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Austin, TX — Sound & Music

Will Johnson sound design & music composition and production

Composing, recording, designing and producing sound for games, screens, and stages — B.S. in Arts & Entertainment Technologies in the School of Design and Creative Technologies in the College of Fine Arts at UT Austin.

Based — Austin, TX Graduating — Dec 2026 School — University of Texas at Austin

Student
showcases

Selected showcases and coursework from the College of Fine Arts — reflecting sound design, interactive audio, and studio recording assignments.

01 Composing and collaboration

UT Evolution 2026 - Molded Flesh

Composed and synchronized original score to dancer choreography and live performance.

Tools: Logic Pro X, East West Sounds, Microkorg synthesizer, Roland SP-404 sampler.

02 UX/UI design

AET Student Showcase - Amplify 2026

Composed one of three jazz tracks and built the real-time spatialization system — motion-tracked instrument positioning drove timbre, volume, and placement across a 10-speaker surround setup.

Tools: Ableton Live, Chataigne, OSC/MIDI mapping, QTM motion capture, Resolume, TouchDesigner.

03 Songwriting and production

AET Student Showcase - Amplify 2025

Wrote and produced an original dark-mood house track for live performance on Ableton Push 3 — layered analog bassline, synth pads, and electric piano with recorded vocals and guitar, then performed it live on guitar and vocals over the bounced backing track.

Tools: Ableton Live, Ableton Push 3, Microkorg synthesizer, Fender Jazzmaster guitar, vocals.

Video game and film
audio samples

Gameplay clips or Wwise/FMOD demo reels

01 Adaptive Vertical Loop

Post-Apocalyptic Adaptive Loop

Tools: Sounds sourced from Soundly's soundbank and produced with the Dexed VST, mixed and mastered in Logic Pro X.

02 Wwise implementation

Exploration Sample

Tools: Produced and mixed/mastered in Logic Pro X; RTPC mappings, spatialization, and implementation in Wwise.

03 Adaptive music

Walking into Combat

Tools: Both loops produced and mixed/mastered in Logic Pro X.

04 Foley work

There Will Be Blood Sound Redesign

Tools: Some audio recorded via Foley work, the rest sourced from Soundly's soundbank; mixed and mastered in Logic Pro X.

05 Sound design

Alien Sound Redesign

Tools: Produced and mixed/mastered in Logic Pro X.

06 Sound design

Amnesia: The Bunker Sound Redesign

Tools: Sounds sourced from Soundly's soundbank; mixed and mastered in Logic Pro X.

Live & studio
music

Recordings and performance clips from Foxtales and Professor Rafe & the Fables.

01 Discography

Studio Albums

Whisperation ↗

Songwriting, music composition, mixing, and mastering.

Foxtales ↗

Keyboards, backup vocals.

02 Video

Foxtales | on the edge | Official Music Video

Foxtales ↗

Press & fun stuff

Sonic Guild presents Foxtales

Sonic Guild

Sonic Guild is an Austin nonprofit that awards grants and curated performance slots to standout local musicians.

Austin Band Foxtales Drops New Album

Tribeza, Aug 2024

City of Austin declares October 8th

City Hall Session - City of Austin

City Hall Sessions 35 - Professor Rafe & the Fables

About

Will Johnson

Will Johnson is a sound designer and music composer based in Austin, TX, graduating with a B.S. in Arts & Entertainment Technologies from the University of Texas at Austin in December 2026. His work spans film and game audio, live performance, and studio production, driven by a lifelong interest in how sound shapes the way a story feels. He's currently looking for opportunities to bring that same craft to new projects after graduation.

Skills & tools

DAWs
Pro Tools Reaper Ableton Live Logic Pro
Game audio
Wwise FMOD Unity Audio Unreal Engine
Processing
iZotope RX Waves FabFilter Valhalla DSP
Recording
Field recording Foley Mixing Mastering

Contact

hello@willjohnson.studio Download resume ↓ Instagram LinkedIn
Will Johnson — Austin, TX willjohnson.studio

Upper level coursework

  • Sound Design Skills
  • DIY Synthesizers
  • Collaborative Music Project
  • Immersive Environments
  • Audio Processing
  • Advanced Game Audio
  • AI in Music and Sound
  • Sound Design
  • Interactive Music
  • Business of Entertainment
  • Design and Interactivity
  • Introduction to Narrative
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