Mick Gordon (composer)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael John Gordon |
| Born | 9 July 1985 Mackay, Queensland Australia |
| Genres | Film score, video game score, djent, classical, rock, jazz, metal, industrial |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, sound designer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | mick-gordon.com |
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Michael John "Mick" Gordon (born 9 July 1985) is an Australian composer and sound designer, composing music primarily for video games.
Video games Gordon has composed for several first-person shooters, including Lawbreakers, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, Prey, the 2016 reboot of Doom, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and Seasons 1 & 2 of the 2013 fighting game Killer Instinct.
Career
Gordon first began work as a sound designer with Pandemic Studios, where he contributed additional sound design for Destroy All Humans! 2. In 2013, he scored the first season of the fighting video game, Killer Instinct, a reboot of the original 1994 title. The following year, Gordon scored the second season of Killer Instinct and the action-adventure first-person shooter Wolfenstein: The New Order (developed by MachineGames). He returned to the Wolfenstein series in 2015 to compose the score for Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, a prequel to Wolfenstein: The New Order.
In 2016, Gordon scored the science fiction first-person shooter, Doom, a reboot of the 1993 game, developed by id Software. His score for Doom won a number of awards including a DICE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition, SXSW Gaming Award for Excellence in Musical Score, The Game Awards Best Music/Sound Design and was nominated for a BAFTA Games Award for Best Music.[1]
In 2017, Gordon composed the score for the horror first-person shooter, Prey, developed by Arkane Studios. He also worked alongside Martin Stig Andersen to again return to the Wolfenstein series, scoring Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, developed by MachineGames.
Musical style and inspiration
According to Mick Gordon's official website, Gordon "utilises a broad range of modern musical sound design and traditional composition techniques in order to be unconstrained by any singular genre," and that it is "inspired by the connection between the audience and the experience."[2]
Gordon's work "considers the role of music as a translation of the world in which it exists rather than a simple accompaniment."[2]
Discography
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2006 | Hot Dog King | — | — |
| 2007 | Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots | — | [3] |
| 2008 | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | — | [3] |
| 2009 | Need for Speed: Shift | Co-composed with Mark Morgan | [3] |
| 2009 | Marvel Super Hero Squad | — | [3] |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | — | [3] |
| 2010 | Need for Speed: World | — | [3] |
| 2010 | Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet | — | [3] |
| 2011 | Shift 2: Unleashed | Composed with:
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| 2011 | Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat | — | [3] |
| 2011 | Need for Speed: The Run | Additional music | [4] |
| 2012 | A Day in Pompeii | Audio Director; Museums Victoria exhibit | [3][5] |
| 2013 | ShootMania Storm | — | [3] |
| 2013–2014 | Killer Instinct | Season One (2013) and Season Two (2014) | [4] |
| 2014 | Wolfenstein: The New Order | Special musical contributions by Frederik Thordendal | [4] |
| 2015 | Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | Additional music by Michael Tornabene and Casey Edwards | [6] |
| 2016 | Doom | Won award for "Best Music/Sound Design" at The Game Awards 2016. | [7] |
| 2017 | Prey | Additional music composed by Ben Crossbones, Matt Piersall, and Raphaël Colantonio | [8] |
| 2017 | LawBreakers | Composed with Jaroslav Beck, Dieselboy, Mark The Beast, Malcolm Kirby Jr. "Faust" track in the official album |
[9] |
| 2017 | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | Co-composed with Martin Stig Andersen | [10] |
| TBA | Routine | Audio Director | [3] |
References
- ^ "About". MICK GORDON. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ a b "About – Mick Gordon". MICK GORDON. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Mick Gordon: Credits". mick-gordon.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Makuch, Eddie (12 May 2014). "Guitarist from Swedish metal band Meshuggah working on Wolfenstein: The New Order". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Mick Gordon: A Day in Pompeii". mick-gordon.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "What's New in Wolfenstein: The Old Blood". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Mick Gordon working on soundtrack for new DOOM". VGM Online. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Prey - Mick Gordon". Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Various Artists: LawBreakers (Original Game Soundtrack)". Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus". Mick Gordon. Retrieved 21 June 2017.