Peter Connelly
Peter Connelly (born September 8, 1972 in England ) is a British composer of music for computer games and sound designer. His most famous works include the music for three games in the Tomb Raider series by Core Design . He also worked for Ubisoft Reflections and Eutechnyx .
Connelly runs a music company specializing in composition, music production, sound engineering and sound design called Universal Sound Design. He studied music technology at Newcastle College and can play the cello, guitar and piano. He mentions John Williams and Danny Elfman as composers who influenced his compositional style .
The soundtrack of the game Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness is the first game soundtrack that Connelly composed in the style of classical orchestral music. He chose instruments such as the oboe , cor anglais , harp and flute to represent the main character Lara Croft .
Works
- 1999 Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
- 2000 Tomb Raider: Chronicles
- 2002 Herdy Gerdy (with Martin Iveson)
- 2003 Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (with Martin Iveson )
- 2011 Driver: San Francisco (sound designer)
Web links
- Official website
- Peter Connelly in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Peter Connelly's profile on Game OST. game-ost.com, accessed June 1, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Interview with Peter Connelly (October 2010). squareenixmusic.com, accessed June 1, 2011 .
- ↑ Profile page of Universal Sound Design on freeindex.co.uk. (No longer available online.) Freeindex.co.uk, November 3, 2009, archived from the original on August 1, 2012 ; Retrieved June 1, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b LSO to score Angel of Darkness music. tombraiderchronicles.com, July 23, 2002, accessed June 1, 2011 .
- ↑ Peter Connelly's profile on loftmusic.co.uk. (No longer available online.) Loftmusic.co.uk, archived from the original on April 21, 2013 ; Retrieved June 1, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Connelly, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British composer of music for computer games and sound designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |