Joe Kataldo is a composer and sound designer with a rich career spanning over a decade. He boasts a prolific portfolio of work that includes contributions to notable projects such as “Archer: Danger Phone,” “H3VR” and the Team Fortress 2 VR parody, “Terminator Salvation VR Ride”, the recent remaster of “XIII”, “The Last Night”, and “X8”. Notably, his score for “Blind Fate: Edo No Yami” earned a nomination for Best Video Game Score at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards in 2022.

As the owner of Mad Wave Audio, LLC, Joe has crafted audio for countless Toyota commercials and provided immersive VR audio for theme parks like Songcheng’s “Dreamland” in China. He holds degrees from Berklee College of Music in Boston and the Music Conservatory of Napoli in Italy. In addition to his prolific work, Joe Kataldo shares his expertise by teaching a post-graduate masterclass on game audio for ADSUM.it.