

Gideon Friedman |
AlaireSound
Hi, my name is Gideon Friedman (they/them) and I am a passionate sound designer. I am currently studying to get my Masters of Sciences in Sound and Music for Interactive Games at Leeds Beckett University, and previously graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Film Making and Media Production. While I graduated as an editor, during my time there I fell in love with audio and dove into my passion for games, learning how to best create audio that is immersive and thrilling. I love playing around with any piece of creative software though, including but not limited to most of the Adobe Suite, the Avid Suite, and too many DAWs to cover here. I'm also familiar with the Middleware of Fmod and WWise, and can competently use Unity, Unreal, and Godot. For hobbies, I love a good book and listen to so many songs from around the world that my YouTube Music library has started lagging, though video games are of course my most fervent passion with over 150 Steam games in my library and counting.
Sonniss LBU Sound Comp 2025
In this competiton dedicated to designing the sound for a clip from Returnal, I took 2nd place.
Sonniss LBU Sound Comp 20256
In this competition dedicated to designing the sound for a clip from South of Midnight, I took 1st place. This piece is available in my portfolio.
UCS SFXSWAP Comp 2026
In this competition dedicated to designing the audio for a logo animation from Aha Sound, I tied for 4th place.