Daniel "Dan" Golding is an Australian writer, composer, broadcaster, and academic. He holds a PhD from the

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, and is currently a lecturer in media and communication at Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn, Australia.

Writing

Golding is the author of ''Star Wars After Lucas'', and the co-author of ''Game Changers''. Golding and his work has been featured on The Conversation,

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, and in '' Wired''. His 2019 book, ''Star Wars after Lucas: A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy'', was reviewed on ''

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'' and in '' Leonard''. 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'', '' The Haunted Island'', and '' Push Me Pull You''. His soundtrack for ''The Haunted Island'' won the APRA AMCOS award for best music at the 2019 Australian Game Developer Awards. ''Untitled Goose Game'' was nominated for audio awards at the 2020 Independent Games Festival Awards, the Game Developers Choice Awards, and the

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. In March 2020, Golding's soundtrack album for ''Untitled Goose Game'' was released by House House and Universal Music Australia. Golding was the director of Australia's Freeplay Independent Games Festival from 2014 to 2017, and from 2006 to 2009 was a member of the Dili Allstars.

Broadcasting

Golding is the host of the weekly ''Screen Sounds'' program on ABC Classic radio, He is a co-host of the ''Art of the Score'' podcast. 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". In 2015, Golding presented ''A Short History of Videogames'', a four-part documentary series for ABC Radio National. With Linda Marigliano, Golding co-hosted the documentary series ''What Is Music'' for ABC Television and

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Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

, ''Untitled Goose Game (Original Soundtrack)'' , Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album ,

References

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