Cooking Dash launches from GLU/Playfirst
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Collaborating with creative minds to bring the perfect music & sounds to
AR/VR, games, film, TV, and interactive experiences.
Composer/Audio Director/Sound Designer Dren McDonald has been designing audio experiences with his team since 2009.
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GLU Mobile/Playfirst recently released Cooking Dash 2016 and it's getting some plenty fine reviews and living up at the top of the...

Dren wins GANG Award at GDC
The string quartet arrangement for Grasswalk (Plants Vs. Zombies) from The String Arcade record won a Game Audio Network Guild Award for...


Gathering Sky Audio Journals on Gamasutra
I published three entries about the audio development for the upcoming indie game, Gathering Sky. They go into a LOT of detail about the...


Elevate Named Apple's Best App 2014
This year I created the audio experience for ELEVATE, a brain development app with loads of daily challenges and motivations. Apple...


Dren Teams up with Valve to release Counterstrike Global Offensive Music Kit
Here's the trailer for DEATH'S HEAD DEMOLITION, a new music kit I designed for use within Counterstrike: Global Offensive. You can read...

Dren is asked to join the SF Conservatory of Music's Technology and Applied Composition Advisory
I was honored and excited to be asked by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to join the Advisory Committee for their new...

The Pack at Oakland Museum of California
I collaborated with Ben Vance (Buffalo Vision, Skulls of the Shogun, Irrational Exuberance), and artist Rob Sato to create a...

THE STRING ARCADE on Top Score and other podcasts
The String Arcade has been released worldwide (thestringarcade.com) and with that, there have been many wonderful reviews, interviews...

The String Arcade is released WorldWide!
Click here to see all of the reviews for The String Arcade! Video Game Tribute Album The String Arcade Now Available as Digital Download...

Skulls of the Shogun • Bone-A-Fide Edition on STEAM! (also on iOS, Android, XBLA, Win8, Surface, Win
Skulls of the Shogun is now on STEAM! The “BONE-I-FIDE” Edition has new characters, levels and is on STEAM!! Check it out here! There's...
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