David R. Watson is a bowyer

Bowyer

A bowyer is someone who makes or sells bows. Bows are used for hunting and for archery. The development of gunpowder and muskets slowly led to the replacement of bows as weapons of war which decreased the importance of bowyers. Someone who makes arrows is a fletcher.-History:Historically, a huge...

 currently living in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

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He has composed music for the Ultima series, including "Stones". Watson is a fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 master, a composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, lutenist, and musician; and has a varied career of video game support including level designer in X-COM: Apocalypse

X-COM: Apocalypse

- Story :Half a century after the end of the second X-COM campaign, the last battle of T'leth has severely damaged Earth's biosphere. As a result, several self-contained Megalopolis-type cities were proposed to provide habitation for humanity. The game follows Mega-Primus, the first of these...

, lead mission analyst in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...

, and music composer in Ultima.

Watson is also known by his Ultima alter ego, Iolo.

Games credited

• Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (first appearance of his song Stones)
• Ultima VI: The False Prophet (1990), ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
• Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992), ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
• Ultima VII, Part Two: Serpent Isle (1993), ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
• Ultima VII: The Silver Seed (1993), Electronic Arts, Inc.
• Stonekeep
  Stonekeep
  Stonekeep is a 1995 computer role-playing game for DOS by Interplay Entertainment. It is a first-person dungeon adventure with pre-rendered environments and live-action cinematic sequences. Five years in production, Stonekeep was ranked #6 in Gamespot's top ten vaporware hall of shame...
  
   (1995), Interplay Productions Ltd.
• You Don't Know Jack: Volume 3 (1997), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
• You Don't Know Jack: Television (1997), Berkeley Systems
• X-COM: Apocalypse
  X-COM: Apocalypse
  - Story :Half a century after the end of the second X-COM campaign, the last battle of T'leth has severely damaged Earth's biosphere. As a result, several self-contained Megalopolis-type cities were proposed to provide habitation for humanity. The game follows Mega-Primus, the first of these...
  
   (1997), MicroProse Ltd.
• You Don't Know Jack: Volume 4 - The Ride (1998), Sierra On-Line, Inc.

External links

• New World Arbalest, David's Bows
• MobyGames' Biography of David R. Watson
• Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
  OverClocked ReMix
  OverClocked ReMix, also known as OC ReMix and OCR, is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through arranging and re-interpreting the songs with new technology and software, as well as by various traditional means...