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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

"Dreaming of Thala" by Jagged Hope is a darkly soaring jukebox composition from Outlaws by @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social, made otherworldly by layers of reverb, eerie vocalizations and unexpected instrumentation. youtu.be/f7lbjZ6bM4A?...

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Dreaming of Thala

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topdollarpr.bsky.social @topdollarpr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Congrats to @wilbertroget.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @joneverist.bsky.social on their ASCAP Composers’ Choice nomination for 2025 Video Game Score of the Year! Vote here: www.ascap.com/composerscho...

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Quest Markers Podcast @questmarkers.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

EPISODE 38 IS LIVE! @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social is back! He joins @marinahascoffee.bsky.social to talk life, creativity, becoming a video game composer, and what it feels like to be nominated for a Grammy! Grab a coffee & enjoy! ☕ youtu.be/O-8h3xcrD0g

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Grammy-Nominated Cody Matthew Johnson on Life, Creativity, & Getting Into Video Game Music (Ep. 38)

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Marina Ryan @marinahascoffee.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

More life chats with @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social! Had so much fun recording this one. If you take a listen, hope you enjoy 🤘☕

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Updates from @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social on how he created the Danzikan vocal effects, inspired by Chopper and incorporating gerbils and spider monkeys!

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To get closer to the vocalizations of Danzikan, I blended in some gerbils and spider monkey, amongst other sounds, to get that chipping flavor you hear from Danzikans in the films
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Mainly inspired by the vocal processing for Chopper from Rebels!
Chopper has an unmistakable liveliness and humanness to his emotes and l aimed to capture that with the singer on this track.
Yes the singer is me ;) but heavvily processed
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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The stillness of xmas eve morning felt like the right moment to pause and say thank you to the teams, collaborators and community we’re fortunate to be part of. Honored to see Emperia’s work and titles we’ve supported recognized by the Game Audio Network Guild again this year!

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Will Roget @wilbertroget.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

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'Lando's Redemption' Score Analysis

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Will Roget @wilbertroget.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

“Lando’s Redemption” from #StarWarsOutlaws DLC is my most melodically complex piece yet – referencing Williams’ Lando & Rebel motifs as well as @joneverist.bsky.social 's Rebel theme from Outlaws, to convey his suave veneer & grave sense of duty. Here's a #gamemusic analysis of the themes!

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

For day 212 of #TheDiegeticShuffle, @ithiliel.bsky.social found this smooth sax player in the Outlaws DLC, jamming on a raised platform. It wasn't until the Wild Card DLC soundtrack was released a few weeks later that we learned it was "Outer Rim Rhapsody" by @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social.

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

It's another @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social track from "Songs from the Underworld," a one-bar organ groove of descending chords endlessly repeated with improvised melodies & rhythms swirling atop it, like a Star Wars echo of the Hombres' "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)". youtu.be/kadVYHkWloM?...

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If These Sands Could Speak

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

We’re excited to share a first teaser of our recordings for Europa Universalis V, drawn from Paradox’s Musical World Tour video. Massive thanks to Paradox for welcoming Emperia into the family on this project.

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Your creative identity is powerful, but your business identity is what sustains you. Throwing it back to this year’s GameSoundCon panel: “What Business Am I In Again?: Navigating the Music Industry for Game Composers”

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Will Roget @wilbertroget.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Made a score reduction/analysis vid for the #Helldivers2 main theme, “A Cup of Liber-tea”! It transcribes both orchestra and synths/drums, and highlights themes. Try and guess how many times you hear the main motif repeated throughout? :-P Full vid on YT! #gamemusic

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Emperia takes home an Hollywood Music in Media Award — Best Song/Score – Mobile Video Game for “Whispers of the Ruin (Thorns of Devolution Season Theme Music)”from AFK Journey!

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I’ll be sitting with this one for a while — likely the rest of my life. Being nominated for a GRAMMY®, especially for something as close to my heart as @starwarsoutlaws.ubisoft.com: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune, feels surreal in every possible sense of the word. #GRAMMYs

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

This has been sitting on my drive for way too long, and today feels like the right time to let it out of carbonite. Charlie Robbins came in and absolutely shredded. Working with him was equal parts awe & inspiration. Every track came back with more character than I imagined.

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Huge love and congrats to the insanely talented artists behind all of this year’s Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) nominations — especially the incredible collaborators we’ve had the honor of working alongside on Emperia Records & Emperia Sound and Music supported projects.

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

"The Nebula Calls" by in-universe band the Musical Quarter is another Star Wars: Outlaws piece by @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social. It's a smooth electronic rock groove with a Wild West feel. We're spinning it for day 174 of #TheDiegeticShuffle. youtu.be/ySJqiG5kH-U?...

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The Nebula Calls

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Ever wonder what it sounds like inside an exogorth? Wonder no longer: "Inside an Exogorth" by the Galaxy Rejects, another Outlaws track by @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social that plays at Canto Bight races, will tell you. (SPOILER: it sounds like electronic industrial music.) youtu.be/AYKxbQi_ugc?...

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Inside an Exogorth

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Mynock Manor @mynockmanor.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Another reason to get in #StarWarsOutlaws and its DLC, plenty of Grammy Nominated music!!

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Jeff Penny @jeffpennyaudio.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Then, before I could even finish processing that, the Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate's Fortune soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy! I'm so incredibly proud of @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social, the team at Emperia, and everyone involved in the OST's creation!

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

@codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social's work on Outlaws makes him the single most prolific composer of diegetic Star Wars music, with 34 tracks. Kevin Kiner is next with 23, Deana Kiner with (approx.) 22, John Williams 21, and Harlan Hodges & Randy Kerber tying Michael Tavera with 19.

A bar graph of the data in the bleet, plus Joseph Shirley and Peter McConnell with 16, Nicholas Britell 14, and Sean Kiner 11

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Absolutely stunned… Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune has been nominated for the GRAMMY® Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media! I’m deeply honored to receive my first GRAMMY® Nomination. 🫶🏼🫶🏼 #GRAMMYs @recordingacademy.bsky.social

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Back at it again with the GameSoundCon! This year I'm discussing a topic near to my heart: "What Business Am I In Again?: Navigating The Music Industry for Game Composers"

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

➡️ FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION ⬅️ Creating the world of Star Wars Outlaws with my team at Emperia Sound & Music has been one of the most fulfilling experiences of my career. #StarWarsOutlaws #FYC #GameAudio #GameMusic #EmperiaSoundAndMusic

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

We're playing a game within a game on day 162 of #TheDiegeticShuffle: @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social's "Rider" is the soundtrack for a vector arcade cabinet in Outlaws. It's got a Knight Rider-esque rhythm track with a melody in a Phrygian (I think) key. youtu.be/OmRTBwL5tXo?...

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Rider

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Cody Matthew Johnson talks about his process for "translating" lyrics into an alien language (Myrran?) for the city of Myrra in Star Wars: Outlaws. Very cool stuff—we've come a long way from pulling random tiles from Scrabble and Perquackey for "Lapti Nek"!

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playslashwrite @playslashwrite.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

You guys absolutely deserve to win this. Outlaws has such good music I still listen to it daily 🤩

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Julie Elven @julieelven.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Recording a song in French with #EmperiaSound and Tyler Westen for a secret, beautiful project this weekend 😍 It feels inspiring to collab with such an amazing team between Los Angeles, Paris and Munich 🌏 🎼🎙️ @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social Hope you are all having a beautiful end of your week ❤️

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

❇FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION❇ Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate's Fortune (Original Video Game Soundtrack) - Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games or Other Interactive Media

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

"Lost in Temptation" is not a Bill Murray movie but a high-energy @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social track from Outlaws, featuring melodic Middle Easternish vocals and a gravelly rap break in a language I don't recognize. It's day 115 of #TheDiegeticShuffle! youtu.be/kVtt7RTuXsc?...

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Lost in Temptation

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

124 days into #TheDiegeticShuffle and it's "Madness in Mos Eisley"! This is another jukebox track from @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social's Outlaws soundtrack. (Outlaws is available on the Switch 2 as of today, so I'll finally get to play it!) youtu.be/DuxnhvBnFGY?...

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Madness in Mos Eisley

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Extraordinarily proud of the @EmperiaSound crew, @benhicksmusic.bsky.social and Gina Kouyoumdjian (Matilda Stray), for yet another killer @AFK_Journey theme song! "Whispers of Ruin (Thorns of Devotion Season Theme Song)" is out now on DSPs! Big mood, massive vibes, and so much attitude 👏 🔗⤵️

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

"The Prowl" is a jukebox selection by the Ice Brethren in Outlaws, which means it's by @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social. It's aptly-named, a darkly sinuous blend of electric guitar, throat singing, and xiao flute, and it's day 113 of #TheDiegeticShuffle. youtu.be/EKuSqer_ewY?...

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The Prowl

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🧵1/4 - I am excited to celebrate the launch of Lost Soul Aside alongside its fans! Many fans have been asking about my music for the game, and I'm grateful to share this update with approval and blessing from Ultizero Games:

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

@maclaine.bsky.social is at it again with his score to @dreamhaven.com's @playwildgate.com! Thankful to Maclaine & Dave Shumway for bringing Emperia on to help cut together the soundtrack album to Wildgate! Massive props to my team who pulled it together Ben Hicks, Hélène Choyer, & Alec Justice

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Maclaine Diemer @maclaine.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I couldn't be more happy to have partnered with the Emperia on this soundtrack release. It's SO cool to have it not just on vinyl but also on CD and cassette! You can listen to the whole score and get a copy here: maclainediemer.bandcamp.com/album/firmam...

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Firmament (Original Soundtrack), by Maclaine Diemer

21 track album

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

For day 83 of #TheDiegeticShuffle we deal a hand of sabacc to Kay Vess with "Kessel Sabacc" by @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social from Outlaws. Middle Eastern scales, Spanish guitar, and African percussion blend into an evocative backdrop for high-stakes gambling. youtu.be/RsA5b0iVT1U?...

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Kessel Sabacc

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

We get another Outlaws banger from @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social for day 93 of #TheDiegeticShuffle: "Wake Up the Enrako" is by in-universe band Arctic Nobaki, and you can hear it in a Kijimi jukebox. youtu.be/VglUkfx4U2A?...

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Wake Up the Enrako

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Absolutely in love with how these Firmament (Original Soundtrack) cassettes and CDs look and sound! Much appreciation to @maclaine.bsky.social and @cyan.com for the amazing music, game, and trust in Emperia Records 💿🔗 emperiarecords.store/collections/...

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FIRMAMENT

Gaming's best music. Emperia Records is a boutique video game soundtrack music record label run by rights experts, composers, and producers fully focused on releasing the best in game music on digital...

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Celebrating a decade of @lacedrecords.com ! Sending massive congratulations to Danny et al on this huge milestone. Its a privilege to have some of our music released on Laced, including Trek to Yomi, which I had the honor of sharing more about in this Bandcamp Label Profile:

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A Decade of Laced Records, One of Gaming’s Most Celebrated Labels

Exploring the UK institution's diverse game music catalog, from indie gems to AAA blockbusters.

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Congrats to all of my friends and colleagues long-listed for the World Soundtrack Awards x Game Music Award 2025! Voting is open until Aug 21, so please consider making your way to the WSA site to vote for Star Wars Outlaws for the Game Music Award 2025 🤗👇👇

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Danie Kelley🦋 @87zoolemons.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Since I haven't gotten the pleasure of trying the one in the parks, I decided to try a homemade version. Not bad! Listening to @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social fantastic Outer Rim Rhapsody from #StarWarsOutlaws #WildCard while doing so added a lot of fun to the moment.

Non-alcoholic "Hyperdrive" recipe from the Star Wars Galaxy's Edge Offical Black Spire Outpost Cookbook.

1: Half-fill tall glass with crushed ice, then pour in 1 1/2 oz of white grape juice and 3 Oz of blue berry-flavored sports drink.

2: Top off with 1 Oz lemon-lime soda, then drizzle 1 Oz of cherry puree over the top.

3: Serve and enjoy this powerful punch served in the casinos of Canto Bight!

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topdollarpr.bsky.social @topdollarpr.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

@starwarsoutlaws.ubisoft.com is longlisted for the World Soundtrack Awards x Game Music Award 2025. Voting now open until 21 August 2025: www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/news/vote-fo... Music by @wilbertroget.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @joneverist.bsky.social @kazjin2612.bsky.social

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

1/4 - It’s with great excitement we can at long last announce Emperia Sound & Music participation producing music for the recently announced Europa Universalis V! We had the opportunity to fly all over the world to record and work with these musicians!

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codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

@starwarsoutlaws.ubisoft.com: Wild Card & A Pirate's Fortune (Original Video Game Soundtrack) is out now! -- score by @wilbertroget.bsky.social, a new rebel theme from @joneverist.bsky.social, and with cantina & sabacc music from myself!

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Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music @cantinasounds.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Exciting Outlaws news! The soundtrack for the Star Wars: Outlaws DLC has been released, and it includes seven @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social tracks, including (am I reading this right?) a four-part harmony a capella piece in Huttese?

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