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American musician
Alexander Brandon
Birth name Alexander Brandon Also known as Siren, Chromatic Dragon, Sandman Born (1974-09-29 ) September 29, 1974 (age 50) Genres Electronica , synthpop , pop rock Occupation(s) Composer , musician , voice actor, voice director, sound designer , audio director Instrument(s) Keyboards , PC , guitar Years active 1987–present Labels Materia Collective, Funky Rustic Records
Musical artist
Alexander Brandon (also known as Siren in the demoscene and tracker community) is an American musician , former member of Straylight Productions , who composed music mostly for games produced by Epic Games , or games based on Epic technology, including Unreal Unreal Tournament Deus Ex Tyrian Jazz Jackrabbit 2 ,Jazz Jackrabbit 3D [ 1] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Game Studios .
Brandon started composing music at the age of 14 when he got an Ad Lib music synthesizer card for Christmas.[ 2] MOD music groups over his composing years in the late 1990s, including the Kosmic Free Music Foundation. During that time, he also composed for several musicdisks such as Return to Stage 9 .
Brandon has built several audio departments, starting with Ion Storm Austin in mid-2000. This was followed with an audio director position at Midway Home Entertainment in San Diego until 2007 when he started the audio department at Obsidian Entertainment .[ 1] Heatwave Interactive , also providing business development and overall media management. In April 2010, Alex launched Funky Rustic, an independent audio production studio, working out of Georgetown, Texas.
Past nicknames
During his tracker career, Alex has used several nicknames:[ 3]
1995: first tracks released under the name "Chromatic Dragon"
end of 1995: name changed to "Siren"
middle of 1996, during KFMF membership: name temporarily changed to "Sandman"
end of 1996: name changed back to "Siren" Note that there were several (two or three) tracker musicians around the world, who have used the nickname "Sandman" independently of Alex.
Influences
Alexander Brandon's influences include Peter Gabriel , Dream Theater , Frost* , Andrew Sega , Steve Vai , and Ozric Tentacles , among others.[ 4]
Personal life
Brandon lives in Georgetown, Texas with his family.[ 5]
Works
Video games
Year
Title
Role(s)
Notes
1995
Tyrian Composer, level designer, writing, story, dialogue
With Andres Molnar
Extreme Pinball Sound effects
1998
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Composer
With Sean Hiller and Bryan Rudge
Unreal With Michiel van den Bos , Dan Gardopée and Andrew Sega
1999
Unreal Tournament
Tyrian 2000 Project leader, writing, dialogue, story, composer
Dark Vengeance Composer
With Andrew Schlesinger, Mark Styles
Vigilante 8 Nintendo 64 version, with Dan Gardopée
2000
Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense
Deus Ex With Michiel van den Bos and Dan Gardopée
2003
Unreal II: The Awakening With Jack Wall , Clint Bajakian , Jeremy Soule and Crispin Hands[ 6]
Battlestar Galactica
Deus Ex: Invisible War Audio Director, sound effects, music
Activision Anthology Composer
2004
Thief: Deadly Shadows Cinematic post sound effects, special thanks
2005
NARC Audio manager
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows Audio Director, music, sound effects
With Inon Zur , Rednote Audio and Alistair Cooper
2006
Rampage: Total Destruction Audio engineer
MLB Slugfest 2006 Dialogue recording
Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run Audio director
Happy Feet
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
The Ant Bully
2007
TouchMaster
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Zombie Ninja Pro-Am Special thanks
2008
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Audio director
2010
Bejeweled 3 Composer
With Peter Hajba and Allister Brimble
Alpha Protocol Additional Sound Effects & Foley
2011
Bejeweled: Classic Audio
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Composer
With Michael McCann and Yohann Boudreault
2012
Dust: An Elysian Tail With HyperDuck SoundWorks
2013
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sound effects
Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded
Aliens: Colonial Marines Additional sound design
2014
Wasteland 2 Sound design
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Contract audio
2016
Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives Audio
2017
Torment: Tides of Numenera Audio director, sound design and implementation
Aven Colony Composer
2018
Cloney: A Tapped Out Adventure
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep Sound Design/Audio Consultant
2020
Wasteland 3
Audio Director, voice acting, additional music
Unreleased
Dead Matter
Cancelled
Jazz Jackrabbit 3 Composer
Other work
Year
Title
Notes
1999
AtmosphereS: Cultures With Dan Gardopée
AtmosphereS: Moods
AtmosphereS: Pulses
audiophonik - music for the scene generation With various others
2000
AtmosphereS: Dreams With George "The Fat Man" Sanger
AtmosphereS: Rhythms
2008
Era's End With Bryan Rudge
2010
Earthscape
2011
Violet Eclectic
Songs for the Cure '11: Esuna With various others
Impostor Nostalgia
2013
Nukem: Duke 3D Remixes
Deus Ex: Sonic Augmentation
Spectrum of Mana
2014
The Glory Days Remixed
Just Fun
Just Fun Miami
The Ad Lib Collection
2016
Sound Waves: A Tribute to Ecco the Dolphin With various others.
Chronicles of Time: A Chrono Trigger Arrangement Project
2018
Just Fun Custom
2019
The Belmont Adventure With various others
2020
Conspiravision: Deus Ex Remixed With Michiel van den Bos
Voice acting
Books
Brandon, Alexander (2004). Audio for Games: Planning, Process, and Production . New Riders. ISBN 978-0-7357-1413-7
References
^ a b Bezeau, François (November 1, 2007). "Alexander Brandon Interview: Going Solo" . Game Music Online. Retrieved October 9, 2014 . ^ PixelK1tty (May 16, 2012). "Epic Composer Interview: Alexander Brandon" . Epic Games Community . Epic Games . Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )^ "Interview with Alex Brandon" . Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2009 . My nickname was actually first Chromatic Dragon.. then Siren, then Sandman, then back to Siren. ^ Alexander Brandon at Fandalism^ MAGFest - Alexander Brandon Archived April 20, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2018-04-19.^ "VGM Rush – Unreal II" . Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2009 .
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