Howard Drossin
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Howard Drossin |
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Olive Music (1996-12[1] – )
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Howard Drossin is an American musician and composer for video games and films. He joined Sega Technical Institute in 1993 and immediately began to write music for Sonic Spinball. He would later contribute to all of STI's games[1], including Sonic & Knuckles, Comix Zone, and The Ooze, as well as various canceled games[2]. After finishing Die Hard Arcade in 1996, he left Sega and began to work on freelance projects such as Vigilante 8 and Baldur's Gate II.
Contents
- 1 Production history
- 2 Song credits
- 2.1 Sonic Spinball (Mega Drive version)
- 2.2 Sonic Spinball (Master System and Game Gear versions)
- 2.3 Sonic the Hedgehog Boom
- 2.4 Sonic & Knuckles
- 2.5 Comix Zone
- 2.6 The Ooze
- 2.7 Sega Tunes • Virtual Sonic
- 2.8 Sega Tunes • Comix Zone
- 2.9 Die Hard Arcade (Arcade version)
- 2.10 Die Hard Arcade (Saturn version)
- 2.11 Dynamite Cop
- 2.12 Alien Front Online
- 2.13 Sonic and the Black Knight
- 3 Interviews
- 4 Photographs
- 5 External links
- 6 References
Production history
Games
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Mega Drive; 1993) — Music and Sound Effects[3]
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Mega Drive; 1993) — Sound and Music Effects[4]
- Sonic Spinball (Game Gear; 1994) — Musical Composition/Sound Effects[5]
- Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive; 1994) — Music Composers[6]
- Sonic Spinball (Master System; 1995) — Musical Composition/Sound Effects[7]
- Comix Zone (Mega Drive; 1995) — Sketch, Mortus, Strigil, Kung-Fung[8]
- Comix Zone (Mega Drive; 1995) — Music & Sound Effects[8]
- The Ooze (Mega Drive; 1995) — Music & Sound Effects[9]
- Die Hard Arcade (Sega Titan Video; 1996) — Sound Director
- Die Hard Arcade (Saturn; 1997) — Music and Sound Effects by[10]
- Die Hard Arcade (Saturn; 1997) — Music and Sound Effects[11]
- Manx TT Super Bike (Saturn; 1997) — Music and Sound Effects[12]
- Dynamite Cop (Model 2; 1998) — Music and Sound Effects by (as Howard Drossen)
- Dynamite Cop (Dreamcast; 1999) — Sound Staff
- Alien Front Online (Dreamcast; 2001) — Sound Composer[13]
- Alien Front (NAOMI; 2001) — Sound Composer
- Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii; 2009) — Composers & Arrangers
- Astropede (Mega Drive; unreleased) — Music & Sound
- Sonic X-treme (Saturn; unreleased) — Music and Sound Effects Director
- Sonic X-treme (Saturn; unreleased) — Composer
Music
- Sonic the Hedgehog Boom (CD; 1994) — Toxic Caves, Flight To Volcanic Fortress and Spinball Theme Composed by[14]
- Sonic the Hedgehog Boom (CD; 1994) — Produced by[14]
- Comix Zone: Roadkill (CD; 1995) — Music and Lyrics by[15]
- Comix Zone: Roadkill (CD; 1995) — Produced by[15]
- Comix Zone: Roadkill (CD; 1995) — Mixed by[15]
- Comix Zone: Roadkill (CD; 1995) — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed By[16]
- Virtual Sonic (CD; 1996) — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed by[17]
- Mega Drive Last Action Heroes (CD; 2010) — Commentary[18]
- Mega Drive Last Action Heroes (CD; 2010) — Music and Lyrics[18]
- Mega Drive Last Action Heroes (CD; 2010) — Producer[18]
- Mega Drive Last Action Heroes (CD; 2010) — Mixer[18]
- Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (PSX and Dreamcast versions) (1999) — Soundtrack (Cutscenes)
- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) — Music by (Yo11 Productions), Music Editing by
- Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001) — Music by (Yo Eleven Productions) (Interplay Audio)
Song credits
- Main article: Howard Drossin/Song credits.
Sonic Spinball (Mega Drive version)
- Spinball Theme — Music & Arrangement
- Flight to Volcanic Fortress — Music & Arrangement
- Toxic Caves — Music & Arrangement
Sonic Spinball (Master System and Game Gear versions)
- Spinball Theme — Music
Sonic the Hedgehog Boom
- Spinball Theme — Music & Arrangement, Produced by (with Spencer Nilsen)
- Flight to Volcanic Fortress — Music & Arrangement, Produced by (with Spencer Nilsen)
- Toxic Cave — Music & Arrangement, Produced by (with Spencer Nilsen)
Sonic & Knuckles
- Title — Music
- Knuckles' Theme — Music
- Invincible — Music
- 1-Up — Music
- All Clear — Music
Comix Zone
- Sega (Sega Logo) — Music & Arrangement, Voice
- Title — Music & Arrangement
- Prologue — Music & Arrangement
- Intermission — Music & Arrangement
- Night of the Mutants (Episode 1-1) — Music & Arrangement
- Down in the Sewers (Episode 1-1) — Music & Arrangement
- Inside (Episode 1-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Find the Combination (Episode 1-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Boss (1-2, 2-2 Boss) — Music & Arrangement
- Welcome to the Temple (Episode 2-1) — Music & Arrangement
- Tournament Chamber (Episode 2-1) — Music & Arrangement
- Later, in the Mountains (Episode 2-1) — Music & Arrangement
- Temple, at the Gates (Episode 2-2) — Music & Arrangement
- The Test Begins… (Episode 2-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Curse of the Deadships (Episode 3-1) — Music & Arrangement
- Cave (Episode 3-1) — Music & Arrangement
- On the Other Side… (Episode 3-1) — Music & Arrangement
- Grave Shipyard (Episode 3-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Inside the Largest Freighter (Episode 3-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Nuke, Ready to Launch! (Episode 3-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Mortus (3-2 Boss) — Music & Arrangement
- Epilogue — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
- Bad End — Music & Arrangement
- Options — Music & Arrangement
The Ooze
- Prologue — Music & Arrangement
- Title — Music & Arrangement
- Toxic Dump (Round 1-1, 1-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Boss 1 (Round 1-3, 3-3) — Music & Arrangement
- Waste Plant (Round 2-1, 2-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Boss 2 (Round 2-3) — Music & Arrangement
- Genetics Lab (Round 3-1, 3-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Bonus Round — Music & Arrangement
- Power Core (Round 4-1, 4-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Boss 3 (Round 4-3, 5-3) — Music & Arrangement
- Plague Factory (Round 5-1, 5-2) — Music & Arrangement
- DNA Helices (Intermission, Epilogue) — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
- Options — Music & Arrangement
- No Use [1] — Music & Arrangement
- No Use [2] — Music & Arrangement
- No Use [3] — Music & Arrangement
Sega Tunes • Virtual Sonic
- Chaos Jam — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Knucklemania — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Battle of the Badnicks — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Boss Opera — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Return to the Toxic Caves — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed [NOTE: Remade version of "Toxic Cave" from Sonic the Hedgehog Boom]
- Sonic and Knuckles Theme — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Robotnik's Revenge — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Metal Sonic — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Sandopolis — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Spinball Theme — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed [NOTE: Remade version of "Spinball Theme" from Sonic the Hedgehog Boom]
- City in the Clouds — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Sonic Triumphant — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
Sega Tunes • Comix Zone
- Into the zone — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Feed my Disease — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- 10,000 Knives — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Seen It For Days — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Woe is The World — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
- Last To Follow — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
Die Hard Arcade (Arcade version)
- Destination (Introduction) — Music & Arrangement
- High-Rise to Hell — Music & Arrangement
- I Don't Care — Music & Arrangement
- Corridor of Death — Music & Arrangement
- Doe Boy's Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
- Get the Hell Out of Here — Music & Arrangement
- Subterranean Siege — Music & Arrangement
- Steeple Chase — Music & Arrangement
- Five Alarm Fire — Music & Arrangement
- It's Open It's Open — Music & Arrangement
- Floor #13 — Music & Arrangement
- Destination — Music & Arrangement
- Cat Found the Mouse — Music & Arrangement
- A Calm Before the Storm — Music & Arrangement
- So There You Are — Music & Arrangement
- Four Walls of Fury — Music & Arrangement
- Penthouse Pandemonium — Music & Arrangement
- Thank You — Music & Arrangement
- Congratulations — Music & Arrangement
- The Last Stand — Music & Arrangement
Die Hard Arcade (Saturn version)
- Destination — Music & Arrangement
- High-Rise to Hell — Music & Arrangement
- Corridor of Death — Music & Arrangement
- Doe Boy's Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
- Subterranean Siege — Music & Arrangement
- Steeple Chase — Music & Arrangement
- Five Alarm Fire — Music & Arrangement
- Floor #13 — Music & Arrangement
- A Calm Before the Storm — Music & Arrangement
- Four Walls of Fury — Music & Arrangement
- Penthouse Pandemonium — Music & Arrangement
- Congratulations — Music & Arrangement
- The Last Stand — Music & Arrangement
Dynamite Cop
- introduction~Choose Your Fate — Music & Arrangement
- Bomb Voyage — Music & Arrangement
- Poop Deck Pursuit — Music & Arrangement
- A Dangerous Game — Music & Arrangement
- Murderous Maties — Music & Arrangement
- Fishing for Trouble — Music & Arrangement
- Bloody Footsteps — Music & Arrangement
- Dance of Mayhem — Music & Arrangement
- Souffle Samurai — Music & Arrangement
- Moo Goo Die Pan — Music & Arrangement
- Sake to Ya! — Music & Arrangement
- Bait Me — Music & Arrangement
- Freezer Burn — Music & Arrangement
- Fire in the Hole — Music & Arrangement
- 11 Arms of Death — Music & Arrangement
- Yo Eleven! — Music & Arrangement
- Splish Splash! — Music & Arrangement
- On the Rocks — Music & Arrangement
- Sham! — Music & Arrangement
- Gauntlet to Glory — Music & Arrangement
- No One Gets Out Alive — Music & Arrangement
- Winner's Circle — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Alien Front Online
- Alien Front-Introduction — Music & Arrangement
- Behind the wheel — Music & Arrangement
- Bull's eye Blitz — Music & Arrangement
- Tip toe through the spawn flowers — Music & Arrangement
- Rising Sun, fallen enemy — Music & Arrangement
- Choke on it! — Music & Arrangement
- Follow the leader — Music & Arrangement
- Burn Baby Burn! — Music & Arrangement
- Beacon be gone! — Music & Arrangement
- Proud of soldier — Music & Arrangement
- Take some with you! — Music & Arrangement
- Squash out humanity — Music & Arrangement
- Crash and Burn — Music & Arrangement
- Military meltdown — Music & Arrangement
- No tanks! — Music & Arrangement
- Blast 'em to peace? — Music & Arrangement
- Tokyo has got to go! — Music & Arrangement
- Out like a Triclops — Music & Arrangement
- Know war, no peace — Music & Arrangement
- Game over humans! — Music & Arrangement
Sonic and the Black Knight
- Crystal Cave — Music & Arrangement, Guitars & Programming
- For the Kingdom and Its People — Music & Arrangement, Programming
- Dragon's Lair — Music & Arrangement, Programming
Interviews
- Interview: Howard Drossin (2009-09-22) by Gamasutra
- Howard Drossin interview by SageXPO (August 2008)
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Howard Drossin
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://archive.ph/vuZgK
- ↑ Interview: Howard Drossin (2009-09-22) by Gamasutra
- ↑ File:Sonic Spinball MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:SonicSpinball MD US manual.pdf, page 21
- ↑ File:Sonic Spinball GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic Spinball SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:Comix Zone MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Ooze MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Die Hard Arcade Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ Die Hard Arcade (Saturn) US manual, page 18
- ↑ File:Manxtt sat us manual.pdf, page 22
- ↑ File:Alienfrontonline dc us manual.pdf, page 24
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 File:SonicBoom CD US booklet.pdf, page 4
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 File:ComixZoneRoadkill Music US Box Back PC.jpg
- ↑ File:SegaTunesComixZone Album JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ File:VirtualSonic CD US back.jpg
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 File:MDLAH Music JP inlay front.png