Nathan McCree
Encyclopedia
Nathan McCree is a music composer
and sound effects editor for multimedia
projects including computer games, television, live events, and radio. He worked mainly with Core Design
, for the first three Tomb Raider
games, among others. He worked also with profile names such as the Spice Girls
and Orange.
He has been praised among critics and has received several informal awards. Tomb Raider III
has long been regarded as the "best sounding computer game to date" and Nathan's work on the Sega Mega Drive game Asterix and the Great Rescue earned the accolade "Best Computer Game Music Ever!". Recently, thanks to the vast flash site Newgrounds
, he worked together with Adam Phillips
and composed the music for his latest release in the Brackenwood
series.
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...
and sound effects editor for multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
projects including computer games, television, live events, and radio. He worked mainly with Core Design
Core Design
Core Design was a British video game studio best known today for creating the popular Tomb Raider series.-History:Based in the city of Derby, England, Core Design was set up in 1988 by Chris Shrigley, Andy Green, Rob Toone, Terry Lloyd, Simon Phipps, Dave Pridmore, Jeremy Heath-Smith and Greg Holmes...
, for the first three Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, with MS-DOS and PlayStation versions following shortly thereafter...
games, among others. He worked also with profile names such as the Spice Girls
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
and Orange.
He has been praised among critics and has received several informal awards. Tomb Raider III
Tomb Raider III
Tomb Raider III is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It is the third instalment in the Tomb Raider series, and the sequel to Tomb Raider II...
has long been regarded as the "best sounding computer game to date" and Nathan's work on the Sega Mega Drive game Asterix and the Great Rescue earned the accolade "Best Computer Game Music Ever!". Recently, thanks to the vast flash site Newgrounds
Newgrounds
Newgrounds is an American entertainment and social media website. Founded on July 6, 1995 by Tom Fulp, the site primarily hosts Adobe Flash animations and games, but also features a music-oriented page, along with an art portal...
, he worked together with Adam Phillips
Adam Phillips (animator)
Adam Phillips is an Australian freelance animator whose online alias is Chluaid . His main body of animation work, for which he is best known, consists of flash animation compositions published on his website and on the flash portal Newgrounds...
and composed the music for his latest release in the Brackenwood
Brackenwood
Brackenwood is a series created by Adam Phillips, webmaster of the website. It currently includes a continuing series of short Flash animations about the inhabitants of a small fictional forest planet called Brackenwood...
series.
Composer
- Console Sounds (music album) (2008)
- BreedBreed (video game)Breed is a squad based, science-fiction video game developed by Brat Designs and published by cdv Software Entertainment. The game was released in the U.S. and Europe in March and April 2004 for the PC and Mac.- Storyline and plot :...
(2004) - Battle Engine AquilaBattle Engine AquilaBattle Engine Aquila is a 2003 video game for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows in which you pilot the Battle Engine for the Forseti military in their wars against the Muspell to decide who will rule what's left of the world...
(2003) - Tomb Raider II: Golden Mask (1999)
- Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business (1998)
- Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (1998) (with Martin IvesonMartin IvesonMartin Iveson is a British video game composer and deep house, hip-hop, and jazz artist under nicknames Atjazz, Spaceman, and Nuke....
) - SwagmanSwagmanA swagman is an old Australian and New Zealand term describing an underclass of transient temporary workers, who travelled by foot from farm to farm carrying the traditional swag...
(1997) (with Martin Iveson) - A Tribute to Lara Croft (1997)
- Tomb Raider IITomb Raider IITomb Raider II is an action-adventure video game in the Tomb Raider series and is the sequel to the 1996 video game Tomb Raider. Developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive, the game was originally released for PlayStation, Windows 95 in November 1997, Macintosh in 1998 and on the...
(1997) - Joypad CD Vol. 2: Tomb Raider II (1997)
- Tomb Raider (1996) (with Martin Iveson)
- Blam! Machinehead (1996)
- BC RacersBC RacersBC Racers is a racing video game released by Core Design in 1994 in Mega-CD, in 1995 in Sega 32X and 3DO, and also released by the company in PC as freeware in 1995. It was the third game released in the Chuck Rock series...
(1995) (with Martin Iveson) - Asterix and the Power of the Gods (1995)
- Soul Star (1994)
- Asterix and the Great RescueAsterix and the Great RescueAsterix and the Great Rescue was released by Sega for Mega Drive in 1993 and for Game Gear and Master System in 1994.- Story :This game is based on the long-running, French comic book series Asterix the Gaul...
(1993)
External links
- Composer profile at OverClocked ReMixOverClocked ReMixOverClocked 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...
- Composer profile at Game OST
- Waterlollies on NewgroundsNewgroundsNewgrounds is an American entertainment and social media website. Founded on July 6, 1995 by Tom Fulp, the site primarily hosts Adobe Flash animations and games, but also features a music-oriented page, along with an art portal...
- Console Sounds music album by Nathan McCree