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
GenresEasy listening, electronic, classical, synthpop
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, record producer, educator
Instrument(s)Keyboards, synthesizers
Years active1976–present
LabelsIndependent
Websitehttp://www.daveyoungmusic.com

Career with Sega

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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

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Title Year System Notes
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

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  1. ^ a b Sonic CD Release Information for Sega CD. GameFAQs (19 November 1993). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b Ecco: The Tides of Time Release Information for Sega CD. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b The Amazing Spider-Man vs. the Kingpin Release Information for Sega CD. GameFAQs (3 November 1993). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  4. ^ The Best Search Links on the Net. vgmrush.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  5. ^ [1] Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Zenon Schoepe (19 November 1994). "High-End Production Enters New Age". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 70.
  7. ^ Brett Atwood (18 February 1995). "Scoring The Games". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 70.
  8. ^ Sepwich.com – Sepwich and Small Business Development. Blazemp3.sepwich.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  9. ^ snilsen website – premiere. Spencernilsen.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  10. ^ Ecco: The Tides of Time for SEGA CD (1994). MobyGames (26 June 2004). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  11. ^ Congo: The Movie – The Lost City of Zinj: Information from. Answers.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  12. ^ Wild Woody (1995) SEGA CD credits. MobyGames (26 July 2006). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
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