JOE KATALDO

About

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.

Projects: Joe Kataldo has contributed his talents to several notable projects, including:

  • Archer: Danger Phone – A mobile game based on the popular FXX series Archer.
  • Blind Fate: Edo No Yami – A game where you play a blind cyber samurai on a dangerous journey of revenge. The soundtrack features Tina Guo and Isaku Kageyama, and earned a nomination for Best Video Game Score at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards in 2022.
  • Meat Fortress (Team Fortress 2 VR parody) – A game mode for the video game H3VR, developed by RUST LTD in collaboration with Valve Corp.
  • Terminator Salvation VR Ride – An immersive VR experience based on the Terminator franchise.
  • XIII Remaster – A recent remaster of the video game XIII.
  • The Last Night – A game by Odd Tales which received global recognition in 2017 at E3.
  • ROTU: Ionia – An interactive VR story for Quest, with music-based magic and music-inspired creatures in a lush forest teeming with life.
  • ROTU: Eolia – A VR fantasy adventure game for Quest in the award-winning Rhythm of the Universe Series. Joe's sound design work on this project won a Silver Indigo Award in Sound Design and Use of Music for Games in 2020.
  • X8 – A 5v5 VR shooter game for Quest showcased at Meta Connect 2023.
  • H3VR – A weapon simulation game that has received Platinum and Gold awards for Best of VR on Steam for five consecutive years.

 


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