Welcome to my website, my name is Michael Huang, I am a composer/sound designer living in Los Angeles California USA. Feel free to look around and enjoy your stay.
~ Michael Huang
2007
Media/Event - Independent Game Festival (IGF)
Award - Excellence in audio for "Fizzball". (nominee)
2006
Media/Event - Independent Game Festival (IGF)
Award - Innovation in Audio for "Professor Fizzwizzle". (nominee)
Gametunnel.com review of Fizzball
The quirky happy music of Fizzball is a perfect fit for the feel of the title. Anyone familiar with Professor Fizzwizzle will notice recognize the main tune immediately. And again, just as there are tons of animal graphics, there are tons of animal sounds, each triggered every time an animal is bumped with the Fizzball. It's as engaging to listen to as it is to look at."
gametunnel.com review of Professor Fizzwizzle
"(Professor Fizzwizzle).... The music tracks are quirky tunes that makes me think of the music from the old LucasArts adventure titles like Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. The sound effects in the game are as vibrant and crisp as the graphics themselves. Everything, including the Professor's tiny footsteps, comes through nice and clear.
Gametunnel.com review of Little Gods
"(Little Gods).... The soft wind sound effect on several of the levels is dead on, as well. It actually made me take off my headphones at one point so I could try to figure out whether it was coming from the game or not. All the in-game sound effects are nice and clear."
Gametunnel.com review of Cupid's Match-Up
"(cupid's match-up).... The variety and quantity in the music tracks in the game is quite wonderful. There is a different feel from a relaxed mood to more up-beat pieces. Each is well-done."
Ryan Clark, co-founder of Grubby Games
"When Grubby Games hired Michael Huang to work on our first title, 'Professor Fizzwizzle', we weren't sure what we were going to get. We needed a fairly specific cartoony feel for the game, and Michael adapted easily to our requirements and produced outstanding results (for both sound effects, and music). However, he didn't stop there. Michael consistently went above-and-beyond, often giving us multiple sounds to choose from for a single effect, suggesting new sound effects where the game needed them, and truly helping us to create a better game."
Art Min, Owner of Chasing Dogs Studios
"Michael did the music and sound effects for Tino's Fruit Stand. He did a good job and is a great value. I recommend him, as long as he's not busy working on my next game!"
Steven Peeler, Owner of Soldak Entertainment
"I've hired Michael as a sound designer for the game "Depth of Peril, he is very fast, needs very little direction, and produces very good high quality sound effects."
Stanley Adrianus, Owner of Gamenauts Inc
"Michael has been a tremendous asset for our first 2 games. His talent for creating vibrant musical scores, along with superb sound effects, is truly top notch. I still marvel at his cooking sound effects and the customers' voices for Burger Rush. I would highly recommend his talents and services to anyone seeking very cost-effective, yet high quality sounds and music. At Gamenauts, we feel very satisfied and fortunate to have him as part of our team."
Philippe Thibaut, CEO of AGEOD
"Michael worked quickly and efficiently with us and did his task with the greatest autonomy and sense of initiative. We shall be glad to provide him with more orders in the future."
Mark Currie, co-founder of Inhuman Games
"While employed at Sierra On-line, I worked with various music composers and sound effect creators. I later co-founded Inhuman Games. When we need audio, we turn to Michael Huang. It is a pleasure working with Michael. His professionalism is reminiscent of what you'd find in a big game studio. We are very satisfied with his work and we highly recommend him."
Ted Sedberry, Senior development manager of Turbo Squid Inc
"I hired Michael to create original audio scores, and sound effects to be used in our PC gaming title. Michael has delivered high quality assets, at a reasonable cost, that have always been creative and original. Additionally, the turn around time has been very satisfying."
Barry Wilkinson, Director, Owner of Scary Stuff! pictures
"After Michael provided the score for my film "University Challenge" earlier this year, I was eager to work with him again on my newest project "Death of a Killer". When I received Michael's score to the film, I was once again very impressed. His score surpassed my expectations and demonstrated that he is more than capable of scoring a film. His cues were perfect film scoring and featured everything from emotional piano pieces to fully orchestral action cues, each piece matching the action on-screen and complimenting the footage perfectly. He introduced and developed his themes from the opening scenes right up to the end titles."
Ted Sedberry, Senior development manager of Turbo Squid Inc
"I hired Michael to create original audio scores, and sound effects to be used in our PC gaming title. Michael has delivered high quality assets, at a reasonable cost, that have always been creative and original. Additionally, the turn around time has been very satisfying."
Shawn Recinto, Immersive Realm Inc
"Michael is a very creative and professional musician. He has exceeded our expectations and we hope to work with him again on our other projects."
Mark Challenger, MindBuilder Group LLC
"Michael's ear for composition and the final results are exceptional. I would highly recommend him for anyone looking for original sound tracks for games, animations, films, etc."
Noah Decter-Jackson, President of Complex Games Inc
"Michael has been a fantastic contributor to our project in both music composition and sound design production. He has always met our thematic and technical requirements, and tries to keep up with our deadlines. I am very happy to have Michael working with us."
Steve Pavlina, founder and CEO of Dexterity Software
"Michael did a truly outstanding job on the music for our game Dweep. I showed him an early version of the game and did my best to explain our requirements for the music as he listened attentively. Only a few days later, he sent me the finished compositions. Normally working with a musician requires a several rounds of revisions to reach the right quality and style, but Michael got it perfect on the first attempt, so the music was ready far ahead of schedule."
Caspian Rychlik-Prince, Founder of Puppy Games
"It was a pleasure to work with Michael. We got our sound effects, exactly as we wanted them, within days of asking for them! Highly recommended!"
Vidar Kristiansen, Co-Owner of Kristanix Studios
"Michael did both the music and sound effects for Pirates of the Atlantic, and I can whole heartedly recommend him. The music quality was far beyond our expectations, and really raised the quality of the game as a whole. We'll definitely use him in the future."
Tim Scheiman, Founder of Ghost Ship Studios, Inc
"Michael's work was top notch, well thought out, and always on time. As far as music and general audio contracting goes, you won't find a better lead man or a better price for his level of quality."
Paul Johnson, Founder of Rubicon Mobile Ltd.
"Michael made a good job of stuff on my pool game. This despite the fact that I messed him around by not knowing what I really wanted and, due to monumental conflicts in scheduling, I couldn't even give him a worthwhile copy of the game to play around with. I'll be coming back for a music track and new stuff for our next game for sure."
Brandon Wood, founder of Quest Engine Incorporated
"Micheal produced high-quality music and sound effects for my game, in a reasonable amount of time, for a very fair price. What more could I have asked for? He was very professional and I would recommend his services to anyone."
Jason McIntosh, founder of Grim Inventions
"Props for Michael!! He did the sound effects for my upcoming game, Little Gods. He made revisions exactly as requested so I got the sounds I wanted. Sounds are excellent and consistent in quality. Easy to work with, very professional, good rates."
Olivier Behr, founder of Oliver Pearl
"Michael did a very great work. He wrote the musics for our game MinuteMatch. He was fast, efficient and professional. I'll surely work with him again."
Ken Pajala, founder of angelFrogGames
"I'm very pleased with the music Michael did for my game "aquadot!red". When I first started looking for music I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to find quality music at a price that I could afford (this being my first software venture) but Michael provided great music at a reasonable price."
Tero Miettunen, Owner of Mitorah Games
"Michael did the spell sound effects for Battles of Norghan. He basically finished his tasks even before I expected him to start working on them. (There was a close deadline but still, he finished them on a weekend.) He's very easy to work with and the sounds he produced are very high quality and fit well for the game. I asked for a few small modifications for some sounds and got them in time."
Johan Karlsson, Illwinter Game Design
"What surprised me most about Michael was that he was able to create high quality soundeffects so quickly. A lot quicker than we have been able to put them into the game in fact, but that's just good!"