Composer Finds His Niche In Music For Video Games
Filed under: Announcements, Game Audio, Georgia Gaming News
Eight years ago, Chris Rickwood got a chance to put his musical skills and his love of video games together. A software engineer at the time, but also a classically trained composer, the Atlantan was asked to write five tracks for a horror game published by THQ Inc.
Today, Rickwood, 34, is one of the nation’s pre-eminent composers of video game soundtracks. He’s producing all the music and sound effects for the upcoming Sony Xbox game Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom. And he’s working on two major games produced by Atlanta companies The Cartoon Network and High-Rez Studios Inc. Over the past eight years, he’s composed music for 40-plus titles.
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