Richard Ludlow
# Richard Ludlow

Richard Ludlow is an American video game audio director, sound designer, music producer, and voice director, best known for his work on Disney Infinity, King's Quest, Ring of Elysium and Arena of Valor. He is the founder and co-owner of Hexany Audio. Ludlow was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of 2019 under the Games category.

Ludlow attended Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, California. He studied electronic production and design (EPD) at Berklee College of Music In 2012, Ludlow founded Hexany Audio with three friends at Berklee.

## Career

Ludlow is the co-owner and audio director at Hexany Audio, which has audio credits for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, H1Z1, Arena of Valor, King’s Quest 2015, Ring of Elysium, Into the Stars, Blade Runner: Revelations (VR)., audio producer on film and television projects, including The Cold Light of Day, The Raven, and projects for Fortune 500 brands such as Disney, Coca-Cola, Activision, and Nike.

Ludlow has presented talks on audio for video games at GDC, GDC Europe, GDC Next, GameSoundCon, PAX East, PAX Dev, IndieCade, Gamescom, Casual Connect, the External Development Summit, the Midwest Game Developers Summit, Sigma Play, the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Expo, MIT, WonderCon, and Berklee College of Music.

Ludlow was nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score in a Video Game for his work on Moonlight Blade: Moonlight Over the Sea.

## Filmography

### Video games

| Year | Title | Position | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse | Audio Designer | |
| 2013 | Disney Infinity | Audio Implementer | |
| 2015 | King's Quest | Sound Lead | |
| 2015 | Assassin's Creed Syndicate | Audio Producer | Trailer spot |
| 2016 | Into the Stars | Audio Director | |
| 2017 | Moonlight Blade: Moonlight Over the Sea | Music Producer | Nominated: Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score in a Video Game |
| 2017 | Saint Seiya | Audio Producer | |
| 2017 | Ring of Elysium | Voice Producer | |
| 2018 | Firewall: Zero Hour | Technical Audio Support | |
| 2018 | Rules of Survival | Audio Producer | |
| 2018 | Arena of Valor | Audio Producer | Won: Game Audio Network Guild Award for Best Music in a Casual/Social Game: Strike of Kings / Realm of Valor / (aka Arena of Valor) |
| 2018 | H1Z1 | Additional Sound Producer | |
| 2018 | Gordon Ramsey Alexa Skill | Voice Director | |
| 2018 | Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile | Sound Producer | |
| 2018 | Just Shapes & Beats | Sound Producer | |
| 2018 | Overwatch Contenders Tournament | Music Producer | |

### Film

| Year | Title | Position | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | The Raven | Music Copyist | |
| 2012 | The Cold Light of Day | Music Copyist | |
| 2016 | Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound | Himself | Documentary |
