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'''Howard Drossin''' is a musician and overall cool guy. In August 2008, he [[sonic:Howard Drossin interview by SageXPO (August 2008)|was interviewed]] at the SageXPO's IRC channel.
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' 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:Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball|Sonic Spinball]]''. He would later contribute to all of STI's games{{ref|https://archive.ph/vuZgK}}, including ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'', ''[[Comix Zone]]'', and ''[[The Ooze]]'', as well as various canceled games{{intref|Interview: Howard Drossin (2009-09-22) by Gamasutra}}. 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: Shadows of Amn|Baldur's Gate II]]''.
  
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==Production History==
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==Production history==
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* ''[[Unnatural Selection]]'' (1993) — Testing
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{{ProductionHistory|Howard Drossin|Howard Drossen}}
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* ''[[Sonic Spinball]]'' (Mega Drive Version) (1993) — Music and Sound Effects
 
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' (1994) — Sound Special Thanks
 
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* ''[[Sonic Spinball]]'' (Game Gear Version) (1994) — Musical Composition/Sound Effects
 
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* ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' (1994) — Music Composer
 
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]'' (1994) — Music Composer
 
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* ''[[The Ooze]]'' (1994) — Music and Sound Effects
 
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* ''[[Comix Zone]]'' (1995) — Music and Sound Effects, Voices of Sketch, Mortus, Strigil and Kung-Fung
 
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* ''[[sonic:Virtual Sonic|Sega Tunes • Virtual Sonic]]'' (1996) — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
 
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* ''Sega Tunes • Comix Zone'' (1996) — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
 
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* ''[[Die Hard Arcade]]'' (1997) — Music and Sound Effects
 
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* ''[[Vigilante 8]]'' (1998) — Music
 
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* ''[[Panzer Dragoon Saga]]'' (1998) — Tester
 
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* ''[[Dynamite Cop!]]'' (1999) — Sound Staff
 
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* ''Universal's Islands of Adventure'' (1999)
 
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* ''[[Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style]]'' (1999) — Original Music/Cutscenes
 
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* ''[[Vigilante 8: Second Offense]]'' (2000) — Soundtrack
 
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* ''[[Giants: Citizen Kabuto]]'' (2000) — Music Editing
 
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* ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Command Volume II - Empires at War]]'' (2000) — Music Editing
 
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* ''[[Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn]]'' (2000) — Music, Music Editing
 
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* ''[[Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal]]'' (2001) — Music
 
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* ''[[Alien Front Online]]'' (2001) — Sound Composer
 
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* ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates]]'' (2001) — Music Editing
 
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* ''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' (2009) — Composer & Arranger
 
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* ''Afro Samurai'' (2009) — Music and Sound
 
  
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==Song Credits==
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* ''[[Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense]]'' (PSX and Dreamcast versions) (1999) — Soundtrack (Cutscenes)
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* ''[[Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn]]'' (2000) — Music by (Yo11 Productions), Music Editing by
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* ''[[Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn|Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal]]'' (2001) — Music by (Yo Eleven Productions) (Interplay Audio)
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==Song credits==
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[[Category:Old song credits]]
 
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===''[[Sonic Spinball]]'' (Mega Drive Version)===
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===''[[Sonic Spinball]]'' (Mega Drive version)===
 
* Spinball Theme — Music & Arrangement
 
* Spinball Theme — Music & Arrangement
 
* Flight to Volcanic Fortress — Music & Arrangement
 
* Flight to Volcanic Fortress — Music & Arrangement
 
* Toxic Caves — Music & Arrangement
 
* Toxic Caves — Music & Arrangement
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===''[[sonic:Sonic Spinball (8-bit)|Sonic Spinball]]'' (Master System and Game Gear versions)===
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* Spinball Theme — Music
  
 
===''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog Boom|Sonic the Hedgehog Boom]]''===
 
===''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog Boom|Sonic the Hedgehog Boom]]''===
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* Spinball Theme — Produced by [NOTE: Uncredited]
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* Spinball Theme — Music & Arrangement, Produced by (with [[Spencer Nilsen]])
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* Flight to Volcanic Fortress — Produced by [NOTE: Uncredited]
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* Flight to Volcanic Fortress — Music & Arrangement, Produced by (with [[Spencer Nilsen]])
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* Toxic Cave — Produced by [NOTE: Uncredited]
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* Toxic Cave — Music & Arrangement, Produced by (with [[Spencer Nilsen]])
  
 
===''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''===
 
===''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''===
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* Title — Music & Arrangement
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* Title — Music
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* Knuckles' Theme — Music & Arrangement
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* Knuckles' Theme — Music
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* Invincibility — Music
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* Invincible — Music
 
* 1-Up — Music
 
* 1-Up — Music
 
* All Clear — Music
 
* All Clear — Music
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===''[[sonic:Sonic Spinball (8-bit)|Sonic Spinball]]'' (Game Gear Version)===
 
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* Spinball Theme — Music
 
  
 
===''[[Comix Zone]]''===
 
===''[[Comix Zone]]''===
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* Bad End — Music & Arrangement
 
* Bad End — Music & Arrangement
 
* Options — Music & Arrangement
 
* Options — Music & Arrangement
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===''[[The Ooze]]''===
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* Prologue — Music & Arrangement
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* Title — Music & Arrangement
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* Toxic Dump (Round 1-1, 1-2) — Music & Arrangement
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* Boss 1 (Round 1-3, 3-3) — Music & Arrangement
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* Waste Plant (Round 2-1, 2-2) — Music & Arrangement
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* Boss 2 (Round 2-3) — Music & Arrangement
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* Genetics Lab (Round 3-1, 3-2) — Music & Arrangement
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* Bonus Round — Music & Arrangement
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* Power Core (Round 4-1, 4-2) — Music & Arrangement
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* Boss 3 (Round 4-3, 5-3) — Music & Arrangement
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* Plague Factory (Round 5-1, 5-2) — Music & Arrangement
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* DNA Helices (Intermission, Epilogue) — Music & Arrangement
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* Game Over — Music & Arrangement
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* Options — Music & Arrangement
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* No Use [1] — Music & Arrangement
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* No Use [2] — Music & Arrangement
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* No Use [3] — Music & Arrangement
  
 
===''[[sonic:Virtual Sonic|Sega Tunes • Virtual Sonic]]''===
 
===''[[sonic:Virtual Sonic|Sega Tunes • Virtual Sonic]]''===
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* Last To Follow — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
 
* Last To Follow — Composed, Produced, Engineered and Performed
  
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===''[[Die Hard Arcade]]''===
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===''[[Die Hard Arcade]]'' (Arcade version)===
 
* Destination (Introduction) — Music & Arrangement
 
* Destination (Introduction) — Music & Arrangement
 
* High-Rise to Hell — Music & Arrangement
 
* High-Rise to Hell — Music & Arrangement
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* Congratulations — Music & Arrangement
 
* Congratulations — Music & Arrangement
 
* The Last Stand — Music & Arrangement
 
* The Last Stand — Music & Arrangement
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===''[[Die Hard Arcade]]'' (Saturn version)===
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* Destination — Music & Arrangement
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* High-Rise to Hell — Music & Arrangement
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* Corridor of Death — Music & Arrangement
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* Doe Boy's Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
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* Subterranean Siege — Music & Arrangement
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* Steeple Chase — Music & Arrangement
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* Five Alarm Fire — Music & Arrangement
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* Floor #13 — Music & Arrangement
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* A Calm Before the Storm — Music & Arrangement
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* Four Walls of Fury — Music & Arrangement
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* Penthouse Pandemonium — Music & Arrangement
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* Congratulations — Music & Arrangement
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* The Last Stand — Music & Arrangement
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===''[[Dynamite Cop]]''===
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* introduction~Choose Your Fate — Music & Arrangement
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* Bomb Voyage — Music & Arrangement
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* Poop Deck Pursuit — Music & Arrangement
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* A Dangerous Game — Music & Arrangement
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* Murderous Maties — Music & Arrangement
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* Fishing for Trouble — Music & Arrangement
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* Bloody Footsteps — Music & Arrangement
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* Dance of Mayhem — Music & Arrangement
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* Souffle Samurai — Music & Arrangement
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* Moo Goo Die Pan — Music & Arrangement
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* Sake to Ya! — Music & Arrangement
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* Bait Me — Music & Arrangement
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* Freezer Burn — Music & Arrangement
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* Fire in the Hole — Music & Arrangement
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* 11 Arms of Death — Music & Arrangement
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* Yo Eleven! — Music & Arrangement
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* Splish Splash! — Music & Arrangement
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* On the Rocks — Music & Arrangement
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* Sham! — Music & Arrangement
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* Gauntlet to Glory — Music & Arrangement
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* No One Gets Out Alive — Music & Arrangement
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* Winner's Circle — Music & Arrangement
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* Game Over — Music & Arrangement
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===''[[Alien Front Online]]''===
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* Alien Front-Introduction — Music & Arrangement
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* Behind the wheel — Music & Arrangement
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* Bull's eye Blitz — Music & Arrangement
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* Tip toe through the spawn flowers — Music & Arrangement
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* Rising Sun, fallen enemy — Music & Arrangement
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* Choke on it! — Music & Arrangement
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* Follow the leader — Music & Arrangement
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* Burn Baby Burn! — Music & Arrangement
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* Beacon be gone! — Music & Arrangement
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* Proud of soldier — Music & Arrangement
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* Take some with you! — Music & Arrangement
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* Squash out humanity — Music & Arrangement
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* Crash and Burn — Music & Arrangement
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* Military meltdown — Music & Arrangement
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* No tanks! — Music & Arrangement
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* Blast 'em to peace? — Music & Arrangement
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* Tokyo has got to go! — Music & Arrangement
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* Out like a Triclops — Music & Arrangement
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* Know war, no peace — Music & Arrangement
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* Game over humans! — Music & Arrangement
  
 
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===''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]''===
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==Interview==
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==Interviews==
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*[[sonic:Howard Drossin interview by SageXPO (August 2008)|Howard Drossin interview by SageXPO (August 2008)]]
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{{InterviewList|Howard Drossin}}
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* [[sonic:Howard Drossin interview by SageXPO (August 2008)|Howard Drossin interview by SageXPO (August 2008)]]
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==Photographs==
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:''Main article: [[:Category:Photos of {{PAGENAME}}|Photos of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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==External links==
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* [http://howarddrossin.com/ Official website]
  
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==References==
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[[Category:Developers]]
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[[Category:Musicians]]
 

Latest revision as of 08:31, 16 November 2023

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Howard Drossin
Employment history:
Sega of America (1993-06[1] – 1996-12[1])
Divisions:
Olive Music (1996-12[1] – )
Role(s): Musician

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.

Production history

Games

Music

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

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Howard Drossin

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://archive.ph/vuZgK
  2. ↑ Interview: Howard Drossin (2009-09-22) by Gamasutra
  3. ↑ File:Sonic Spinball MD credits.pdf
  4. ↑ File:SonicSpinball MD US manual.pdf, page 21
  5. ↑ File:Sonic Spinball GG credits.pdf
  6. ↑ File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf
  7. ↑ File:Sonic Spinball SMS credits.pdf
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 File:Comix Zone MD credits.pdf
  9. ↑ File:Ooze MD credits.pdf
  10. ↑ File:Die Hard Arcade Saturn credits.pdf
  11. ↑ Die Hard Arcade (Saturn) US manual, page 18
  12. ↑ File:Manxtt sat us manual.pdf, page 22
  13. ↑ File:Alienfrontonline dc us manual.pdf, page 24
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 File:SonicBoom CD US booklet.pdf, page 4
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 File:ComixZoneRoadkill Music US Box Back PC.jpg
  16. ↑ File:SegaTunesComixZone Album JP Box Back.jpg
  17. ↑ File:VirtualSonic CD US back.jpg
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 File:MDLAH Music JP inlay front.png
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