Michiel van den Bos

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Michiel van den Bos (pseudonyms: MCA and Mike Boss ; born May 23, 1975 in Rotterdam ) is a Dutch musician and producer .

life and work

He currently produces primarily for Epic Games and Triumph Studios . He began composing pieces on the Commodore 64 and Amiga and then also produced titles for commercial video games such as Unreal , Unreal Tournament , Deus Ex , and the Overlord series. He recently wrote newer titles for Age of Wonders: Planetfall .

In an interview, Van den Bos cited LTJ Bukem , John Williams , Jerry Goldsmith , Martin Galway , Underworld , Rob Hubbard , Jeroen Tel , Ben Daglish , Carcass , At the Gates , Insomnium , PFM and Artemis as the main inspirations.

Van den Bos is active as an indie / alternative DJ .

Contributions

  • 1998: Unreal (and for the expansion, Return to Na Pali )
  • 1999: Age of Wonders
  • 1999: Unreal Tournament
  • 2000: Deus Ex
  • 2007: Overlord
  • 2007: Overlord: Raising Hell
  • 2009: Overlord: Dark Legend
  • 2009: Overlord II
  • 2012: Samurai Beatdown
  • 2014: Age of Wonders III
  • 2016: Voidrunner
  • 2019: Age of Wonders: Planetfall
  • Announced: Unreal Tournament

Discography

Albums

  • 2014: Taking the Fifth
  • 2014: Drifting Through Static

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michiel van den Bos at Facebook: Info . Facebook . Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ Gamemuziek voor het goede doel (Dutch) . In: De Telegraaf , April 1, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011. 
  3. ↑ Michael Naumenko: Michiel van den Bos - Interview . Game OST. September 2012. Archived from the original on June 25, 2015. Retrieved on August 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ Mike Mason: - Review - Samurai Beatdown . Push Square. January 13, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ John Papadopoulos: Voidrunner - Unreal Engine 4-powered Surreal Flight Game - Gets Kickstarter Campaign . The Dark Side of Gaming. August 12, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ Michiel van den Bos at Facebook: Comment regarding Age of Wonders Planetfall . Facebook . Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  7. ↑ Luke Karmali: Original Unreal Tournament Composers On Board For Reboot . In: IGN . Point Davis . May 12, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Bos, Michiel van den
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bos, MCA van den; Boss, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch musician and producer
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam