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Experience

Veteran

Specializes in:

Game audio

Other skills

3D audio, virtual reality, electronic dance music production

Highlighted references

• Returnal
• WipEout Omega Collection
• Blood & Truth

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Soundlister

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About

Audio director | PlayStation Studios | UK

www.loiccouthier.com

Senior Sound Design Supervisor at PlayStation Studios with 15 years of experience in the game industry.

My expertise includes a wide range of game genres, platforms and cutting edge technologies, from consoles to virtual reality, from surround to object-based audio.

My role at PlayStation Studios is to ensure the titles I am responsible for sound the most fantastic, immersive and satisfying for the players. I guarantee success with bespoke, researched-based visions which can scale to studios’ budgets and timelines.

With Sony promoting 3D Audio as one of the core features of the PS5, Returnal has been an amazing opportunity to showcase the sonic potential of the latest generation of gaming in a tasteful manner, complimented with audio-driven haptic feedback.

We have been blown away by the reception!

Credits

Year Project name Client Role
2016 PlayStation VR Worlds Sony World Wide Studios Senior Sound Designer
2015 Hardware: Rivals Sony World Wide Studios Senior Sound Designer
2015 HoloLens Fragments Microsoft Sound Designer
2015 HoloLens Young Conker Microsoft Sound Designer
2015 Monopoly Plus Ubisoft Sound Designer
2014 Quicky’s World Nesquik – Nestle Sound Designer
2012 Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure Microsoft – Disney – Pixar Sound Designer
2017 WipEout Omega Collection Sony XDev, Clever Beans, EPOS Supervising Sound Designer
2019 Blood & Truth Sony London Studio Supervising Sound Designer
2021 Returnal Sony XDev, Housemarque Supervising Sound Designer

Awards

Year Award Awarded for
1999 Youngest French plane pilot Flying a plane in solo at the age of 15
2018 Finalist – Best Music Design – Develop Awards 2018 WipEout Omega Collection
2020 Finalist – Best Game Sound Design – Game Audio Awards 2020 Blood & Truth
2020 Finalist – Best VR Audio – G.A.N.G. Awards 2020 Blood & Truth
2020 Finalist – Audio Innovation of the Year – MCV Develop Awards 2020 Blood & Truth
2019 Finalist – Best VR/AR Game – Game Awards 2019 Blood & Truth
2020 Winner – Immersive Reality Technical Achievement – DICE Awards 2020 Blood & Truth
2021 Finalist – Best Audio – Golden Joystick 2021 Returnal
2021 Finalist – Best Audio – Develop Star Awards 2021 Returnal
2021 Finalist – Best Sound Design in Gaming – Music+Sound Awards 2021 Returnal
2021 Winner – Best Action Game – The Game Awards 2021 Returnal
2021 Winner – Game Of The Year – Develop Star Awards 2021 Returnal
2021 Finalist – Best Audio Design – The Game Awards 2021 Returnal
2022 Winner – Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design – DICE Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Winner – Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition – DICE Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Finalist – Outstanding Sound Effects – NAVGTR 2022 Returnal
2022 Winner – Outstanding Sound Editing in a Game Cinema – NAVGTR 2022 Returnal
2022 Winner – Outstanding Use of Sound, New IP – NAVGTR 2022 Returnal
2022 Finalist – Best Audio – GDC Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Winner – Music – BAFTA Game Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Winner – Audio Achievement – BAFTA Game Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Winner – Best Game – BAFTA Game Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Winner – Best Audio – Nordic Game Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Best New Original IP Audio – G.A.N.G. Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Sound Design of the Year – G.A.N.G. Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Best Cinematic & Cutscene Audio – G.A.N.G. Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Creative and Technical Achievement in Music – G.A.N.G. Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Best Non-Humanoid Performance – G.A.N.G. Awards 2022 Returnal
2022 Best Game Audio Presentation Podcast or Broadcast – Tonebenders Podcast – G.A.N.G. Awards 2022 Returnal

Education

Year School Course
2009 Ecole Superieure d’AudioVisuel Masters Degree in Audio Engineering
2008 Ecole Superieure d’AudioVisuel Masters Degree in CG & Multimedia
2004 Toulouse III Technical Bachelor in Communication Networks
1999 GDAC Private Pilot Certificate

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