Tee Lopes
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| Tiago Lopes |
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| Place of birth: Coimbra, Portugal[1] |
| Date of birth: 1987-11-19[1] (age 37) |
| Employment history:
Tee Lopes Soundworks[2] (2019-07 – )
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| Role(s): Composer, Arranger |
| Twitter: @teelopes |
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Tiago "Tee" Lopes is a Portuguese-American musician and video game composer[1] known for composing the soundtrack to 2017's Sonic Mania.
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Career
Born in Coimbra, Portugal to a family of music enthusiasts, Lopes and his family emigrated to the United States when he was fifteen. After graduating high school, he began a career as a self-taught rapper and producer, releasing numerous Portuguese hip-hop songs, winning several remix contests, and being featured in magazines and hip-hop mixtapes. However, when he got a chance to create music for a video game, he immediately fell in love with the industry and made it his goal to become a full-time game composer.[1]
In 2008, Lopes posted the first of many Sonic The Hedgehog-series arrangements on his YouTube page, gathering some acclaim amongst the Sonic scene. He was soon noticed by Jared Kasl and Tom Fry (co-founders of PagodaWest Games) who proceeded to hire Lopes as composer of the iOS game Major Magnet - his first full soundtrack. In 2015, PagodaWest Games and Headcannon collaborated on the development of the critically-acclaimed Sonic Mania, with Lopes serving as the game's sole composer.[1]
Lopes also composes music for other indie developers, creates jingles and instrumentals for advertisements, and sings cover music at bars and restaurants. He currently lives and works in New Jersey, United States.[1]
Production history
Games
- Sonic Mania (Windows PC; 2017) — Composer
- Sonic Mania (PlayStation 4; 2017) — Composer
- Sonic Mania (Nintendo Switch; 2017) — Composer
- Team Sonic Racing (PlayStation 4; 2019) — Composers
- Team Sonic Racing (PlayStation 4; 2019) — Arrangers
- Streets of Rage 4 (Windows PC; 2020) — Music Composer
- Sonic Origins (PlayStation 4; 2022) — Animation Music Arrangement by
- Sonic Origins (PlayStation 5; 2022) — Animation Music Arrangement by
- Sonic Origins (Xbox One; 2022) — Animation Music Arrangement by
- Sonic Origins (Nintendo Switch; 2022) — Animation Music Arrangement by
- Sonic Superstars (PlayStation 4; 2023) — Composers
- Sonic Superstars (PlayStation 5; 2023) — Composers
- Sonic Superstars (Nintendo Switch; 2023) — Composers
- Sonic Superstars (Epic Games Store; 2023) — Composers
Videos
- Sonic Mania Adventures (??; 2018) — Music Score Composed by
- Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony () — Arrangers / Orchestrators
- Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence (??; ?) — Original Music Composed by
- Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble (??; ?) — Arranged by
Music
- Sonic Mania (Vinyl; 2017) — Music by[3]
- Sonic Mania Plus Original Soundtrack (CD; 2018) — All tracks on Disc1 arranged by[4]
- Sonic Mania Plus Original Soundtrack (CD; 2018) — All tracks on Disc2 composed by[4]
- The Works III (CD; 2019) — Recording & Mixing Engineers
- Rock 'n' Sonic The Hedgehog: Sessions! (CD; 2022) — Recording & Mixing Engineers
- Streets of Rage 4: Mr. X Nightmare The Definitive Soundtrack (Vinyl; 2022) — Artist
Song credits
- Main article: Tee Lopes/Song credits.
Interviews
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Tee Lopes
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 https://www.last.fm/music/Tee+Lopes/+wiki (Wayback Machine: 2022-03-22 07:00)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/tee-lopes-b3406569/
- ↑ File:SonicMania Vinyl UK back.jpg
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:SMPOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3
