How Monsters Get Their Voices: Inside the World of Creature VO with Sébastien Croteau
Oct 30, 2025
How Monsters Get Their Voices: Inside the World of Creature VO
Ever wonder how monsters, demons, and zombies get their voices in video games? In this episode of the Everyday VOpreneur Podcast, Marc Scott talks with Sébastien Croteau, founder of The Monster Factory, who’s voiced hundreds of creatures across franchises like Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars, and Genshin Impact.
They dive deep into the art and science of vocal stunt performance — the process of safely performing extreme sounds for video games and animation — and how Sébastien has turned decades of death-metal experience and vocal-anatomy training into a thriving career.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How trained performers create believable creature sounds
- Why understanding vocal anatomy protects your voice
- How the video game industry is evolving for creature VO
- What it takes to build stamina and longevity in extreme performance
- Why human performance still beats AI and sound libraries
CONNECT WITH SÉBASTIEN CROTEAU
🖱️ The Monster Factory Website - https://themonster-factory.com
🖱️ Sébastien Croteau IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1494970
🖱️ Sébastien Croteau on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sebastiencroteau4
🖱️ Monster Factory on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/LaFabriquedeMonstres
🖱️ Marc Scott on YouTube - https://youtube.com/@MarcScottVO
🖱️ VOpreneur® on YouTube - https://youtube.com/@vopreneur
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