Paul Ruskay is a

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and composer of several

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and films. He currently runs his own sound studio, Studio X Labs. He is most noted as being the composer (with the exception of two tracks) of the game ''

Homeworld ''Homeworld'' is a real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra Studios on September 28, 1999, for Microsoft Windows. Set in space, the science fiction game follows the Kushan exiles of the planet K ...

''. His style for this title differs from other composers of real time strategy game soundtracks in that instead of using climactic

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, he uses an ambient electronic style with Indian influences ( Music of India). He would also work as composer and sound designer for the later games in the series - '' Homeworld: Cataclysm'', ''

Homeworld 2 ''Homeworld 2'' is a real-time strategy video game sequel to ''Homeworld'', developed by Relic Entertainment and released in 2003 by now defunct publisher Sierra Entertainment. Its story concerns Hiigara's response to a new enemy called the Vaygr. ...

'', and '' Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak''. The ''

'' soundtrack was awarded ''Best Soundtrack of 1999'' by the magazines

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and

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. In film, he won a

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for Best Sound Editing on the short film

Mon Amour Mon Parapluie ''Mon Amour, Mon Parapluie'' is a short film directed by Giada Dobrzenska and featuring cameo appearances by William Gibson and Douglas Coupland. The film was nominated for nine categories of British Columbia's Leo Awards, including one to Studio ...

in 2002, and a

for ''Best Music Score'' in a Short Drama for the film ''

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'' in 2005. Paul Ruskay is also co-founder and co-developer of ''Aveon Productions'' and ''The Oracle of Aveon'' respectively. In addition to sound design, Paul composed nearly all of the tracks on The Oracle of Aveon. The project also marks this composer's first composition for animation. In 2013, Paul Ruskay composed the soundtrack for the Kickstarter.com-funded game ''

Strike Suit Zero ''Strike Suit Zero'' is a space flight combat game developed by Born Ready. ''Strike Suit Zero'' seeks to revive the space combat genre by introducing "strike mode" as a new element to the dogfight-based gameplay of classic space combat games. '' ...

''.

References

External links

Studio X Labs websitePaul Ruskay on IMDB
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