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David Whittaker

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born 1957, but forever young at heartHIS HOLY 80's MASTERPIECESWiki says: David Whittaker (born 1957) is known for numerous computer game tunes which he wrote in most of the 1980s and early 1990s, for many different formats.
He is known for the large quantity of his works ([1]) - more than any other composer (in fact, more than most of the other top composers' works combined). He was offered so many projects in the late 1980s that he had to pass some of them over to other computer game music writers (such as his good friends, Rob Hubbard and Ben Daglish). Initially, he had been a programmer, rather than a music maker. The first games, featuring his music, are also programmed and designed by him, such as Lazy Jones.
While making music, he often programmed music directly, instead of using any music composition tools, using just a "machine code monitor" - and then an 'assembler' system/program - including SuperSoft's and then Commodore's tools. Commodore 64 was the format that he composed for, most frequently. He was more impressed with the Amiga's more developed technical sound capabilities, but used a few of the same instrument sounds, in several of his works, for Amiga. Thus, his Amiga music is often easy to recognize. For Shadow of the Beast, he was asked to compose especially good music, as much more memory (RAM) was available for that game - so he used different and very high quality (at the time) instrument samples. He is, these days, working mostly in the field of computer game sounds and voices instead of music.Although he does not compose much at present, he is still involved in the implementation of Music, Ambiences, Sound FX - and his admitted "forte" - Dialogue (hence, his current moniker: DialogueGuru).His most successful compositions appeared probably in Amiga games such as Obliterator, Speedball and Shadow of the Beast. On the Commodore 64 his most popular compositions include for example Glider Rider and Armageddon Man. His subtune 21 of Lazy Jones was the basis for the dance hit "Kernkraft 400" by Zombie Nation, which went to number 1 (#1) in many European countries. Also many other tunes, by him, can be heard on Internet retro computer music radios. Other formats he composed for include Amstrad, Atari ST, Atari XL and ZX Spectrum. Many of his old songs are these days remixed by computer game music enthusiasts.
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Member Since: 08/10/2006
Band Members: David Whittaker ALONE with his keyboards and screens
Influences: early computer music, and a MAGNIFICENT imagination...Here are his works: LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (2006) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (2005), Cel Damage (2002), Rumble Racing (2001), Sub Command (2001), 007: The World is Not Enough (2000), Jane's Combat Simulations: USAF (2000), Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 (2000), Chase H.Q.: Secret Police (1999), Jane's Combat Simulations: F/A-18 Simulator (1999), Knockout Kings 2000 (1999), Madden NFL 2000 (1999), R-Type DX (1999), Tomorrow Never Dies (1999), Jane's Combat Simulations: Fleet Command (1998), NCAA Football 99 (1998), Jane's Combat Simulations: U.S. Navy Fighters '97 (1997), Madden Football 64 (1997), Madden NFL 98 (1997), NHL 98 (1997), Nuclear Strike (1997), Soviet Strike (1997), Fire Fight (1996), The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo (1996), NHL 97 (1996), Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1996), NHL 96 (1995), PGA Tour 96 (1995), Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City (1994), MLBPA Baseball (1994), NBA Showdown (1994), PGA Tour Golf 3 (1994), Alfred Chicken (1993), Allan Border's Cricket (1993), Body Blows (1993), Gunship 2000 (1993), The Lawnmower Man (1993), Lemmings 2: The Tribes (1993), TORNADO (1993), ATAC (1992), AV8B Harrier Assault (1992), Birds of Prey (1992), Firepower 2000 (1992), Gods (1992), Krusty's Fun House (1992), Race Drivin' (1992), R-Type II (1992), Spider Man: Return of the Sinister Six (1992), Epic (1991), Exterminator (1991), Faceball 2000 (1991), Gazza II (1991), Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (1991), Supaplex (1991), Tower Toppler (1991), Wreckers (1991), Back to the Future Part II (1990), Chase H.Q. (1990), Chip's Challenge (1990), Cloud Kingdoms (1990), Days of Thunder (1990), Fire and Brimstone (1990), . Golden Axe (1990), Jupiter's Masterdrive (1990), Kid Gloves (1990), Loopz (1990), Overlord (1990), SimCity (1990), Total Recall (1990), Wrath of the Demon (1990), Zombi (1990), 007: Licence to Kill (1989), 1st Person Pinball (1989), Archipelagos (1989), Bad Company (1989), Ballistix (1989), Blood Money (1989), Dogs of War (1989), Eye of Horus (1989), Fantasy World Dizzy (1989), Ghostbusters II (1989), . Millennium: Return to Earth (1989), Moto X Simulator (1989), Shadow of the Beast (1989), Snoopy and Peanuts (1989), Toobin' (1989), Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1989), . Xenon 2: Megablast (1989), Alien Syndrome (1988), Beyond the Ice Palace (1988), Carrier Command (1988), Chrono Quest (1988), Circus Games (1988), Dizzy: The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure (1988), International Rugby Simulator (1988), Leatherneck (1988), Menace (1988), Pandora (1988), Platoon (1988), Quadralien (1988), The Sentinel (1988), Speedball (1988), Treasure Island Dizzy (1988), Xenon (1988), Amaurote (1987), Army Moves (1987), ATV Simulator (1987), Bubble Bobble (1987), Enduro Racer (1987), Feud (1987), Grand Prix Simulator (1987), The Island of Dr. Destructo (1987), Kikstart 2 (1987), The Living Daylights (1987), Ninja (1987), Stormbringer (1987), Super G-Man (1987), Super Robin Hood (1987), Ghosts 'N Goblins (1986), Glider Rider (1986), Jail Break (1986), Knight Games (1986), Split Personalities (1986), Storm (1986), Lazy Jones (1984)
Sounds Like: YOUR CHILDHOOD!!!!!!!!!!! (i.e. one filled with an AMIGA or an ATARI or a COMMODORE C64 or a MEGADRIVE)
Record Label: Unsigned

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