Graeme Norgateis a Britishvideo game musiccomposer who has composed music for a variety of video games developed byRare.His first project at Rare was writing music for theGame Boygame,Donkey Kong Land.He also contributed to the soundtracks ofBlast Corps[1]andGoldenEye 007.[2]Norgate was later an employee ofFree Radical Design,[2]the company was eventually bought out byCrytekand renamed to Crytek UK; Norgate retained the position of audio director after the company's buyout. Norgate later moved toDambuster Studiosafter Crytek closed down Crytek UK.[3]
Graeme Norgate | |
|---|---|
 Norgate developing music atFree Radical Designin 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Electronica,Techno,Space music,Chill-out,Liquid funk,Acid jazz,Progressive,Ambient,Deep house,Trip hop,New age,Dance-punk,Drum and bass |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Website | graemenorgate |
Originally working at a bank before joining Rare in 1994, Norgate worked on the music of such games asGoldenEye 007andBlast Corps.A friend of fellow Rare composerRobin Beanland,the two worked on the original soundtrack toKiller Instinct[4]in the 1990s. He also composed music (but was not fully credited)[citation needed]for other Rareware games such asDiddy Kong Racing,Jet Force Gemini,[5]andPerfect Dark.[4]
Norgate played synthesizer andprogrammeddrumsfor the bands 'FWNT' and 'The Catch' between 1991 and 1992. He also works under the alias of Virez when remixing, he has remixed several songs for bands such asSigue Sigue Sputnik,Goteki,Code 64,Seizeand Illumina.
Video game soundtracks
edit| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Killer Instinct | 1994 | WithRobin Beanland,[6]also converted music for the SNES and Game Boy versions. |
| Donkey Kong Land | 1995 | WithDavid Wise[7] |
| Blast Corps | 1997 | |
| GoldenEye 007 | WithGrant Kirkhopeand Beanland | |
| Diddy Kong Racing | Sound effects | |
| Jet Force Gemini | 1999 | With Beanland and Alistair Lindsay |
| Perfect Dark | 2000 | With Kirkhope and David Clynick |
| TimeSplitters | ||
| TimeSplitters 2[6] | 2002 | |
| Second Sight | 2004 | With Christian Marcussen |
| TimeSplitters: Future Perfect | 2005 | |
| Crysis | 2007 | Audio director |
| Haze | 2008 | With Christian Marcussen andCris Velasco |
| Gangsta' Zombies | 2010 | |
| I Wanna Be the Boshy | Uses music fromKiller Instinct | |
| Crysis 2 | 2011 | Audio director |
| Twist Pilot | 2012 | |
| The Snowman and the Snowdog | ||
| Gangsta' Pets | ||
| AXRIA Retro World | ||
| Crysis 3 | 2013 | Audio director |
| Ryse: Son of Rome | Crytek Nottingham Developers | |
| Killer Instinct | Special thanks | |
| Q.U.B.E.: Director's Cut | 2014 | |
| Rare Replay | 2015 | |
| Crack Attack | ||
| Polygoly | ||
| Homefront: The Revolution | 2016 | Audio director |
| Carnival Blast | 2019 | |
| Tamarin | 2020 | Ambient tracks and sound design. |
References
edit- ^"Listen to N64 GoldenEye's soundtrack in beautiful, uncompressed form | Polygon".Polygon.com.10 July 2015.Retrieved24 July2016.
- ^ab"From N64 to Wii, Re-imagining" GoldenEye 007 "– Exclusive Interview with Graeme Norgate and Steve Duckworth".Designingsound.org.Retrieved24 July2016.
- ^Futter, Mike (30 July 2014)."[Update] Deep Silver Buys Homefront, UK Staff To Transfer To New Dambuster Studio, Crytek USA Scaled Back".Game Informer.Archived fromthe originalon 6 August 2014.Retrieved31 October2015.
- ^ab"VGMO -Video Game Music Online- » Graeme Norgate Interview: Composer of Goldeneye and TimeSplitters".Vgmonline.net.15 July 2011.Retrieved24 July2016.
- ^[1][permanent dead link]
- ^abGraeme Norgate."Graeme Norgate Official webspace music from Timesplitters, Goldeneye, Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Crysis, Second Sight Killer Instinct Donkey Kong games".Graemenorgate.com.Retrieved24 July2016.
- ^"Donkey Kong Land (1995) Game Boy credits".Mobygames.com.Retrieved27 July2020.