Spencer Nilsen

Spencer Nilsen (born April 9, 1961)^[1] is an American video game music composer. He is best known for his soundtracks to the Sega Mega-CD versions of Batman Returns, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Jurassic Park, The Adventures of Batman and Robin and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin as well as the North American version of Sonic CD.

He has also worked on a number of film and television scores and released a new-age album titled Architects of Change in 1989.

He is the former president of Ex'pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, California,^[2] and co-chairman of the board of Music in Schools Today. He is also the owner and co-founder of Illumina Studios,^[3] a full-service media design and production company.

Works

Title	Year	System	Notes
Ecco the Dolphin	1992, 1993	Sega Genesis, Sega CD	with Brian Coburn and András Magyari
Greatest Heavyweights	1993	Sega Genesis	Special thanks
Batman Returns	1993	Sega CD
Sonic CD (US version)	1993	Sega CD	with David Young and Mark Crew, wrote lyrics for "Sonic Boom".
Jurassic Park	1993	Sega CD	with Barry Blum, Coburn and Tom Miley
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin	1993	Sega CD	with Young, co-wrote lyrics for "Swingtime" with Eric Martin
Joe Montana's NFL Football	1993	Sega CD	with Coburn
Ecco: The Tides of Time	1994	Sega CD
The Adventures of Batman & Robin	1995	Sega CD	Animation score, in-game music by Burke Trieschmann.
Wild Woody	1995	Sega CD	Executive music producer
Cyber Speedway	1995	Sega Saturn	Producer; special thanks
World Series Baseball	1995	Sega Saturn	Special thanks
Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj	1996	Sega Saturn	Executive music producer