Far from the bleep-driven video game soundtracks of yesteryear, French composer Olivier Deriviere is determined to help craft the audio sensation of a medium he believes is still finding a voice of its own.

Deriviere's twin passions for music and gaming have driven a career creating music for massive-selling games including Ubisoft's "Assassin's Creed", sometimes managing projects equal in scope to a film soundtrack.

"I think we need to get away from the reflex that we need to look at our 'big brother' cinema and say that we're going to do the same thing," Deriviere told AFP.

"If you compare what video games offer in artistic terms, it's vast compared to the cinema or theatre," he adds.

Deriviere's personal journey with games began very early in life.

"I've never left the house without a console since I was six years old," the 46-year-old says.

That passion has borne him up to creating music for one instalment in the massively popular "Assassin's Creed" series, or million-selling "A Plague Tale: Innocence", released by Asobo in 2019.

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