About

Great to meet you, I'm Joe Hertz!

Originally from Chicago, I graduated with my bachelor's in Music Performance (Pepperdine University) where I first began writing music for student films.

After graduating I transitioned to game audio as I became fascinated with the roles audio can play in storytelling and immersion with SFX, music, and audio programming working in harmony. 

My favorite part of audio is creating ambience, the moments where the player feels like just one piece of a living, breathing world. It’s the same feeling I get when I’m out hiking: surrounded by something vast and alive. My goal is always to recreate that sense of scale and presence, where the world stretches beyond the visible, but the player can hear glimpses of it.