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This article is about the American keyboardist and composer. For other people with this name, see David Young.

David Young
GenresEasy listening, Electronic, Classical
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, record producer, educator
Instrument(s)Keyboards
Years active1976–present
LabelsIndependent
Websitehttp://www.daveyoungmusic.com

David Young is an American keyboardist, composer, and recording artist. He is most well known for producing the soundtracks to the Sega CD video games Sonic CD,[1] Ecco: The Tides of Time,[2] and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin.[3]

Career with Sega

In 1993, Young began contributing audio and music to Sega video games.[4][5] He was present for the formation of Sega Music Group and Sega Music Group Studios in San Francisco.[6][7] Young was a frequent collaborator with composer/producer Spencer Nilsen,[8] who was director of Sega Music Group at the time.[9] He was involved in over a dozen different Sega titles from 1993–1996, composing, producing and engineering soundtracks for titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin,[3] Sonic CD,[1] Ecco: The Tides of Time,[2][10] Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj,[11] NBA Live, NHL Live, and Wild Woody,[12] as well as many others.

Works

Title Year System Notes
Sonic CD (US) 1993 Sega CD with Spencer Nilsen and Mark Crew, keyboards and synthesizer programming.
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin 1993 Sega CD with Nilsen.
Ecco: The Tides of Time 1994 Sega CD Engineering, keyboards & programming, additional writing with Nilsen.
Wild Woody 1995 Sega CD Engineering, mixing and mastering, sound/foley effects.
Cyber Speedway 1995 Sega Saturn Recording, engineering & mixing.
Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj 1996 Sega Saturn
Mr. Bones 1996 Sega Saturn Assistant on the set.

References

  1. ^ a b Sonic CD Release Information for Sega CD. GameFAQs (19 November 1993). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b Ecco: The Tides of Time Release Information for Sega CD. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b The Amazing Spider-Man vs. the Kingpin Release Information for Sega CD. GameFAQs (3 November 1993). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  4. ^ The Best Search Links on the Net. vgmrush.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  5. ^ [1] Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Billboard – Google Books. Books.google.com (19 November 1994). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  7. ^ Billboard – Google Books. Books.google.com (18 February 1995). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  8. ^ Sepwich.com – Sepwich and Small Business Development. Blazemp3.sepwich.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  9. ^ snilsen website – premiere. Spencernilsen.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  10. ^ Ecco: The Tides of Time for SEGA CD (1994). MobyGames (26 June 2004). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  11. ^ Congo: The Movie – The Lost City of Zinj: Information from. Answers.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  12. ^ Wild Woody (1995) SEGA CD credits. MobyGames (26 July 2006). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
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