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Steve Pardo
Saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist and composer for games.
About Me
With over 15 years supporting award-winning games and culturally-recognized franchises, Steve Pardo
composes and directs emotional and expansive music and audio for linear and interactive media. He is co-
founder of game music & audio production house SkewSound, Composer/Music Manager at ProbablyMonsters,
founder/game developer at The Pardo Brothers, and an active saxophone/woodwind recording and performing
artist in Nashville, TN. With a background in jazz, and a professional career that began at legendary music-game
studio Harmonix Music Systems, Steve brings his professional background in generative audio to his love for rich
and inventive soundtracks for games.
In addition to his creative and audio direction contributions to the world’s most recognizable music gaming titles,
such as Rock Band VR, Dance Central, Fantasia: Music Evolved, and Fortnite Festival, Steve has composed the
interactive soundtrack for games such as Cypher 007, Moonbreaker, Gigantic, Signs of the Sojourner, Farthest
Frontier, Grim Dawn, Chariot, Fated, Beat Sports, and The Magic Circle, and has scored music for networks such
as Netflix, Adult Swim, and IFC. He has collaborated on generative and/or AI-driven projects for partners such
as Mastercard, Warner Music, Youtube, Tribeca Film Festival, Lollapalooza, and Universal Music Group. As a
game developer, Steve released the music-album-platformer DOS and is developing the VR comedy-simulator
game SAXOPHONE.
Steve studied at the University of Miami, FL, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Studio Music and Jazz,
and master’s degree in Studio Jazz Writing.