French video game music composer Olivier Deriviere poses for apicture in his recording studio in Malakoff, on the outskirts of Paris, on January 14, 2025. "Ever since I was 6, I've never been without a console": fascinated from an early age by virtual worlds and inspired by the American John Williams, Frenchman Olivier Deriviere has become one of the leading composers of music for video games.With a score on one side and a joystick on the other, he polishes up the musical score for "South of Midnight", the next adventure game from Canadian studio Compulsion Games, scheduled for release on April 8, in front of his state-of-the-art computer. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) (Photo by THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images)