David Young (composer)
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]
David Young | |
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Genres | Easy listening, Electronic, Classical |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, record producer, educator |
Instruments | Keyboards |
Years active | 1976–present |
Labels | Independent |
Website | http://www.daveyoungmusic.com |
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 |
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Sonic CD (US) | 1993 | Sega CD | with Spencer Nilsen and Mark Crew, keyboards and synthesizer programming. |
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin | with Nilsen. | ||
Ecco: The Tides of Time | 1994 | Engineering, keyboards & programming, additional writing with Nilsen. | |
Wild Woody | 1995 | Engineering, mixing and mastering, sound/foley effects. | |
Cyber Speedway | Sega Saturn | Recording, engineering & mixing. | |
Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj | 1996 | with Brad Kaiser. | |
Mr. Bones | Assistant on the set. |
References
- Sonic CD Release Information for Sega CD. GameFAQs (19 November 1993). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- Ecco: The Tides of Time Release Information for Sega CD. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- The Amazing Spider-Man vs. the Kingpin Release Information for Sega CD. GameFAQs (3 November 1993). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- The Best Search Links on the Net. vgmrush.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Zenon Schoepe (19 November 1994). "High-End Production Enters New Age". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 70.
- Brett Atwood (18 February 1995). "Scoring The Games". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 70.
- Sepwich.com – Sepwich and Small Business Development. Blazemp3.sepwich.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- snilsen website – premiere. Spencernilsen.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- Ecco: The Tides of Time for SEGA CD (1994). MobyGames (26 June 2004). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- Congo: The Movie – The Lost City of Zinj: Information from. Answers.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- Wild Woody (1995) SEGA CD credits. MobyGames (26 July 2006). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.