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Sonic Mayhem
Sascha Dikiciyan, known professionally as Sonic Mayhem, is a German game musician, producer and professional sound designer of Armenian origin, who has produced the soundtrack for ''Quake II'', ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' and '' Hellgate: London'', as well as approximately half of the soundtrack for ''Quake III Arena'' and all the weapon sound effects for ''Unreal Tournament'' and, since the build 222 patch, also its predecessor, Unreal. Dikiciyan has also produced independent music albums. Dikiciyan's style is primarily a very driving and forceful form of aggro-industrial, with an emphasis on repeated musical phrases (though this is less pronounced in his non-soundtrack work). Currently Sascha collaborates with Cris Velasco who is responsible for orchestral moods in their music. Dikiciyan is also known under the name Toksin, producing dance remixes for the likes of BT and Celldweller and many others. Dikiciyan's work came to prominence when he sent a copy of his first CD ''Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgart (; Swabian German, Swabian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Stuttgart has a population of 635,911, making it the list of cities in Germany by population, sixth largest city in Germany. 2.8 million people live in the city's administrative region and 5.3 million people in Stuttgart Metropolitan Region, its metropolitan area, making it the metropolitan regions in Germany, fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the list of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP, top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer (consulting firm), Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quake (video Game)
''Quake'' is a first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive. The first game in the ''Quake'' series, it was originally released for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Linux in 1996, followed by Mac OS and Sega Saturn in 1997 and Nintendo 64 in 1998. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling monsters using an array of weaponry. The overall atmosphere is dark and gritty, with many stone textures and a rusty, capitalized font. ''Quake'' takes inspiration from gothic fiction and the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The successor to id Software's ''Doom'' series, ''Quake'' built upon the technology and gameplay of its predecessor. Unlike the ''Doom'' engine before it, the ''Quake'' engine offered full real-time 3D rendering and had early support for 3D acceleration through OpenGL. After ''Doom'' helped popularize multiplayer deathmatches, ''Quake'' added various multiplayer options. Onli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GameCube
The is a home video game console developed and released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in PAL territories in 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (1996), and predecessor of the Wii (2006). In the sixth generation of video game consoles, the GameCube competed with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox. Flagship games include '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'', ''Luigi's Mansion'', ''Super Mario Sunshine'', ''Metroid Prime'', '' Mario Kart: Double Dash'', ''Pikmin'', ''Pikmin 2'', '' The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker'', ''Chibi-Robo!'', and ''Animal Crossing''. Development was enabled by the 1997 formation of computer graphics company ArtX, of former SGI employees who had created the Nintendo 64, and which was later acquired by ATI to produce the GameCube's GPU. In May 1999, Nintendo announced codename Dolphin, released in 2001 as the GameCube. It is Nintendo's first console to use optical discs instead of ROM cartrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Agent
A double agent is a spy for one party who poses as a spy for the other. Double agent may also refer to: * "Double Agent" (''Joe 90'') * '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent'', a 2006 video game * ''Double Agent'', a novel by Gene Stackleborg, basis of movie ''The Man Outside (1967 film) ''The Man Outside'' is a 1967 British spy thriller film directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Van Heflin, Heidelinde Weis and Pinkas Braun. It was first exhibited in Austria and West Germany in 1967, and then in Britain the following year. The s ...'' * ''Double Agent'' (1987 film), a television film * ''Double Agent'' (2003 film), a South Korean film * '' Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent'', a 1986 TV movie about Yuri Nosenko * '' The Challenge: Double Agents'', season 36 of the MTV reality competition show {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xbox
Xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. The brand consists of five video game consoles, as well as applications (games), streaming services, an online service by the name of Xbox network, and the development arm by the name of Xbox Game Studios. The brand was first introduced in the United States in November 2001, with the launch of the original Xbox console. The original device was the first video game console offered by an American company after the Atari Jaguar stopped sales in 1996. It reached over 24 million units sold by May 2006. Microsoft's second console, the Xbox 360, was released in 2005 and has sold 86 million units as of October 2021. The third console, the Xbox One, was released in November 2013 and has sold 51 million units. The fourth line of Xbox consoles, the Xbox Series X and Series S, were released in November 2020. The head of Xbox is Phil Spencer, who succeeded former head Marc Whitten in late March 2014. History When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise Of The Machines (video Game)
''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' is a 2003 science fiction action film directed by Jonathan Mostow. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, and Kristanna Loken, it is the third installment in the ''Terminator'' franchise and a sequel to '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991). In its plot, the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet sends a T-X (Loken)—a highly advanced Terminator—back in time to ensure the rise of machines by killing top members of the future human resistance as John Connor's (Stahl) location is unknown. The resistance sends back a reprogrammed T-101 (Schwarzenegger) to protect John and Kate. While ''Terminator'' creator James Cameron was interested in directing the third film, he ultimately had no involvement with ''Terminator 3''. Andrew G. Vajna and Mario Kassar, who had produced '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' through their company Carolco Pictures, obtained the rights for the franchise through both Carolco's liquidation au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Leeb
Wilhelm Anton "Bill" Leeb (born 21 September 1966, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-Canadian electronic musician and record producer. He is best known for being a founding member of the industrial music group Front Line Assembly. Additionally, Leeb is known for his work with groups such as Noise Unit, Delerium, Intermix, and Skinny Puppy, among others. Career Leeb began his musical career with industrial band Skinny Puppy in 1985 under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder, contributing bass synth and occasional backing vocals to a few of their recordings and concerts. He left in 1986 and formed his own industrial project Front Line Assembly with Michael Balch, and later Rhys Fulber and Chris Peterson. Though Front Line Assembly has had consistent underground success, Leeb's most widely known efforts are through his side project Delerium, which had a major hit in the late 1990s with "Silence". Leeb composed the soundtrack to the 1999 video game, ''Quake III Arena'', of which the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Tallarico
Tommy Tallarico (born Thomas Andrew Tallarico; February 18, 1968) is an American video game music composer, musician, sound designer, television personality, live show creative director and producer. He and his company, Tommy Tallarico Studios, worked on several video games since the 1990s. He co-hosted the television shows ''Electric Playground'' and ''Reviews on the Run'' from 1997 until 2006. In 2002, he created Video Games Live (VGL), a global video game music orchestra. In 2018, after becoming the president of Intellivision Entertainment, the company began work on and sought investors for an original video game console named the Intellivision Amico, for which Tallarico was frequently present in pitch videos. He has since stepped down from his position as CEO, but remains on the company's board as president. In 2020, it came to Tallarico's attention that a sound effect he owned from a game Tommy Tallarico Studios worked on, ''Messiah'', was used without permission in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation
is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a division of Sony; the first PlayStation console was released in Japan in December 1994, and worldwide the following year. The original console in the series was the first console of any type to ship over 100 million units, doing so in under a decade. Its successor, the PlayStation 2, was released in 2000. The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling home console to date, having reached over 155 million units sold by the end of 2012. Sony's next console, the PlayStation 3, was released in 2006, selling over 87.4 million units by March 2017. Sony's next console, the PlayStation 4, was released in 2013, selling a million units within a day, becoming the fastest selling console in history. The latest console in the series, the PlayStation 5, was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Brown (composer)
Bill Brown IV (born 1969) is an American composer known for creating music for several video games and films. He is best known for his work on Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, composing the system sounds as well as music for the tour software. His father was renowned New York City radio disc jockey, Bill Brown (III) (d. 2011). Awards *BMI 2005 TV Music Award for "CSI: NY" Season 1 *ITVA Golden Reel GOLD Award for Kennedy Space Center "Gateway to the Universe" soundtrack *Music4Games – M4G Editor's Choice Award for "The Sum of All Fears" (PC) *Best Music Award – PCXL Magazine's 1998 All-Star Awards for "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six" Nominations *Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) 2003 Awards Nominee for ''Lineage II: the Chaotic Chronicle'' (NCSoft), in the following categories: Best Live Performance Recording, Best Cinematic / Cut-Scene Audio, Best Original Vocal Song – Choral *British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2003 Games Awards Nominee in the Music cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animoog
Animoog is a music synth mobile app designed for iPad, iPhone and BlackBerry Z10. Animoog is powered by Moog Music's Anisotropic Synthesis Engine. Description There are three versions of Animoog. Animoog for the iPad is simply named 'Animoog'. 'Animoog for iPhone', which offers different features and layout, works on iPhones and the iPod Touch. There also is a third version named 'Animoog for Blackberry', built for the BlackBerry Z10. Animoog comes with tens of varied sound presets. Over 3,100 Animoog presets and 5,100 timbres are also available througofficial and user-provided expansion packs Expansion packs include work from acclaimed sound designers, such as Richard Devine, Drew Neumann, Sascha Dikiciyan and Adam Holzman. A set of 82 official presets, available as in-app purchase, are derived from a 1968 live recording of the Grateful Dead's ''Anthem of the Sun'' album. Animoog won a TEC award in early 2013 with the mention of being "Expressive, Captivating and Sonicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moog Music
Moog Music Inc. () is an American synthesizer company based in Asheville, North Carolina. It was founded in 1953 as R. A. Moog Co. by Robert Moog and his father and was renamed Moog Music in 1972. Its early instruments included the Moog synthesizer (the first commercial synthesizer), followed by the Minimoog in 1970, two of the most influential electronic instruments of all time. In 1971, following a Recession of 1969–70, recession, Robert Moog sold Moog Music to Norlin Musical Instruments, where he remained employed as a designer until 1977. In 1978, he founded a new company, Big Briar. Moog Music filed for bankruptcy in 1987 and the Moog Music trademark was returned to Robert Moog in 2002, when Big Briar resumed operations under the name Moog Music. Moog Music also manages Moogfest, a pioneering electronic music and music technology festival in Durham, NC. History 1953–1967: R. A. Moog Co. Robert Moog founded R. A. Moog Co. with his father in 1953 at the age of 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
