Brad Allen Fuller (November 5, 1953 – January 2, 2016) was an American video game composer known for his work for Atari, Inc. and Atari Games.
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| Born | November 5, 1953 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, 2016 (aged 62) San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | video game composer |
Fuller composed the soundtracks for Marble Madness, released by Atari Games in 1984, Blasteroids, released in 1987, and Tengen Tetris, which was originally released in 1988.[1] He also served as the Director of Audio of Atari, in which he oversaw all of the company's soundtracks and music for its video games.[1] Fuller was promoted to Director of Engineering in 1993.[2] He remained at Atari until his departure in 1996.[1]
Fuller was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 5, 1953.[3] He studied jazz at both the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts and Indiana University Bloomington.[3]
Fuller had originally began his career at Atari as an audio engineer in 1982.[1][3] He engineered the audio for a number of Atari, Inc.'s titles, including the Atari 8-bit computer ports of Donkey Kong and Robotron: 2084.[1]
In 1996, Fuller left Atari to become to join Matter to Magic Studios as a partner.[2] He then worked at OpenTV, a software technology company focusing on digital television, for three years.[2] Fuller departed OpenTV to establish Sonaural Audio Studios, a video game audio development firm.[2]
In 2002, Fuller received a Master of Science in technology management from Pepperdine University.[3] In later life, he worked to advance 3D capture. He also taught at Cogswell Polytechnical College in Sunnyvale, California.[1]
Death
editFuller, a resident of San Jose, California, died from pancreatic cancer on January 2, 2016.[1][3] He was survived by his wife, Rebecca, and two sons, Jeff and Kevin.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Croft, Lucas (2016-01-03). "Atari Composer, Brad Fuller, Passes Away". Twinfinite.net. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ^ a b c d Jarvis, Matthew (2016-01-05). "Tetris and Donkey Kong composer Brad Fuller passes away". develop-online.net. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ^ a b c d e f "Brad Fuller obituary". San Jose Mercury News. 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2016-01-12.