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Personal profile
Marios Aristopoulos is a London-based Greek composer and sound designer for new media. Selected international credits include a soundscape for the Soheila Sokhanvari Rebel Rebel painting exhibition in The Barbican Curve Gallery in London, music for the 2019 Special Olympics Flame Ceremony in Athens, additional music for the exhibition Beasts of London for the Museum of London, music for the Canadian PlayStation video game APOTHEON (Top 10 PlayStation soundtracks of the decade - Push square), music and sound design for the 3D animation films AENIGMA (best film - Animation Festival of Hiroshima, Japan) and Violent Equation (Annecy Festival – Perspectives).
In 2016, Marios was a resident composer in the prestigious Baryshnikov Arts Centre in New York City as well as a composition fellow for the Sundance Lab in Utah. He has scored the music for over 20 plays in New York and worked as a composer for multiple USA TV adverts (Super Bowl, Toyota, Amazon, Ritz).
Marios holds a Ph.D. in interactive composition from City University of London, and is a professor and research coordinator at the Department of Electronic & Produced Music at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first educational book on game composition, The Game Music Toolbox, was published by Routledge in May 2023.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, A portfolio of recombinant compositions for the videogame Apotheon, City, University of London
Award Date: 1 Sept 2017
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Master, MMus Ethnomusicology, SOAS University of London
Award Date: 1 Sept 2008
Master, MMus Composition, Goldsmiths, University of London
Award Date: 1 Sept 2006
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DuneCrawl: Original Game Score
Aristopoulos, M. (Composer), 2026Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Media
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Orchestral Production in the Age of Atmos - PSN 7th International Conference.
Aristopoulos, M. (Other), 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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The Game Music Toolbox: Composition Techniques and Production Tools from 20 Iconic Game Soundtracks
Aristopoulos, M., 24 May 2023, 1st ed. Routledge. 212 p.Research output: Book › Authored Book › peer-review
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Review of The Game Audio Strategy Guide: A Practical Course by Gina Zdanowicz and Spencer Bambrick
Aristopoulos, M., Jan 2021, In: Journal of Sound and Music in Games. 2, 1, p. 62-65Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Recombinant Cells: a generative music system for the PS4 video game APOTHEON
Aristopoulos, M., 2014.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster