Dan Gardopée
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Daniel Gardopée aka Dan Grandpre (aka Basehead in the tracker community) is an electronic musician and former member of game music production company Straylight Productions
. He was active in the tracking community during the 1990s and was a member of the groups Five Musicians
and Kosmic Free Music Foundation
.
As part of Straylight Productions
, his music was featured in many games, including Crusader: No Remorse, Crusader: No Regret, Unreal
, Unreal Tournament
and Deus Ex
.
He co-composed three CD albums, AtmosphereS: Cultures, AtmosphereS: Moods and AtmosphereS: Pulses, together with Alexander Brandon
.
In 2001, he had a single track release under the Basehead alias. This release was titled Beacon and was released by the netlabel
Monotonik Records.
Since 2005, he has worked in-house at 2K Games
.
Straylight Productions
Straylight Productions was a team of video game music composers and producers, founded in 1994, which has since disbanded with lead musician Alexander Brandon taking on a new post as sound director at Midway Games.-Overview:...
. He was active in the tracking community during the 1990s and was a member of the groups Five Musicians
Five Musicians
Five Musicians was a demo group / netlabel with origins in the demoscene. It was active between the years 1995 and 2000. The idea of limiting the group to only five members caused the group to be very selective. As a result, they created a number of very high-quality releases, and became one of...
and Kosmic Free Music Foundation
Kosmic Free Music Foundation
The Kosmic Free Music Foundation was a worldwide group of computer musicians, artists, and coders focused on the PC demoscene. Most members were from the United States, Canada, and Australia. They created music - mostly techno, trance, and ambient - on trackers. They also created some artwork...
.
As part of Straylight Productions
Straylight Productions
Straylight Productions was a team of video game music composers and producers, founded in 1994, which has since disbanded with lead musician Alexander Brandon taking on a new post as sound director at Midway Games.-Overview:...
, his music was featured in many games, including Crusader: No Remorse, Crusader: No Regret, Unreal
Unreal
Unreal is a first-person shooter video game developed by Epic MegaGames and Digital Extremes and published by GT Interactive in May 1998...
, Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament is a futuristic first-person shooter video game co-developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. It was published in 1999 by GT Interactive. Retrospectively, the game has also been referred to as UT99 or UT Classic to differentiate it from its numbered sequels...
and Deus Ex
Deus Ex
Deus Ex is an action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm Inc. and published by Eidos Interactive in 2000, which combines gameplay elements of first-person shooters with those of role-playing video games...
.
He co-composed three CD albums, AtmosphereS: Cultures, AtmosphereS: Moods and AtmosphereS: Pulses, together with Alexander Brandon
Alexander Brandon
Alexander Brandon is a US musician, former member of Straylight Productions, who composed music mostly for games produced by Epic Games, or games based on Epic technology, including Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, Tyrian, Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and the cancelled game Jazz Jackrabbit 3D...
.
In 2001, he had a single track release under the Basehead alias. This release was titled Beacon and was released by the netlabel
Netlabel
A netlabel is a record label that distributes its music through digital audio formats over the Internet...
Monotonik Records.
Since 2005, he has worked in-house at 2K Games
2K Games
2K is a global developer, marketer, distributor and publisher of interactive entertainment software games. 2K Games is a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, which also owns Rockstar Games notable for the Grand Theft Auto series...
.
External links
- ModArchive.com music listing for Basehead
- Dan Gardopee / Dan Grandpre at MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...
- Beacon release at Monotonik