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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

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.

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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.

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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.

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Video game and film
audio samples

01 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.

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02 Adaptive music

Walking into Combat

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

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03 Wwise implementation

Exploration Sample

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

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04 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.

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05 Sound design

Alien Sound Redesign

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

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06 Sound design

Amnesia: The Bunker Sound Redesign

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

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Live & studio
music

01 Discography

Studio Albums

Whisperation ↗

Songwriting, music composition, mixing, and mastering.

Foxtales ↗

Keyboards, backup vocals.

02 Video

Foxtales | on the edge | Official Music Video

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Press & fun stuff

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Sonic Guild presents Foxtales

Sonic Guild

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

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Austin Band Foxtales Drops New Album

Tribeza, Aug 2024
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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
Logic Pro X (Advanced) Pro Tools Ableton Live 12 Reaper
Game audio
Wwise FMOD Unity
Audio processing
iZotope RX East West Sounds
Creative & technical
Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Photoshop Maya HOG 4 Arduino JavaScript Chataigne Max MSP Adobe After Effects
Audio skills
Studio recording Field recording Foley Mixing Mastering Audio engineering Live sound engineering Acoustic treatment Music composition

Contact

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

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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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