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Michael John Gordon is an Australian composer, record producer, musician, and sound designer, composing music primarily for video games.

Mick Gordon
Born	(1985-07-07) July 7, 1985 (age 37) Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Genres	Video game music extreme metal djent progressive doom metalstep heavy metal industrial rock jazz
Occupation(s)	Composer sound designer musician Record producer
Years active	2002–present
Website	mick-gordon.com

Gordon has composed for several first-person shooters, including LawBreakers, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, Prey, the 2016 reboot of Doom and its sequel Doom Eternal, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and seasons one and two of the 2013 fighting game Killer Instinct.

Career

Gordon began his musical career as a jazz / blues guitarist in his teens.[1] He first began to work as a sound designer with Pandemic Studios, where he contributed additional sound design for Destroy All Humans! 2. In 2013, he scored the first season of the fighting video game, Killer Instinct, a reboot of the original 1994 title. The following year, Gordon scored the second season of Killer Instinct and the action-adventure first-person shooter Wolfenstein: The New Order (developed by MachineGames). He returned to the Wolfenstein series in 2015 to compose the score for Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, a prequel to Wolfenstein: The New Order.

In 2016, Gordon completed the score for the science fiction first-person shooter, Doom, a sequel of the 1993 game that was developed by id Software. His score for Doom won a number of awards including a D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition,[2] SXSW Gaming Award for Excellence in Musical Score,[3] The Game Awards Best Music/Sound Design and was nominated for a BAFTA Games Award for Best Music.[4][5]

In 2017, Gordon completed the score for the horror first-person shooter, Prey, developed by Arkane Studios. He also worked alongside Martin Stig Andersen to again return to the Wolfenstein series, scoring Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, developed by MachineGames. In 2020, he completed the score of Doom Eternal; while the music for the game was once again well-received, circumstances around the soundtrack release led to a public falling out between Gordon and id Software and a parting of ways.[6][7]

On 23 June 2020 British rock band Bring Me the Horizon announced they'd be working with Gordon on their upcoming release.[8] Vocalist Oliver Sykes discusses how he fell in love with the Doom Eternal soundtrack during quarantine. Being heavily inspired by Gordon's work, the band decided to reach out to him and offer a collaboration. The resulting work, titled "Parasite Eve", was released on 25 June alongside an accompanying music video.[9] The collaboration then expanded into the commercial release, Post Human: Survival Horror, released on 30 October 2020.

Musical style and inspiration

According to Mick Gordon's official website, Gordon "utilises a broad range of modern musical sound design and traditional composition techniques in order to be unconstrained by any singular genre," and that it is "inspired by the connection between the audience and the experience."[10]

Gordon's work "considers the role of music as a translation of the world in which it exists rather than a simple accompaniment."[10]

Discography

Soundtrack albums

Title	Release date	Label	Format
A Day in Pompeii	August 21, 2012	Self-released	Digital download
Killer Instinct: Season One Soundtrack + Original Arcade Soundtrack	October 14, 2014	Microsoft Corporation	CD, digital download
Wolfenstein: The New Order (Original Game Soundtrack)	May 19, 2014	Bethesda Softworks	CD, digital download
Doom	September 28, 2016	Bethesda Softworks	CD, digital download
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	March 16, 2018	Bethesda Softworks	CD, digital download
Doom	July 27, 2018	Bethesda Softworks	Vinyl

Production credits

Year	Artist	Album	Title(s)	Notes
2020	Bring Me the Horizon	Post Human: Survival Horror	"Dear Diary,"	Additional production
			"Parasite Eve"
			"Obey" (with Yungblud)	Percussion, synthesizer, additional production
			"Itch for the Cure (When Will We Be Free?)"	Additional production
			"Kingslayer" (featuring Babymetal)
			"One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in Your Chest as You March Towards Your Death" (featuring Amy Lee)
2021	3Teeth	—	"Paralyze" (featuring Ho99o9)	Production[11]
2022	Monuments	In Stasis	—	Co-production
	Motionless in White	Scoring the End of the World	"Scoring the End of the World"	Guest appearance[12]

Works

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2006	Hot Dog King	Music and sound design	[13]
2006	Destroy All Humans! 2	Additional sound design	[13]
2007	Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots	—	[13]
2008	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	—	[13]
2009	Real Racing	—	—
	Need for Speed: Shift	Co-composed with Stephen Baysted and Mark Morgan	[13]
	Marvel Super Hero Squad	—	[13]
2010	Real Racing 2	Game sound effects	—
	The Last Airbender	—	[13]
	Need for Speed: World	—	[13]
	Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet	—	[13]
2011	Shift 2: Unleashed	Composed with: Heavy Melody Music Ramin Djawadi Troels Folmann Stephen Baysted Mike Reagan	[13]
	Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat	—	[13]
	Need for Speed: The Run	Additional music	[14]
2012	A Day in Pompeii	Audio Director; Museums Victoria exhibit	[13]
	Battle Group	Also sound designer	—
2013	Real Racing 3	Game sound effects	—
	ShootMania Storm	—	[13]
	Killer Instinct	Season One (2013) and Season Two (2014)	[14]
2014	Wolfenstein: The New Order	Additional music by Frederik Thordendal	[14]
2015	Wolfenstein: The Old Blood	Additional music by Michael Tornabene and Casey Edwards	[15]
	Project CARS	Guitars with John J. Harvey	—
2016	Doom	Additional music by Chris Hite, Ben F. Carney and Chad Mossholder	[16]
2017	Prey	Additional music composed by Ben Crossbones, Matt Piersall, and Raphaël Colantonio	[17]
	LawBreakers	Composed with Jaroslav Beck, Dieselboy, Mark The Beast, Malcolm Kirby Jr. "Faust" and “Toska-9” tracks in the official album	[18]
	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	Composed with Martin Stig Andersen; additional music by Frederik Thordendal	[19]
2019	Borderlands 3	Additional Music Support Original game score by: Jesper Kyd Michael McCann Finishing Move Inc. Raison Varner	[20]
2020	Beautiful Desolation	—	[21]
	Doom Eternal		[22]
2023	Atomic Heart		[23]
TBA	Routine	Audio Director	[13]

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Work	Result
2006	Game Developers' Association of Australia	Best Audio	Destroy All Humans! 2	Won
2012	Game Audio Network Guild	Best Audio, Other	A Day in Pompeii	Won
2013	Game Audio Network Guild	Best Interactive Score	Killer Instinct	Nominated
	Game Audio Network Guild	Best Original Song, Vocal (Pop)	Killer Instinct ("Touch Me and I'll Break Your Face")	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild	Best Original Song, Vocal (Pop)	Killer Instinct ("I'm Back to Rise")	Nominated
2016	The Game Awards	Best Music/Sound Design	Doom	Won
2017	Game Developers Choice Awards	Best Audio	Doom	Nominated
	SXSW Gaming Awards	Excellence in Musical Score	Doom	Won
	D.I.C.E. Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition	Doom	Won
	British Academy Games Awards	Best Music	Doom	Nominated
2018	New York Game Awards	Best Music in a Game	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Shared with Martin Stig Andersen)	Nominated
	D.I.C.E. Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Shared with Martin Stig Andersen)	Nominated
2020	The Game Awards	Best Score and Music	Doom Eternal	Nominated
	Steam Awards	Best Soundtrack	Doom Eternal	Won

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Mick Gordon

Michael John “Mick” Gordon (* 9. Juli 1985 in Mackay, Queensland) ist ein australischer Komponist und Sound Designer, der sich auf Kompositionen für Videospiele spezialisiert hat. Bekannt wurde er durch Soundtracks für Spiele von Bethesda Softworks.

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[ru] Гордон, Мик (композитор)

Мик Го́рдон (англ. Mick Gordon; род. 9 июля 1985, Маккай) — австралийский композитор и саунд-дизайнер, пишущий музыку преимущественно для компьютерных игр.

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