Allister Brimble is a British video game composer. He began composing music and sound effects for the video game industry in the mid-1980s. He also produced various audio tracks, as "Brimble's Beats", that were distributed on cover disks of magazines including CU Amiga and Amiga Format.
Allister Brimble | |
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 Brimble in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Electronic, soundtrack |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Website | allisterbrimble |
Brimble works as a freelance musician and sound designer for the games and console industry, and used to work alongside colleague Anthony Putson at the now defunct Orchestral Media Developments.[1] He wrote the theme tune for an indoor theme park in Abu Dhabi.[2] Brimble's extensive experience in alternative formats allowed him to compose for many gaming platforms.
Notable works
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- Thunderbirds (1987)
- Fast Food Dizzy (1987)
- Rock Star Ate My Hamster (1988)
- Terry's Big Adventure (1989)
- Treasure Island Dizzy (1989)
- Fantasy World Dizzy (1989)
- MiG-29: Soviet Fighter (1989)
- Grand Prix Simulator (1990)
- Italia 1990 (1990)
- Liverpool (1990)
- Dizzy Panic! (1990)
- The Hunt for Red October (1990)
- Alien Breed (1991)
- Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker (1991)
- Terminator 2 (1991)
- CJ's Elephant Antics (1991)
- Big Nose the Caveman (1991)
- Super Seymour (1991)
- Pro Soccer Simulator (1991)
- Full Contact (1991)
- Spellbound Dizzy (1991)
- Dizzy Down the Rapids (1991)
- Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk (1991)
- Slightly Magic (1991)
- The Lost Vikings (1992)
- Tom & Jerry (1992)
- Wild West Seymour (1992)
- Super Seymour (1992)
- Robin Hood Legend Quest (1992)
- Captain Dynamo (1992)
- Big Nose Freaks Out (1992)
- Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade (1992)
- Rampart (1992)
- Assassin (1992)
- Project-X (1992)
- Body Blows (1992)
- Mortal Kombat (1992) for Amiga, GameBoy, GameGear and Sega Master System
- Aladdin (1993)
- Superfrog (1993)
- Sergeant Seymour Robocop (1993)
- Seymour Goes To Hollywood (1993)
- The Lawnmower Man (1993)
- Body Blows Galactic (1993)
- Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues (1993)
- Dino Dini's Goal (1993)
- Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep (1993)
- Mortal Kombat II (1993), for the Amiga
- Bubble and Squeak (1994)
- Impossible Mission 2025 (1994)
- World Cup Striker (1994)
- Zeewolf (1994)
- Ultimate Body Blows (1994)
- Arcade Pool (1994)
- Alien Breed: Tower Assault (1994)
- Street Racer (1994)
- Cannon Fodder (1994)
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1994)
- The Incredible Crash Dummies (1994)
- Sensible Golf (1994)
- Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (1994)
- X-COM: Enemy Unknown (1995)
- Sid Meier's Colonization (1995)
- ATR: All Terrain Racing (1995)
- Screamer (1995)
- Asterix & Obelix (1995)
- Descent (1995)
- The Lion King (1995)
- Subwar 2050 (1995), for the Amiga
- Worms (1996)
- Pinocchio (1996)
- X-COM: Terror from the Deep (1996)
- Grand Prix Manager 2 (1996)
- Descent II (1996)
- Toy Story (1996)
- Monster Trucks (1997)
- Bubble Bubble 2 (1998)
- Glover (1998), original unreleased soundtrack
- Three Lions (1998)
- Ghosts 'n Goblins (1998)
- Gangsters: Organized Crime (1998)
- Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas (1999)
- Abomination: The Nemesis Project (1999)
- RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999)
- Driver (1999)
- Casper (1999)
- Rat Attack! (1999)
- Carmageddon (2000)
- Magical Drop III (2000)
- Jimmy White's 2: Cueball (2000)
- Olympics 2000 (2000)
- Road Rash (2000)
- Driver 2 (2000)
- Toobin' (2000)
- Cool Bricks (2000)
- The Dukes of Hazzard (2000)
- Chicken Run (2000)
- 007 Racing (2000)
- 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue (2000)
- Extreme Ghostbusters (2001)
- Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX (2001)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2001)
- Hot Potato (2001)
- Colin McRae Rally (2001)
- The Italian Job (2001)
- DOOM (2001)
- Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (2001)
- Robocop (2001)
- Mr. Nutz (2001)
- Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (2002)
- XXX (2002)
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (2002)
- V-Rally 3 (2002)
- Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
- He-Man: Power of Grayskull (2002)
- Need for Speed: Underground (2003)
- Dr. Muto (2003)
- Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
- Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon (2003)
- Medal of Honor: Infiltrator (2003)
- Stuntman (2003)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
- Sega Arcade Gallery (2003)
- Duel Masters: Sempai Legends (2004)
- Chris Sawyer's Locomotion (2004)
- Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004)
- Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge (2004)
- Lego Knights' Kingdom (2004)
- Alien Hominid (2004)
- Backyard Basketball 2 (2004)
- Driver 3 (2005)
- Totally Spies! (2005)
- Retro Atari Classics (2005)
- Bionicle: Maze of Shadows (2005)
- Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum (2005)
- Go! Sudoku (2005)
- Totally Spies! 2: Undercover (2006)
- Dance Factory (2006)
- Micro Machines V4 (2006)
- Garfield and His Nine Lives (2006)
- Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (2006)
- Deal or No Deal (2006)
- Arthur and the Invisibles (2007)
- Dead 'n' Furious (2007)
- Asterix at the Olympic Games (2007)
- My Horse & Me (2007)
- Clive Barker's Jericho (2007)
- Backyard Baseball (2007)
- Backyard Basketball 2007 (2007)
- Backyard Hockey (2007)
- Arctic Tale (2007)
- New International Track & Field (2008)
- Fort Boyard. Le Jeu (2008)
- Race Driver: Grid (2008)
- TrackMania Turbo (DS) (2008)
- My Horse & Me 2 (2008)
- 1 vs. 100 (2008)
- Need for Speed: Undercover (2008)
- Overlord: Minions (2009)
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010)
- SteamWorld Tower Defense (2010)
- Fluidity (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
- Bejeweled 3 (2012)
- Fluidity: Spin Cycle (2012)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2013)
- Train Fever (2014)
- Goat Simulator (2015)
- The Smurfs (2011)
- The Smurfs (2015)
- Prison Architect (2015)
- Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers (2016)
- Transport Fever (2016)
- Overload (2018)
- OpenRCT2 (2023)[3]
- The Plucky Squire (2024)[4]
Projects
editIn 2013, Brimble released a compilation, The Amiga Works (classic Amiga tunes),[5] along with a remaster of his previous album Sounds Digital,[6] and many other including The Spectrum Works,[7] which includes some remasters of tunes from other artists.
References
edit- ^ "Orchestral Media Developments". Orchestralmedia.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ "Orchestral Media spends Summer in Abu Dhabi « Orchestral Media". Orchestralmedia.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ Yarwood, Jack (15 May 2023). "Original RollerCoaster Tycoon Composer Creating New Theme For Fan Project". Time Extension. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Sound design for The Plucky Squire". Allister Brimble's website.
- ^ "Allister Brimble The Amiga Works". Anarchy Productions.
- ^ "Sounds Digital (2017 Remaster), by Allister Brimble". Allisterbrimble.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "The Spectrum Works, by Allister Brimble". Allisterbrimble.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
External links
edit- Allister Brimble's personal website
- Allister Brimble's page at ExoticA with downloads for his Amiga Music and CD albums.
- Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
- Allister Brimble discography at MusicBrainz
Interviews
edit- "An Interview with Allister Brimble" Remix64: Carr, Neil (Jun. 13, 2001)
- "Interview with Allister Brimble" Baker, Ben