Timothy P. Riley is an American music executive and formerly video game executive. He has worked on numerous video game titles including ''

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'', '' Guitar Hero'', '' DJ Hero'', '' True Crime'', '' Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions'' and '' Tony Hawk: Shred'' and the film ''

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''. He is formerly the Vice President of Music Affairs at Activision Blizzard.

Early life and education

Riley was born in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...

. Tim holds a BS degree in mass communications from Southeast Missouri State University.

Career

In his position with Activision Blizzard, Riley has worked with artists such as

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, The Rolling Stones,

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, Muse,

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, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, The Sex Pistols,

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...

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to secure licensing rights for Activision Blizzard's video game franchises. On August 14, 2013, he debuted the world premiere of

's hit single " Survival" in the release trailer for '' Call of Duty: Ghosts'' at a live event in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Activision Blizzard in 2003, Tim Riley worked in various positions in A&R with Jive Records-Zomba Publishing, Revolution/

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/ Warner Music Group and Geffen, as well as serving as showcase coordinator for the

CMJ Music Marathon CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events and online media company, originally founded in 1978, which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published two magazines, ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' and ''CMJ New Music Report''. Th ...

. He founded Westies Inc. and GO BIG! Entertainment, two bio-coastal music and entertainment lifestyle companies specializing in music supervision and licensing for films, video games and action sports videos. Tim served as executive producer for Soundgarden's "Black Rain" and

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's "Sudden Death". During a live broadcast of a pitch session for Activision Blizzard, Tim Riley and Brandon Young, Director of Music Affairs, described in detail the process of submitting music for consideration in video games. In a March 2014 interview with Complex Magazine, Tim Riley announced that he will be leaving Activision/Blizzard to form an independent branding and music company.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Timothy P. Activision Blizzard American business executives Businesspeople from St. Louis Living people Year of birth missing (living people)