David Young is an American keyboardist, composer, and recording artist. He is most well known for producing the soundtracks to the

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Career with Sega

In 1993, Young began contributing audio and music to

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video games. He was present for the formation of Sega Music Group and Sega Music Group Studios in

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. Young was a frequent collaborator with composer/producer

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, who was director of Sega Music Group at the time. He was involved in over a dozen different Sega titles from 1993–1996, composing, producing and engineering soundtracks for titles such as ''

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'', as well as many others.

Works

References

External links

Official website
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