Allister Brimble
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Allister Mark Brimble (born 1970 in Westminster, London) is a video game music composer. Allister has written music and sound effects for the videogame industry since the mid 1980s for a vast array of games, such as Driver, Project-X, Superfrog, Alien Breed, Assassin, Colonization, Descent II, Dizzy series (except the first game, Dizzy),Slightly Magic on the ZX Spectrum and the Amiga. On the Amiga alone, he is credited for over 100 games, of variant styles, who comes up to show the versatility as a composer. More recently, he has composed music for the games RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 & 2.[1] and Glover. For Chris Sawyer's Locomotion, he created a couple of songs out of different eras, from 1900 to present day. He also produced various audio tracks, as "Brimble's Beats", that were distributed on coverdisks of magazines including CU Amiga and Amiga Format.
Allister currently works as a freelance musician and sound designer for the games and console industry alongside colleague Anthony Putson at "Orchestral Media Developments".
Recent works of interest include:
- An updated version of the Alienbreed Title theme for the Xbox 360 game Alien breed Evolution. This track is heard during the credits.[2]
- The theme tune for an indoor theme park in Abu Dhabi[3] and MIDI/XM remixes of classic Sega tunes for the DS version of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.[4]
- Hydroventure/Fluidity for the Nintendo Wii[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Orchestral Media Portfolio". http://www.orchestralmedia.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/orchestralmediaportfolio.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ^ http://www.orchestralmedia.co.uk/alien-breed-evolution/
- ^ http://www.orchestralmedia.co.uk/orchestral-media-spends-summer-in-abu-dhabi/
- ^ http://www.originalsoundversion.com/?p=5693
- ^ http://www.orchestralmedia.co.uk/fluidityhydroventure/
[edit] External links
- Orchestral Media Developments
- Allister Brimble's page at ExoticA with downloads for his Amiga Music and CD albums.
- Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
- Allister Brimble discography at MusicBrainz
[edit] Interviews
- "An Interview with Allister Brimble" Remix64: Carr, Neil (Jun. 13, 2001)
- "Interview with Allister Brimble" Baker, Ben
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