Matthew Simmonds, also known as 4mat or 4-Mat, is a British electronic musician, sound designer, and video game composer best known for his

chiptunes Chiptune, also known as chip music or 8-bit music, is a style of synthesized electronic music made using the programmable sound generator (PSG) sound chips or synthesizers in vintage arcade machines, computers and video game consoles. The t ...

written in tracker software. He began his career in the

demoscene The demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off programming, visual ...

of the early 1990s composing on the Amiga.

Discography

Demo scene

* ''L.F.F.'', as the theme music on

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's cracktro for

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(1991)

Albums

* ''Decades'' (2010) * ''Surrender'' (2011) * ''Legacy Trails'' (2011) * ''Extras'' (2011) * ''Origins'' (2012) * ''Rips'' (2012) * ''Guru'' (2012) * ''Sans Titre'' (2012) * ''Closure'' (2012) * ''Nadir'' (2014) * ''Modern Closure'' (2019)

EPs

* ''Starfields'' (2010)

Video game credits

4mat has been credited on the following games: * ''

CarVup ''CarVup'' is a platform game published by Core Design in 1990. The game, which is based on ''City Connection'', was available for the Amiga and Atari ST. Gameplay The gameplay involves controlling a cartoon-like car called Arnie, jumping from p ...

'' (1990) * ''Violator'' (1991) * ''

Chuck Rock ''Chuck Rock'' is a 1991 slapstick side-scrolling platform video game developed and published by Core Design for the Atari ST and Amiga computers. A Commodore 64 port followed in 1992 and an Amiga CD32 version in 1994. The game was subsequentl ...

'' (1991) * ''

Micro Machines Micro Machines are a line of toys originally made by Galoob (now part of Hasbro) in the mid-1980s and throughout the 1990s. Micro Machines are tiny scale component style "playsets" and vehicles that are slightly larger than N scale. The toys ...

'' (1991) * '' Leander'' (1991) * '' The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy'' (1991) * '' Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk'' (1991) * ''

Cardiaxx ''Cardiaxx'' is a science-fiction scrolling shooter video game for the Amiga. It was developed by Eclipse Design and published by Electronic Zoo in 1991, although it was originally published by Electronic Zoo. The game features a spaceship ...

'' (1991) * '' Bubble Dizzy'' (1991) * ''Dojo Dan'' (1992) * '' Cosmic Spacehead'' (1992) * '' Arcade Smash Hits'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1992) * ''Llamazap'' (1993) * '' X-COM: UFO Defense'' (1994) * '' Pinball Dreams II'' (1994) * ''Perfect Pinball'' (1995) * '' Chicago Syndicate'' (1995) * '' Diablo'' (1996) * ''

Manic Miner ''Manic Miner'' is a platform video game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 (later re-released by Software Projects). It is the first game in the Miner Willy series and among the early titl ...

'' (1997 remake) * '' Warcraft II: The Dark Saga'' (1997) * '' San Francisco Rush'' (PlayStation) (1998) * ''

Splat! SPLAT! (short for an RF Signal Propagation, Loss, And Terrain analysis tool) is a GNU GPL-licensed terrestrial radio propagation model application initially written for Linux but has since been ported for Windows and OS X. SPLAT! can use the Lon ...

'' (1998) * '' Sim Theme Park'' (1999) * ''Klass of 1999'' (1999) * ''

Jet Set Willy ''Jet Set Willy'' is a platform video game originally written by Matthew Smith for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported to most home computers of the time. The game is a sequel to '' Man ...

'' (1999) * ''

Warriors of Might and Magic ''Warriors of Might and Magic'' is an action role-playing game developed and released by The 3DO Company for the PlayStation and Game Boy Color in 2000, and for PlayStation 2 in 2001. The three versions, although they all follow a similar storyli ...

'' (2000) * ''LEGO Racers'' (2000) * ''LEGO Alpha Team'' (2000) * '' Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs'' (2000) * '' Airforce Delta'' (2000) * '' SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge'' (2001) * '' Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction'' (2001) * '' Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction'' (2002) * '' SX Superstar'' (2003) * ''

Lunar Jetman ''Lunar Jetman'' is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game. It was released for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 and later on the BBC Micro. In this sequel to '' Jetpac'', the second installment of the ''Jetman ...

'' (2003) * '' Serious Sam: Next Encounter'' (2004) * '' Serious Sam Advance'' (2004) * '' Sudeki'' (2004) * ''Jetpak: Solar Crisis'' (2004) * '' Nicktoons Unite!'' (GBA and DS versions) (2005) * ''ViColumn'' (2005) * ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Party Edition'' (2006) * ''Retro 2'' (2006) * ''Fuck Space!'' (2006) * ''Deflektor X4'' (2006) * ''Crusty Demons'' (2006) * ''The Birthday'' (2006) * ''

Atic Atac ''Atic Atac'' is an arcade-adventure video game developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game, released for the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro in 1983. The game takes place within a castle in which the player must seek out the "Golden Key of ...

'' (2006 remake) * '' Silent Hill: Origins'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' Silent Hill: Shattered Memories'' (2009) * '' Overlord: Minions'' (2009) * '' Overlord: Dark Legend'' (2009) * '' Rocket Knight'' (2010) * '' Digital: A Love Story'' (2010) * ''Terminal Love'' (2012) * ''Prompt'' (2014) * ''The Assembly'' (2016)

References

External links

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4mat
at The Mod Archive 1974 births British electronic musicians Chiptune musicians Commodore 64 music Demosceners Living people British sound designers Tracker musicians Video game composers {{UK-composer-stub