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Allister Brimble

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Allister Brimble
Born (1970-11-29) 29 November 1970 (age 53)
Westminster, London
OriginExeter, Devon
GenresElectronic, Soundtrack
OccupationComposer
Years active1987–present
Websiteallisterbrimble.com

Allister Mark Brimble (born 1970 in Westminster, London) is a British video game music composer. Brimble began composing music and sound effects for the video game industry in the mid-1980s. He also produced various audio tracks, as "Brimble's Beats", that were distributed on cover disks of magazines including CU Amiga and Amiga Format.

Brimble works as a freelance musician and sound designer for the games and console industry and used to work alongside colleague Anthony Putson at the now defunct Orchestral Media Developments.[1] He wrote the theme tune for an indoor theme park in Abu Dhabi.[2] Allister's extensive experience in alternative formats allowed him to compose for many platforms including the: Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive, Atari Jaguar, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Dreamcast, GameCube, Wii, and many more.

Gameography

Brimble has contributed to a multitude of games spanning over many formats, titles include:

Projects

In 2013, Brimble released a compilation, The Amiga Works (Classic Amiga tunes),[3] along with a remaster of his previous album Sounds Digital[4] and many other including The Spectrum Works,[5] which includes some remasters of tunes from other artists.

References

  1. ^ "Orchestral Media Developments". Orchestralmedia.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  2. ^ "Orchestral Media spends Summer in Abu Dhabi « Orchestral Media". Orchestralmedia.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  3. ^ "Allister Brimble The Amiga Works". Anarchy Productions.
  4. ^ https://allisterbrimble.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-digital-2017-remaster
  5. ^ https://allisterbrimble.bandcamp.com/album/the-spectrum-works

Interviews