David Javelosa
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| David Javelosa |
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| Place of birth: United States |
| Employment history: |
| Role(s): Audio Director[1], Sound Programmer[3], Composer |
| Education: San Jose State University (1972-1976; BA Electronic Music)[3], California Institute of the Arts (1989-1991; MFA Composition - Computer Music)[3] |
David "Microwave" Javelosa is an American musician and former Sega of America audio director and sound programmer.[1] He first began working with Sega as a contractual consultant in 1990[2], and would eventually be directly hired in 1992[1], where he would serve as Senior Music Designer for a number of the company's first-party titles[3] (including many in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise). His responsibilities covered all aspects of music and audio production, supervision, creative support, and technology for platforms ranging from the Mega Drive, Game Gear, Saturn, and Dreamcast, among others.[2]
After departing Sega in 1994[1] and leaving his consultant position two years later[2], he remained active in the game industry as a freelance composer and audio director, and eventually became a Professor of Interactive Media at Santa Monica College in September 2001 - a position he remains in to this day.[1]
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Career
David Javelosa studied at both San Jose State University and the California Institute of the Arts, the latter of which saw him studying alongside Morton Subotnick, David Rosenboom, and other notable composers. During his youth, he was an active musician, establishing the New Wave band Los Microwaves[4], as well as acting as a new media artist for electronic music technology and performance art.
Sega of America
Shortly before departing Sega of America in 1994, Javelosa worked with Developer Technical Support's Kenneth Chao to produce an internal demonstration Mega Drive cartridge which would serve as an audio resume of the musician's work from his three years with Sega. Known as the DJ Demo Reel, it contains a custom GEMS VGM player boasting unique animations of Sonic and Tails, and features unreleased music composed for games like Baby Boom[5], Iron Hammer[5], and Sonic the Hedgehog 2[6][5], among others.[7]
Javelosa retained the cartridge following his time with Sega, and later reused its contents for teaching material once he began his teaching career. During one of his 2019 courses at Santa Monica College, a student recognized the importance of said material[7] and eventually persuaded him to upload a recording of the cartridge's ROM to YouTube that May.[5] This, along with Javelosa's active presence in the video's comment section, revealed new information related to a number of Sega of America's more notable projects.
Later career
Javelosa began educating in the early 1990s, teaching at venues such as San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Center and University of California, Los Angeles's Entertainment Studies Program, among others.[8] He has also authored a number of articles on electronic music and art, and published an interactive book/CD-ROM in 1997 titled Sound and Music for Multimedia.[8]
Javelosa currently serves as a full time Professor of Interactive Media in the Design Technology Department at Santa Monica College’s Academy of Entertainment and Technology[1], where he also founded a dedicated game development program in the Fall of 2004.[8]
Production history
- M-1 Abrams Battle Tank (Mega Drive; 1991) — Composer
- 688 Attack Sub (Mega Drive; 1991) — Composed by
- Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (Mega Drive; 1991) — Music and Effects[9] (as Dave Javelosa)
- Mario Lemieux Hockey (Mega Drive; 1991) — Music/Sound[10]
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Mega Drive; 1993) — Sound[11]
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Game Gear; 1993) — Sound Programmers[12]
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Mega Drive; 1993) — Special Thanks[13]
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Master System; 1994) — Sound Programmers[12]
- Streets of Rage 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Special Thanks to[14]
- Jurassic Park (Mega-CD; 1993) — Sound Manager[15]
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (Mega Drive; 1995) — Additional Music and Sound Effects (as Dave Javelosa)
- Iron Hammer (Mega Drive; 1996) — Composer
- Pocahontas (Mega Drive; 1996) — Production Support[16]
- Baby Boom (Mega Drive; unreleased) — Composer
- DJ Demo Reel (Mega Drive; unreleased) — Composer
Hardware
- Sega Mega-CD (Mega-CD; 1991) — BIOS Screen (V1) Music Composer
Other works
- Sega CD Boot-up & Demos (1992)
- "Loving U Remx" for Sega Network (1993)
- Sony Online Game Shows (1997)
- Tommy Thunder (PSX Version) (1998)
- SYXG Demos for DirectMusic (1999)
Interviews
- Interview: David Javelosa (2008-07-02) by Sega-16
- Interview: David Javelosa (2023-11-12) by Alexander Rojas
- Interview: David Javelosa (2023-12-09) by Alexander Rojas
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of David Javelosa
External links
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-javelosa-a6a1171/details/experience/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 http://javelosa.com/DJ/consulting.htm (Wayback Machine: 2022-08-16 18:34)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-javelosa-a6a1171/
- ↑ http://javelosa.com/DJ/Los_microwaves.htm (Wayback Machine: 2023-05-28 20:23)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJLkkOxRP8Y (Ghostarchive)
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)/Development#Music
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://sonicretro.org/2019/05/15/david-javelosa-sonic-and-sega-music-demo-tracks-surface-online/ (Wayback Machine: 2023-03-26 08:15)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 http://javelosa.com/DJ/edupub.htm (Wayback Machine: 2022-08-16 18:31)
- ↑ File:Spider-Man vs the Kingpin MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Mario Lemieux Hockey MD US Manual.pdf, page 16
- ↑ File:Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 File:Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ File:SonicSpinball MD US manual.pdf, page 21
- ↑ File:Streets of Rage 3 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Jurassic Park MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Pocahontas MD credits.pdf