When Dan Pinchbeck was developing his experimental video game Dear Esther he turned to his wife Curry to write a score. Thus Curry became the co-founder of The Chinese Room game studio.[1]
Following the success of that game, The Chinese Room went on to develop Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs which Curry describes as her first "journey into interactivity" as her score had been "shoehorned" into Dear Esther.[1]
In October 2015 Curry announced via her blog on The Chinese Room's website that, while she would remain a company director, she was lessening her creative involvement with the studio. She stated that her decision was based on various factors including a degenerative condition, the stress that she felt from the studio's relationship with a commercial publisher and her treatment as a woman in the game industry.[2]
After her departure from The Chinese Room, Curry embarked on various other projects including a collaboration with poet laureateCarol Ann Duffy[1] which saw poems by Duffy performed to music by Curry and others at Durham Cathedral in July 2016 as part of a centenary remembrance of the Battle of the Somme.[4]
In October 2016 Curry's score to Dear Esther was performed live by a full orchestra at London's Barbican Centre to coincide with the release of the game for the PS4 and Xbox One consoles.[5][6][7]
In January 2017, it was announced that Curry would present High Score, Classic FM's six-episode series on video game music.[8][9] In October 2017 it was announced that Curry's show was renewed for another six episodes, starting 4 November.[10]
Starting October 2019, Curry presented Sound of Gaming on BBC Radio 3, a weekly series on video game music.[11][12]
Personal life
Curry and husband Dan Pinchbeck have been together since 2000. They are based in Brighton and have one son.[7]