{"id":28662,"date":"2017-10-24T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T18:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2017\/10\/24\/berklee-professor-speak-necc-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:14:29","slug":"berklee-professor-speak-necc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/10\/24\/berklee-professor-speak-necc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Berklee Professor to Speak at NECC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16666\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2017\/10\/Duncan-Watt-newsroom-mobile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16666\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16666\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2017\/10\/Duncan-Watt-newsroom-mobile-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music Professor to visit NECC.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Acclaimed video game, movie, and television composer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berklee.edu\/people\/duncan-watt\">Duncan Watt<\/a>, will be a guest speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a> on Monday, November 6, at 1 p.m. in the Hartleb Technology Center in Room 220 on the Haverhill campus, 100 Elliot St.<\/p>\n<p>This event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Watt, an assistant professor of film scoring at Berklee College of Music, has worked in the television, film, broadcasting and digital game industries. A seasoned studio musician and producer, Watt appeared on more than 70 album projects before founding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastestmanintheworld.com\/\">Fastestmanintheworld<\/a> Media in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>His video game scoring includes \u201cBioshock Infinite\u201d, \u201cLeague of Legends\u201d, \u201cNeed For Speed Undercover\u201d, \u201cStargate Online TCG\u201d, \u201cBrothers In Arms\u201d as well as others. Recently, the breakaway Chinese game \u201cHonor of Kings\u201d which features a variety of Watt\u2019s pieces, exceeded over 50 million active players.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of digital games, his music is featured in 2013&#8217;s summer blockbuster &#8220;Now You See Me&#8221; and appears in a number of popular TV shows, including &#8220;The Good Wife&#8221;, \u201cNCIS\u201d, and \u201cAny Day Now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScoring for video games presents some pretty powerful challenges for the young composer,\u201d Watt said. \u201cWhile some aspects of the process are similar to traditional linear film scoring, in many cases the player is the one directing the action\u2014which means the story can play out in many different ways. For example, in a film-noir setting, we might know the player will enter a bar\u2014but will he or she make friends with the bartender, or shoot the place up? It\u2019s the composer\u2019s job to score for all outcomes, all emotions. Done well, a great game score makes a player feel the music was specifically written for their choices, actions, and decisions. And providing students with tools to accomplish that is the focus of my teaching\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For additional information contact Lecuyer at <a href=\"mailto:mlecuyer@necc.mass.edu\">mlecuyer@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex offers an associate degree General Studies: Music Option which provides students with a foundation for success in musical performance, music education, and music computer technology. Those who complete the program will have gained a diverse range of skills, from reading and writing music to teaching and performing, and will be prepared for transfer to a four-year institution.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the music program contact Professor Ken Langer coordinator of the NECC Music Program, at <a href=\"mailto:klanger@necc.mass.edu\">klanger@necc.mass.edu<\/a> or 978 556-3223.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acclaimed video game, movie, and television composer Duncan Watt, will be a guest speaker at Northern Essex Community College on Monday, November 6, at 1 p.m. in the Hartleb Technology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":28664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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