Demo Reels
Sound Design Demo Reel - 2023
Sound Design Demo Reel
Music Demo Reel
Music Composition & Electronic Music Production Demo Reel
Bio
Hi! My name is Conner Hardin, and I'm a sound designer and music producer for all kinds of online media. I work with animations, short films, corporate commercials, and even Youtube content!
I developed my skills at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) where I earned a BFA in Sound Design (2019) with a double minor in Music Composition and Drawing. I later earned my MFA in Sound Design (2021) at SCAD once again. As a post-grad, I achieved a video editing certificate (2022) from Noble Desktop in New York.
I'm currently working at the University of Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire as a Film and Media Studies Intern. I help improve the course curriculum, lead editing workshops for undergrads, organize student showcases, and create digital assets for professors and their classes. On the side, I enjoy freelancing from my in-home studio where I regularly create sound effects, songs, professional audio mixing for commercials, and videos for YouTube. Although I am a Sound Designer first, I am a seasoned all-around artist who also finds work in video editing and digital art. I am happy to say that I have networked and made valuable business partners with my audio/visual repertoire. If you are here looking for your new sound designer, then let's get connected because I'd be thrilled to work with you!
Companies I have worked for:
Dartmouth University
Dust of the Ground LLC
Half Brain Games
Iron Mountain
Mr. Beast
United States Postal Service
Technical Skills
ADR
Audio Editing
Audio Recording
Color Correction
Dialogue Editing
Foley
Game Audio Implementation
Mixing
Music Composition
Music Editing
Music Production
Sound Design
Synthesis
Teaching
Video Editing
My Favorite Media for Sound & Music
Attack on Titan
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Destiny 2
Harry Potter
Land of the Lustrous
Persona 3, 4, 5
The Legend of Korra
Software
Ableton Live
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Audition
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Media Encoder
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
Blender
Canvas
Clip Studio Paint
Godot
Pro Tools
Sibelius
Unreal
VCV Rack
Wwise
My Favorite Media Lately
Baldur's Gate 3
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth
Fortnite
Honkai Star Rail
Lies of P
Zenless Zone Zero
Work
Cash POP - Fishing
Cash Pop - Fishing
Mixing & Sound Design
Cash Pop is a lottery from the SC Education Lottery in South Carolina. I have worked on several TV Spots for their advertisements as a sound designer and mixer. The commercial itself was created by Dust of the Ground LLC in Columbia SC who I worked together with as a freelancer.
Sound Design Audition for Mr. Beast
Sound Design Audition for Mr. Beast - Squid Game
Sound Design, Foley, Mixing
The Mr. Beast post-production crew gave me an audition cut of their Squid Game video that only contained the primary dialogue as part of their interviewing process for potential candidates. Everything heard in the video besides the primary dialogue was edited and designed by myself.
Sound Re-Design: Half Blood Prince
Sound Redesign of Harry Potter: And the Half-Blood Prince
Foley, ADR, Mixing
SCAD Thesis - Music Cue in Action
SCAD Thesis - Music Cue in Action
Electronic Music Production, Dynamic Mixing, Game Audio
A demonstration of the music cues I created for my master's thesis. I researched dynamic mixing in game audio and developed my own system of game audio music cues that reacted to changes in game state. In this example, my music grows in intensity as the player begins exploring a level. The music introduces a new stem when a mission begins. When the time is about to expire, a final percussive track is mixed in, until finally, the music cue shifts to the end of its cue when the mission is complete.
Caliburny Youtube Outro
Youtube Outro for Caliburny
Electronic Music Production & Illustration
A Youtube outro tune for Twitch streamer and Youtuber Caliburny. This content creator is a regular client of mine who I edit videos for. For his outro, I was asked to make an illustration and create a short musical tune to accompany it. After creating two separate versions of the illustration with slight variations, I was able to animate it to the beat of the music.
Café Theme - Date a Dino
Electronic Music Production
Contract work made for a video game that is still in development. I was asked to include retro sounding instrumentation reminiscent of the Sega Genesis.
Mirror's Edge Type Beat
Electronic Music Production
My first Electronic Music Production piece. Created in Ableton Live. Inspired by the music in Mirror's Edge, composed by Solar Fields.
Leprosy
Music Composition, Sampling, Sound Design, Mixing
A composition commission that features both orchestral elements and sound effects mixed together.
Hole in One - Scrapped Montage Track
Music Composition
An un-used track for a short film I worked on as the composer, called Hole in One. This track was made for a montage sequence which originally called for a brassy tune in the style of Ace Ventura. This was eventually scrapped when the director wanted a new style of music.
