 2020}}

In March 2020, Golding's soundtrack album for Untitled Goose Game was released by House House and Universal Music Australia.{{cite news |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/honk-the-untitled-goose-game-soundtrack-is-availab/1100-6475480/ |title=Honk! The Untitled Goose Game Soundtrack Is Available Now--Listen To It Here |website=GameSpot |first=James |last=O'Connor |date=31 March 2020 |accessdate=9 March 2020}} In 2022, Orchestra Victoria performed his music for Untitled Goose Game, dynamically responding live to gameplay.{{Cite web |last=Radbourne |first=Lucas |date=2022-06-29 |title=ACMI to stage live concert of Melbourne videogame 'Untitled Goose Game' |url=https://beat.com.au/acmi-to-stage-live-concert-of-melbourne-videogame-untitled-goose-game/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Beat Magazine |language=en-AU}} In 2023, the Australian federal government's National Cultural Policy cited the performance as bringing "together multiple genres and art forms and new audiences."{{Cite web |first=Chris |last=Kerr |date=2023-01-30 |title=How a live performance of Untitled Goose Game shaped government policy |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/culture/honk-a-live-performance-of-untitled-goose-game-helped-shape-australia-s-cultural-policy |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Game Developer |language=en}}

Golding was the director of Australia's Freeplay Independent Games Festival from 2014 to 2017,{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/freeplay-australias-premier-indie-games-festival-gets-a-shakeup-20141024-11axr7.html|title=Freeplay, Australia's premier indie games festival, gets a shake-up|last=Dominguez|first=James 'DexX'|date=2014-10-23|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}} and from 2006 to 2009 was a member of the Dili Allstars.{{Cite podcast |title=There's Something About Video Game Music ft. Dan Golding |website=PocketBuds|date=2024-04-26 |url=https://shows.acast.com/pocketbuds/episodes/theres-something-about-video-game-music-ft-dan-golding |access-date=2024-04-26 |language=en}}

Broadcasting

Golding is the host of the weekly Screen Sounds program on ABC Classic radio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/screen-sounds/ |title=Screen Sounds|website= ABC|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}} He is a co-host of the Art of the Score podcast.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artofthescore.com.au/|title=Art of the Score|website=Art of the Score|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-18}} He has created video essays about film music, including A Theory of Film Music in response to a video by Every Frame a Painting. The dialogue between the two was described by Fandor as "an extraordinary case study in how popular video essayists and academically trained scholars can bring out the best from each other".{{Cite web|url=https://www.fandor.com/posts/best-video-essays-2016|title=The Best Video Essays of 2016|website=Fandor|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}

In 2015, Golding presented A Short History of Videogames, a four-part documentary series for ABC Radio National.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/shorthistoryofvideogames/|title=A Short History of Videogames|website=ABC Radio National|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-18}} With Linda Marigliano, Golding co-hosted the documentary series What Is Music for ABC Television and Triple J.{{Cite web|url=https://iview.abc.net.au/show/what-is-music|title=What Is Music|website=ABC iView|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-09}}

Works

=Videogame soundtracks=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" \|+ !Year ! Title ! Details !Awards
2016 \|Push Me Pull You{{Cite web \|title=Push Me Pull You \|url=http://press.pmpygame.com/ \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=press.pmpygame.com}} \|Developer: House House \|
2018 \|Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island \|Developer: Worm Club \|APRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (won){{Cite web \|title=The winners of the Australian Game Developer Awards revealed \|url=https://checkpointgaming.net/news/2019/10/winners-of-australian-game-developers-awards-revealed/ \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=Checkpoint \|language=en-AU}}
2019 \| scope="row" \| Untitled Goose Game \|Developer: House House Label: Decca (Universal Music Australia) on digital,{{Cite web \|title=Untitled Goose Game \|url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8776100--untitled-goose-game \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=Presto Music \|language=en}} iam8bit on vinyl{{Cite news \|first=Shaun \|last=Prescott \|date=2020-07-21 \|title=Untitled Goose Game vinyl soundtrack has a neat trick up its sleeve \|language=en \|work=PC Gamer \|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/untitled-goose-game-vinyl-soundtrack-has-a-neat-trick-up-its-sleeve/ \|access-date=2023-10-10}} \|Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album (nominated){{Cite web \|title=2020 ARIA Awards Winners \|url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners/2020 \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=www.aria.com.au \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|title=And The 2020 ARIA Awards Go To… \|url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/news/and-the-2020-aria-award-goes-to \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=www.aria.com.au \|language=en}} APRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (nominated)
2019 \|Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard{{Cite web \|title=Frog Detective \|url=https://frogdetective.net/ \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=frogdetective.net}} \|Developer: Worm Club Publisher: Super Hot \|
2022 \|Brendan Keogh's Putting [https://www.sifter.com.au/post/just-like-real-golf-brendan-keoghs-putting-challenge-is-all-about-taking-time-and-chatting-with-your-mates Challenge] \|Developer: Brendan Keogh Publisher: Paper House Games \|
2022 \|Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County \|Developer: Worm Club Publisher: Super Hot \|APRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (nominated){{Cite web \|last=Innes \|first=Ruby \|date=2022-10-05 \|title=Australian Game Developer Awards 2022 Winners: Praise The Lamb \|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/10/igea-agda-2022-winners-and-nominees/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005111443/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/10/igea-agda-2022-winners-and-nominees/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=5 October 2022 \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=Kotaku Australia \|language=en-AU}}
2023 \|Mars First Logistics{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=David \|date=2023-06-26 \|title=Mars First Logistics Is A Clever Aussie Game About Doing Chores With Lego \|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/06/mars-first-logistics-is-a-clever-aussie-game-about-doing-chores-with-lego/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626015043/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/06/mars-first-logistics-is-a-clever-aussie-game-about-doing-chores-with-lego/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=26 June 2023 \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=Kotaku Australia \|language=en-AU}} \|Developer: Shape Shop{{Cite web \|last=Verbrugge \|first=Kieron \|date=2022-09-29 \|title=You Can Check Out A Free Steam Demo Of The Gorgeous Aussie-Made Physics Sandbox Mars First Logistics \|url=https://press-start.com.au/news/pcmac/2022/09/29/you-can-check-out-a-free-steam-demo-of-the-gorgeous-aussie-made-physics-sandbox-mars-first-logistics/ \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=Press Start \|language=en-US}} \|

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2016

|Push Me Pull You{{Cite web |title=Push Me Pull You |url=http://press.pmpygame.com/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=press.pmpygame.com}}

|Developer: House House

2018

|Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island

|Developer: Worm Club

|APRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (won){{Cite web |title=The winners of the Australian Game Developer Awards revealed |url=https://checkpointgaming.net/news/2019/10/winners-of-australian-game-developers-awards-revealed/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Checkpoint |language=en-AU}}

2019

| scope="row" | Untitled Goose Game

|Developer: House House

Label: Decca (Universal Music Australia) on digital,{{Cite web |title=Untitled Goose Game |url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8776100--untitled-goose-game |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Presto Music |language=en}} iam8bit on vinyl{{Cite news |first=Shaun |last=Prescott |date=2020-07-21 |title=Untitled Goose Game vinyl soundtrack has a neat trick up its sleeve |language=en |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/untitled-goose-game-vinyl-soundtrack-has-a-neat-trick-up-its-sleeve/ |access-date=2023-10-10}}

|Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album (nominated){{Cite web |title=2020 ARIA Awards Winners |url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners/2020 |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=www.aria.com.au |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=And The 2020 ARIA Awards Go To… |url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/news/and-the-2020-aria-award-goes-to |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=www.aria.com.au |language=en}}

APRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (nominated)

2019

|Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard{{Cite web |title=Frog Detective |url=https://frogdetective.net/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=frogdetective.net}}

|Developer: Worm Club

Publisher: Super Hot

2022

|Brendan Keogh's Putting [https://www.sifter.com.au/post/just-like-real-golf-brendan-keoghs-putting-challenge-is-all-about-taking-time-and-chatting-with-your-mates Challenge]

|Developer: Brendan Keogh

Publisher: Paper House Games

2022

|Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County

|Developer: Worm Club

Publisher: Super Hot

|APRA AMCOS Australian Game Developer Award for Best Music (nominated){{Cite web |last=Innes |first=Ruby |date=2022-10-05 |title=Australian Game Developer Awards 2022 Winners: Praise The Lamb |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/10/igea-agda-2022-winners-and-nominees/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005111443/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/10/igea-agda-2022-winners-and-nominees/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2022 |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en-AU}}

2023

|Mars First Logistics{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=David |date=2023-06-26 |title=Mars First Logistics Is A Clever Aussie Game About Doing Chores With Lego |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/06/mars-first-logistics-is-a-clever-aussie-game-about-doing-chores-with-lego/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626015043/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/06/mars-first-logistics-is-a-clever-aussie-game-about-doing-chores-with-lego/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 June 2023 |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en-AU}}

|Developer: Shape Shop{{Cite web |last=Verbrugge |first=Kieron |date=2022-09-29 |title=You Can Check Out A Free Steam Demo Of The Gorgeous Aussie-Made Physics Sandbox Mars First Logistics |url=https://press-start.com.au/news/pcmac/2022/09/29/you-can-check-out-a-free-steam-demo-of-the-gorgeous-aussie-made-physics-sandbox-mars-first-logistics/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Press Start |language=en-US}}

= Books =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" !Year ! Title ! Publisher !ISBN
2016 \|Game Changers: From Minecraft to Misogyny, the Fight for the Future of Videogames{{Cite web \|date=2017-05-10 \|title=Game Changers: From Minecraft to Misogyny \|url=https://rightnow.org.au/review/game-changers/ \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=Right Now \|language=en-US}} \|Affirm Press \|9781925344509
2019 \|Star Wars After Lucas: A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy{{Cite web \|title=Star Wars after Lucas \|url=https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/star-wars-after-lucas \|access-date=2023-10-10 \|website=University of Minnesota Press \|language=en}} \|University of Minnesota Press \|9781517905422

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!ISBN

2016

|Game Changers: From Minecraft to Misogyny, the Fight for the Future of Videogames{{Cite web |date=2017-05-10 |title=Game Changers: From Minecraft to Misogyny |url=https://rightnow.org.au/review/game-changers/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Right Now |language=en-US}}

|Affirm Press

|9781925344509

2019

|Star Wars After Lucas: A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy{{Cite web |title=Star Wars after Lucas |url=https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/star-wars-after-lucas |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=University of Minnesota Press |language=en}}

|University of Minnesota Press

|9781517905422

References

External links

{{official|https://dangolding.com/}}

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Category:21st-century Australian composers

Category:Musicians from Melbourne

Category:Academic staff of Swinburne University of Technology

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Category:21st-century Australian musicians

Category:Australian composers