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ALLISTER BRIMBLE - COMPUTER GAME MUSICIAN
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In case you don`t know me already, I am Allister Brimble, Freelance
computer game music composer and sound effects engineer. I receive many
letters from people all round the world asking about the latest games i
have worked on, technical queries or asking for copies of old Amiga
tunes. Well this page has been set up for you. All games i have worked
on are listed here, you can ask me questions via email, order my CD
"Sounds Digital", or enter links to FTP sites containing many of my music
files. Have fun !
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MY STORY
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The most common question I get asked is "how did you get into writing
computer game music ?" Well it had a lot to do with being in the right
place at the right time !
I come from a musical family anyway and as such was given piano lessons
from the age of 7. Later on i began to get interested in computers and
was given a Sincalir Spectrum for my birthday. I learnt to program in
basic as many people have done by typing in programs from magazines and
learning how they work in the process. I started to play around with
sound, using the spectrums pathetic BEEP command to produce a series of
tones which vaguely resembled a tune ! Later on in the life of the
spectrum a music composition utility was produce called "WHAM! The
Jukebox." This allowed 2 notes to be played simultaneously and gave me
the scope to experiment further.
The Spectrum 128K was then produced. I sold my old spectrum and saved
for 6 months to buy it along with a game called "Glider Rider!"First
thing i did was to load the game and listen to the new sound capabilities
of the 3 channel 128K machine. I could not believe my ears! David
Whittaker had produced a soundtrack which at the time was breathtaking
to me. It used what Dave Whittaker termed "single channel chords" which
alternated between the 3 notes of a chord on one sound channel to
create the illusion of more than 3 notes playing simultaneously. I went on
to compose a few very basic tunes using the 128`s PLAY command.
I then bought a second hand Commodore 64 as i had heard of its great
sound capabilities.
some incredible tunes on the C64 and has probably been my biggest
influence. I continued to experiment and sent in some tunes on a
cassette tape to ELITE software. They returned them saying that
although the tunes showed much promise, they were not quite up to
todays commercial standards. Soon after, i was left £100 in a will, and
come to think of it, if it wasn`t for my Aunty Anne who left me it I
would not be in the possition i am now ! I sold all my equipment and
bought an AMIGA !!!!!!..........
I produced several tunes on the Amiga and sent them to a newly formed
public domain software company called "17 BIT SOFTWARE." Martyn Brown
who ran the company (and now TEAM 17 !) loved the tunes and released
them on a PD disk. After several other 17 BIT releases I gradually built
up support from many Amiga users until i was known enough to send out
a demo to a real software company.
I wrote the soundtrack for my first game in 1988 for Codemasters
software, run by the famous Darling brothers. The game was Nitro Boost
Challenge and didn`t do particularly well. I went on to write music for
many other codemasters games, including the now famous DIZZY series. I
did work for other companies too such as Thunderbirds for GRANDSLAM
which was a big hit.
Martyn Brown from 17 bit, decided to set up a software company called
"TEAM 17 LTD", which is now one of the most successful games companies
in
which received rave reviews for the sound in all the magazines, although
the game was not quite up to TEAM 17`s subsequent releases. Next up
was ALIENBREED, one of the best selling games ever for the Amiga.
I am now
I support many other machines, such as the PC, SNES & MEGADRIVE and made enough from my TEAM 17 work to build a home studio which i use to write music for CD ROM games and my own CD releases.
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SOFTOGRAPHY
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CODEMASTERS (MAINLY PRE 1990 RELEASES!)
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FANTASY WORLD DIZZY
SPELLBOUND DIZZY
NITRO BOOST CHALLENGE
MIG29 SOVIET FIGHTER
CJ`S ELEPHANT ANTICS
ROCKSTAR
THE SWORD AND THE ROSE
ITALIA `90
TEAM 17
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FULL CONTACT
ALIENBREED
PROJECTX
ASSASSIN
SUPERFROG
OVERDRIVE
BODYBLOWS
ULTIMATE BODYBLOWS
BODYBLOWS GALACTIC
ALIENBREED II
ALIENBREED TOWER ASSAULT
ATR
KINGPIN
MICROPROSE
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IMPOSSIBLE MISSION 2025
COLONIZATION (AMIGA)
SUBWARS
XCOM TERROR FROM THE DEEP
XCOM (PLAYSTATION)
VIRGIN
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GOAL!
LION KING
JUNGLE BOOK
MORTAL KOMBAT
MORTAL KOMBAT II
PRIMAL RAGE
T2
SCREAMER
CANNON FODDER (SNES/MD)
DRAGON (SNES/MD)
PINOCCHIO (SNES/MD)
OTHERS
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THE LOST VIKINGS
DUNGEON MASTER II (AMIGA)
ZEEWOLF
ZEEWOLF II
STREET RACER (SNES)
DOJO DAN
THUNDERBIRDS
TERRIES BIG ADVENTURE
WRATH OF EARTH
TOYSTORY (SNES/MD)
ROADRUNNER
TOM AND JERRY
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LATEST RELEASES
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Dungeon Master II is out for the Amiga 1200. Did many 2 channel
background atmosphere tracks for this game. Used a new technique for
creating the sound samples whereby i sample on a proffesional sampling
synth and transfer the 16 bit data across to the Amiga. You should
notice a big difference (although i didn`t do the sound effects)
I have recently finished work on 7 CD tracks for Virgins latest racing
game, "SCREAMER". This is the first time i have attempted heavy rock /
thrash metal and also the first time i have hired a guitarist. The game
is now no. 1 in the charts and as such many of you will already have a
copy. Unfortunately the music plays rather too quietely in the game, so
if at all possible, have a listen to all the tunes on a standard CD
player.
Zeewolf 2, the sequal to the Amiga classic is out now containing a new
title tune but the same sound effects i`m afraid. Well thats what they
asked for !
XCOM is my first playstation effort. It contains many CD tracks all of
XFILES type atmospherics. Have a listen if possible as i`m most proud of
this one! John Broomhall from Microprose actually provided the original
GM files. These are simply my CD arrangements of the same tunes.
Disneys TOYSTORY, features many music tracks composed by Swallow
studios who do all the CITV stuff and converted to SNES/MD by myself.
The SNES version features (i think) the first ever multi sampled piano
(for a SNES) meaning i take a different piano sample for each octave on
the keyboard, giving a much more believeable piano sound.
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DO YOU NEED THE VERY BEST IN MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS FOR
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I am now
all games i write music for get great reviews in the computer press
praising the high standard of music and sound effects design which is
why top companies such as Virgin, Microprose & Interplay continue to use
my services. My £20,000 digital studio has been designed specially for use
in the creation of game music & sfx. I have probably the largest sound
effects library in the UK containing over 100 CD`s of just about any
sound effect you will need and of course can create any other effects
you may require from scratch. I can produce any style of music, from
synthesised sci-fi to thrash metal with real guitar playing (Checkout
Screamer !)
Most importantly of course, I ALWAYS deliver on time, whatever the
deadline !
I now support the following machines :
PC,AMIGA,SNES,MEGADRIVE,CD AUDIO AND HOPEFULLY PLAYSTATION SOON...
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ORDER MY CD
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Why not order a copy of my CD, "Sounds Digital" created using the very
latest in synthesizer technology ? I have included CD remixes of classic
Amiga tracks such as "PROJECT X" and "ASSASSIN" along with many other new
and original tunes. The price is only £10.00 inc. P&P.
EMail me for further details...
EMail:
<100544.224@compuserve.com>
World Wide WEB:
<http://ourworld.compuserve.com:80/homepages/allister_brimble>
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MAGAZINE REVIEWS
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CHARZEAN VOLTZE / SIMPLY THE BEST INDEPENDANT MUSICIANS
MUSIC REVIEWS OF CURRENT ALBUMS RELEASED.
ALLISTER BRIMBLE
"Sounds Digital"
AMBCD 1 1993 Allister Brimble
Surprisingly, this album by Allister Brimble has everything an electronic
music fan could want. For a freshman album, this is by far the best
album produced in 1993. It will become a classic over time. If you are
looking for the best power synth music from
album for every E!M! fan. Allister Brimble uses all of the techniques
from the masters of synth music and combines them into his own musical
style. If you like late seventies Tangarine Dream, anything done by either
Mark Shreeve or John Dyson, then you should love this guy. All material
is original compositions and any comparisons to other musicians should be
taken as mear flattery, as his material stands on its own.
This is a no prisoners album as it will captivate you from start to
finish. I could try to tell you more, but my best recommendation is to
buy this and you won`t be sorry.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - Will become a Classic - DM
COMPACT DISC SERVICES / SPECIALISTS IN SYNTH/NEW AGE &
PROGRESSIVE ROCK MUSIC
Allister Brimble / Sounds Digital : A new name to
the
if the powerful opening track on the album (Echoes of Dyson, T Dream
and Shreeve drifted through this piece) is anything to go by, we have a
musician with a big future ahead of him here!
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