Mick Gordon
Michael John “Mick” Gordon (born July 9, 1985 in Mackay , Queensland ) is an Australian composer and sound designer who specializes in compositions for video games . He became known for soundtracks for games by Bethesda Softworks .
Life
Gordon is from Mackay, Australia. He started his career in 2006 as a sound designer at Pandemic Studios . In 2007 he composed the music for the video game Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots . Between 2009 and 2011 he contributed several pieces for the soundtracks of the Need-for-Speed game series by Electronic Arts . Gordon has been working regularly for the US publisher Bethesda Softworks since 2014 and composed the music for Wolfenstein: The New Order , Wolfenstein: The Old Blood , Doom and Prey . Doom's soundtrack (2016) won the DICE Award from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and the SXSW Gaming Award and won the Game Awards , and the music was nominated for the British Academy Video Games Award and Game Developers Choice Awards . Gordon also composed the soundtrack for the follow-up Doom Eternal . However, since the mixing of the audio tracks was withheld from him, he terminated the collaboration with the id Software development studio in April 2020 .
Mick Gordon's soundtracks span a variety of genres including electronic music , metal and industrial . The composer experiments with recording technology and uses both modern digital technology and old analog equipment and instruments. Gordon lives in Melbourne .
Soundtracks
Mick Gordon composed the soundtracks for the following games or contributed pieces:
- 2007: Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots
- 2008: El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
- 2009: Need for Speed: Shift (with Mark Morgan)
- 2009: Marvel Super Hero Squad
- 2010: The Last Airbender
- 2010: Need for Speed: World
- 2010: Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
- 2011: Shift 2: Unleashed (with Heavy Melody Music, Ramin Djawadi, Troels Folmann, Stephen Baysted, Mike Reagan)
- 2011: Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat
- 2011: Need for Speed: The Run
- 2013: ShootMania Storm
- 2013–2014: Killer Instinct
- 2014: Wolfenstein: The New Order (additional compositions by Frederik Thordendal)
- 2015: Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
- 2016: Doom
- 2017: Prey
- 2017: LawBreakers (with Jaroslav Beck, Dieselboy, Mark The Beast, Malcolm Kirby Jr.)
- 2017: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (additional compositions by Martin Stig Andersen)
- 2019: Borderlands 3 (Additional Music Support)
- 2020: Beautiful Desolation
- 2020: Doom Eternal
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doom Eternal's composer won't work with id Software again after soundtrack was mixed without him on vg247.com (accessed April 21, 2020)
- ↑ About on mickgordon.com, accessed May 8, 2017
- ↑ mickgordon on soundcloud.com, accessed May 8, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gordon, Mick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gordon, Michael John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian composer and sound designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mackay , Queensland |