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Dan Golding

@dangolding.com
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Professor of Media at Monash University. Composer for games like Untitled Goose Game, Frog Detective, Mars First Logistics. Host of ABC Classic’s ‘Screen Sounds’ (Sat 6pm). dangolding.com

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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 17h
I guess she's deputy now!
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 23h
I have never met Steph, but her mum Viv was my high school media teacher, and tragically died in Samoa's 2009 tsunami. She left a lasting impression, and I understand Steph and her family have maintained her legacy at my former school. Wish her all the best.
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 26/09/2026
Regrettably AFL is in fact the best sport in the world, devastating as those final minutes were
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 26/09/2026
Where were you when Kylie took flight
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 26/09/2026
NYT list whatever I’m working on a bigger and less defensible theory that the best show of the 1980s: the simpsons 1990s: deep space nine 2000s: the wire 2010s: mad men 2020s: andor Decades are defined less in the tradition of le long seizième siècle and more how i felt like it
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 25/09/2026
I forgot to post for four months and declare @ bankruptcy. If you @ed me through this period, no you didn’t
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 25/06/2026
"The Guardian is aware that at least nine of the musicians who played in the Sydney concerts are now helping the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) with a workplace inquiry about the events surrounding the performance."
theguardian.com
The pianist from the audience at La La Land in Concert was a global feelgood story – but all was not what it seemed
Two orchestra members from the Sydney performance allege tensions behind the scenes were the cause of pianist failing to appear after intermission
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 22/06/2026
More like, uh, uhh, Tear Farmer
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 16/06/2026
I honestly don't think I've ever been to a film screening in my life like last night's viewing of Disclosure Day. Open laughter and derision throughout from some in a packed audience - met with enthusiastic applause at the end credits from others. Wild. Still thinking about it.
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 10/06/2026
Can confirm that this weekend I'll be playing all of John Williams' brand new score for Disclosure Day on Screen Sounds, so tune in if you want to hear me have an emotional breakdown on air I guess
abc.net.au
Screen Sounds with Dan Golding - ABC listen
The best soundtracks for film and television, from the golden age to new releases.
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 08/06/2026
My discovery this morning: Adobe made a submission to the Australian National Cultural Policy, calling for legal reforms that would see works "created using AI tools [being] eligible for copyright when there is meaningful human expression and creative judgment" (among other things)
arts.gov.au
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 05/06/2026
He's still got it! He's STILL got it. He has still GOT IT folks. Folks,
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listen…
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 03/06/2026
AI is bullshit, and it comes first for the jobs that most resemble bullshit, like university senior managers writing thinkpieces to engage with the marketplace of ideas which circulates on LinkedIn
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 01/06/2026
Close enough welcome back Atari Melbourne House
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 29/05/2026
Oscar winner and San Francisco resident Marcia Lucas — the former wife of George Lucas who edited the original “Star Wars,” “American Graffiti” and “Taxi Driver” —  has died.
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‘Star Wars’ editor Marcia Lucas, former wife of George Lucas, dies at 80
Oscar winner and San Francisco resident Marcia Lucas — the former wife of George Lucas who edited the original “Star Wars,” “American Graffiti” and “Taxi Driver” —  has died.
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 28/05/2026
If I had a dollar for every time a Brisbane game dev made a satirical golf game with all the boring bits put back into it I’d have like four dollars which is quite surprising yada yada
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Deeply disrespectful to the entire Australian cultural sector that the Office of the Arts can't be bothered actually reading all the submissions people are working very hard on for the National Cultural Policy, and instead will be asking genAI for a summary. www.arts.gov.au/have-your-sa...
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 19/05/2026
Really hated seeing these “most wanted” cards in the Mandalorian movie, which are clearly inspired by those used by the USA in the illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq. Rare to see Star Wars - even under Disney - completely miss the vibe of its political metaphor.
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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
✦ PARALLELS 2026 — THE CALL-OUT IS HERE ✦ Making a game, and wanna yap about it at Parallels 2026? Now is the time to let us know! Speaker submissions close on the 5th of June. That’s THREE WEEKS. Don't overthink it. Just apply here: forms.gle/j8NkrdqMnwoH...
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 19/05/2026
Having seen the Mandalorian movie I am deciding to double down on this
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 14/05/2026
This really is tremendous leadership from Freeplay, and the kind of thing that has been glaringly missing from the games sector. This stuff is really important, so games people, do not let this moment go to waste.
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 10/05/2026
This should’ve been the end of it. It should still be the end of it.
abc.net.au
'We could change Australia': One Nation staff secretly filmed courting NRA
An Al Jazeera investigation created a fake gun lobby group in Australia which covertly recorded meetings between One Nation and powerful players in the US gun lobby, in which the political party sough...
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 08/05/2026
Hello friends just an fyi that @emvdn.bsky.social’s account has been hacked, in case you weren’t sure if she was really into crypto all of a sudden
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 07/05/2026
I think this is actually still mainstream opinion, but tv technology has changed and widescreens are the norm, so now it's 4:3 content that's commonly converted to widescreen formats. See the controversy over The Simpsons ratio on Disney+ for a good illustration. People don't want bars on screens.
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 06/05/2026
Aside from any of the obvious points, the Jobs Ready Graduates Scheme that ushered this into being and continues to be is a great illustration of the Ratchet Effect in politics, where the establishment right ruins something, and the establishment left does nothing to fix it when they gain power
Title: "The Ratchet Effect: How you are being duped by the fake two-party system." An image of a red cog being turned in one direction by republicans who "turn everything to the right", with a blue ratchet "Democrats block movement back to the left"
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 04/05/2026
Rise of Skywalker? Not that bad, and certainly not the worst saga film
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 17/04/2026
You love to see it
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 08/04/2026
I feel unhinged and unmoored by the news at the best of times, but why every single politician in the world who isn't a member of his party (and even then, ugh) isn't out demanding his removal right away is just absolutely astonishing
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 07/04/2026
I understand this is a big jump in context, and numbers like this take a while to turn around, but is it not still sort of staggering that 85% of buyers in March 2026 are looking at petrol prices and going hey yeah hook me right up fellas
Screenshot of a Guardian Australia live blog detailing that 14.6% of new car sales in Australia in March 2026 were electric cars.
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 07/04/2026
Justice for Yumi Stynes
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 06/04/2026
I have been personally slighted by Jack Black
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 01/04/2026
My “please do not panic about petrol shortages” national address has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my national address
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 31/03/2026
Extremely hyped that my MARS FIRST LOGISTICS expanded edition soundtrack got a couple of plays on the very first episode of @bandcamp.com's 'The Game Show' - and is described as 'super irresistible', no less! Thanks Bandcamp! bandcamp.com/radio?show=927
bandcamp.com
Bandcamp Radio
Tune in weekly to hear new music and artist interviews.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 28/03/2026
Victorians get free public transport for a month in bid to ease surge in fuel demand
theguardian.com
Victorians get free public transport for a month in bid to ease surge in fuel demand
Allan government says measure is temporary as energy shock from Middle East conflict sees petrol prices soar * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Public transport will be free in Victoria for a month, in an effort to encourage people to switch from driving and alleviate the surge in demand for fuel. The Allan government announced on Sunday that it would make all metro and regional V/Line trams, trains and buses free from 31 March until the end of April. Continue reading...
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 26/03/2026
In the spirit of having nothing to say if you can't say anything nice, I have beyond nothing to say about this
swinburne.edu.au
Vice‑Chancellor to farewell Swinburne after six years of leadership
Vice‑Chancellor to farewell Swinburne after six years of leadership
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 25/03/2026
Said it on other platforms but want to express my solidarity with my MEAA colleagues at the ABC on strike today. ✊
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 21/03/2026
Perennial independent Dan Golding (no relation) seems to have run again in SA with a 5% swing against him. Bless.
abc.net.au
Davenport - SA Electorate, Candidates, Results
Overview of the Davenport electorate in the South Australia election 2026
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 19/03/2026
Remembering the pitch I wrote for A Website in 2022 about it being the year tech ate its own entrails with metaverse, NFTs, and crypto turning dollars into discourse, a strategy that would inevitably fail. Rejected for publication, sadly.
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 16/03/2026
This was the strongest year for original score I can remember in years. Sinners is a worthy winner, and probably would be my choice. One Battle, Hamnet, and Bugonia are also genuinely excellent and would’ve all been my frontrunner in other years. And as the “worst”, Frankenstein is also still good!
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 13/03/2026
big post for a dude whose birthday is today
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 11/03/2026
Hello I am going to be in the first issue of this! Despite this fact people seem to really like the idea and it is already funded in less than a day! Very good! Go support it more! Magazines good!
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I’m Dave Williams. You’re probably not @skirwingle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Bought! (and an Austin Wintory CD while I was at it, because, why not?) With about an hour left on #BandcampFriday
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 07/03/2026
Just in time for @bandcamp.com Friday, I've finally released the Expanded Edition of the Mars First Logistics soundtrack. Featuring half an hour of new music for the full release of @ianmaclarty.com's wonderful game, and a generally sunny musical disposition. Free to all who bought the original.
dangolding.bandcamp.com
Mars First Logistics: Expanded Edition (Original Soundtrack), by Dan Golding
21 track album
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 06/03/2026
Too easy
The nine greatest games ever made with soundtracks by Dan Golding
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 04/03/2026
Is there anyone else in the history of the universe who could, in the moment of seeing a player take a heavy hit, come up with “Liberatore went into that last pack optimistically - and came out misty optically”
theguardian.com
Dennis Cometti, Australian sports commentary great, dies aged 76
West Australian was best known for calling AFL games with a broadcast career spanning 51 years across radio and TV
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 28/02/2026
I’m old enough to remember the leader of the Australian Labor party telling the USA President, to his face, in an official parliamentary speech during his visit, that his invasion of Iraq was a mistake.
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 27/02/2026
ha ha ha oh no
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 25/02/2026
Probably the opinion I actually more or less hold that seems bonkers to most normal people is that they should really just add a third house made up of randomly selected people, like jury duty (and do an actually strong corruption commission alongside it).
theage.com.au
Labor’s plan for dozens more MPs could bring back Frydenberg
Dozens of new seats could be created under a Labor plan, allowing the Liberals to inject fresh blood into their party room. But the opposition is split on whether to support the move.
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