Brian Coburn
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| Brian Coburn |
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| Date of birth: 1963-02-07 (age 61) |
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| Role(s): Musician |
Brian Coburn is a sound designer and former Sega of America employee. During his employment at Sega he composed music for a few titles but mainly designed sound effects as part of the Sega Multimedia Studio (located in Redwood City, California). He later became a part of SegaSoft upon its inception in 1995, but left in late 1996 to join BMI following his work on Mr. Bones.
He has since performed sound roles for various game developers for games published by EA, Atari and Konami.
Contents
Career
Around 1993, Brian Coburn was hired to the company's Sega Multimedia Studio division by its director David Javelosa.[2]
Production history
Games
- Cyborg Justice (Mega Drive; 1993) — Level Songs
- Cyborg Justice (Mega Drive; 1993) — Sound and Music[3]
- Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (Mega-CD; 1993) — Sound & Effects[4]
- Joe Montana's NFL Football (Mega-CD; 1993) — Music Composed & Produced by[5]
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Mega Drive; 1993) — Music and Sound Effects[6]
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Mega Drive; 1993) — Sound and Music Effects[7]
- Pepe's Puzzles (Pico; 1994) — Special Thanks to
- Greatest Heavyweights (Mega Drive; 1993) — Music[8]
- Jurassic Park (Mega-CD; 1993) — Sound[9]
- Doom (32X; 1994) — Music[10]
- Wild Woody (Mega-CD; 1995) — Gameplay Effects[11]
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega-CD; 1995) — Game Sound FX[12]
- Ghen War (Saturn; 1995) — Level Music[13]
- Ghen War (Saturn; 1995) — Sound Effects[13]
- NBA Action (Saturn; 1996) — Sega Creative Support[14]
- 3D Baseball (Saturn; 1996) — Music Adapted for Sega Saturn™[15]
- 3D Baseball (Saturn; 1996) — Sound Effects[15]
- Mr. Bones (Saturn; 1996) — Generator Room Level Music Composed & Produced by[16]
- Mr. Bones (Saturn; 1996) — Sound design[16]
- Mr. Bones (Saturn; 1996) — As "Little People"[16]
- Astrocade (Saturn; unreleased) — Sound/Music
Music
- Sonic the Hedgehog Boom (CD; 1994) — Lava Powerhouse Composed by[17]
- Sonic the Hedgehog Boom (CD; 1994) — Produced by[17]
- Ecco: Songs of Time (CD; 1996) — Deep thanks to[18] (as Brian)
- Ecco: Songs of Time (CD; 1996) — Noises by[18]
- Sega Power Cuts 1 (CD; 1996) — Artist
Song credits
- Main article: Brian Coburn/Song credits.
Sonic Spinball (Mega Drive Version)
- Lava Powerhouse — Music & Arrangement
Doom (32X Version)
- At Doom's Gate (Level 1, 10) — Arrangement
- The Imps Song (Level 2, 11) — Arrangement
- Dark Halls (Level 3, 12) — Arrangement
- Kitchen Ace (And Taking Names) (Level 4, 13) — Arrangement
- Suspense (Level 5, 14) — Arrangement
- On the Hunt (Level 6, 15) — Arrangement
- Demons on the Prey (Level 7, Final) — Arrangement
- Sign of Evil (Level 8, Secret) — Arrangement
- Hiding the Secret (Level 9) — Arrangement
- Intermission from DOOM (Demo) — Arrangement
- Sweet Little Dead Bunny (Staff Roll) — Arrangement
- At Doom's Gate — Arrangement [NOTE: Beta version]
- Title — Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
- Victory — Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
Ghen War
- Evil Things — Music and lyrics written, produced and performed by
- Burn — Music and lyrics written, produced and performed by
Mr. Bones
- Skeletism Generator — Music & Arrangement, Produced by
Interviews
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Brian Coburn
References
- ↑ K Horowitz (2016). Playing at the Next Level: A History of American Sega Games
- ↑ Interview: David Javelosa (2008-07-02) by Sega-16
- ↑ File:CyborgJustice MD US manual.pdf, page 14
- ↑ File:Spider-Man vs the Kingpin MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Jmnb mcd us manual.pdf, page 30
- ↑ File:Sonic Spinball MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:SonicSpinball MD US manual.pdf, page 21
- ↑ File:Greatest Heavyweights MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Jurassic Park MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Doom 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Wild Woody MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Batmanrobin mcd us manual.pdf, page 17
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 File:Ghenwar sat us manual.pdf, page 25
- ↑ File:Nbaaction_sat_us_manual.pdf, page 38
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 File:3dbaseball sat us manual.pdf, page 23
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 File:Mr Bones Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 File:SonicBoom CD US booklet.pdf, page 4
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 File:ESoT CD US Booklet.pdf, page 5