Heroes of Might and Magic composer Paul Anthony Romero revealed that his journey into the gaming industry began by chance. As a child, he performed as a young musical talent, but after graduating from the conservatory, he was left without a job and worked as a cook and on a construction site.
Everything changed when he met producer Rob King from New World Computing at a party in Los Angeles.
"He said he was making a game with castles, knights, and dragons, and asked if I could write music that sounded like 'from a long time ago.' I said, 'Of course,'" Romero recalls.
Thus, the composer received an order for the first Heroes of Might and Magic - $400 and one week for the entire soundtrack. He chose a baroque style in the spirit of Bach and Vivaldi, which determined the sound of the entire series.
Later, Romero created music for all parts of Heroes, although he himself never played a single game.
"I evaluate compositions not by how they work in the game, but by whether they are good as music," he says.
The composer is now almost 60, and he continues to write for new Heroes projects.
"The main thing is that I wasn't forced to write the same thing for 30 years. The music grew with me."
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