Liam Peacock

Deputy Course Leader

BIMM University

About Me

I am a first year PhD Creative Music Practice student at the University of Edinburgh supervised by Drs Martin Parker, Jules Rawlinson, and James cook, focusing on game audio implementation strategies, Music’s role in player immersion, and game audio pedagogy. I am also a Deputy Course Leader with teaching duties in the field of Music and Sound Production. My specialisms are Game Sound and Music and audio postproduction. I hold a BA Music, PGCE, MFA Video Game and Media Composition.

 

Sessions

  • Music Design and Systems: Achieving Inaudibly Complex Systems in Video Games
    12:10 - 12:30 UTC | Monday 10th November 2025 | Bristol 2
    Beginner
    Intermediate

    This talk presents a data-driven case study of Marvel’s Spider-Man, forming part of my broader PhD investigation into the technical and musical systems that contribute to immersion in video game audio systems. Using original gameplay capture and a custom analytical framework, I evaluated how musical transitions are triggered during combat sequences. That method includes multiple variables: audio food grouped, functional aspects of audio, drivers of immersion, and emotional intensity. This an analysis provided a visual method of assessing how interactive music systems perform in real-time and how effectively they contribute to a player’s sense of immersion. The analysis reveals a […]

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