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Nathan McCree (born 27 January 1969) is an English music composer and sound effects editor for multimedia projects including computer games, television, live events, and radio. He worked with Core Design between 1996 and 1998, for the first three Tomb Raider games, among others. He worked also with high-profile names such as the Spice Girls and Orange.[1] In 2008 he became full-time Audio Director for Vatra Games where he worked until 2010.[2] After this he became Audio Director at City Interactive in Warsaw where he worked on Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 and Alien Rage. McCree then went freelance and set up his own studio in Brno, Czech Republic.[3]

Nathan McCree
Born	(1969-01-27) 27 January 1969 (age 53) England
Genres	Orchestral, electronic, electro-acoustic
Occupation(s)	Music composer
Instrument(s)	Keyboard, piano
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Eidos Interactive

Early life

McCree was born in England and is the third child of Patrik McCree and Beverly Allison. As a child, he spent time singing in a choir from the age of 6 where he learned about harmonies and progressions from choral music.[2]

Career

He started writing music when he was 11, on a Korg Delta synthesizer bought by his father, he used his 4 track reel-to-reel tape recorder to multi-track. He studied Computer Science at Kingston University and got his first job with Core Design as a programmer.[2]

His job there was to code a music sequencer for the Sega Mega Drive; he wrote some music on it to demonstrate how it worked. His manager liked the music and asked him to write the music for Asterix and the Power of the Gods.[2]

Tomb Raider

McCree is known for creating the original music for Tomb Raider. He wrote the entire score for the first Tomb Raider in four weeks without insight on the game levels to help him draw the music accordingly. On the following two games he was still getting very limited descriptions for what musical elements he needed.[2]

He spent three months working on Tomb Raider II.[2]

After Tomb Raider II he left to go freelance and he was contracted in to do the music for Tomb Raider III.[3]

He was not contracted to work on Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, being later replaced by Peter Connelly who composed Tomb Raider music for another three Tomb Raider games. He interviewed Connelly to replace him at Core Design.[3]

Works

Audio director

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (2013)[4]
• LEGO: Hero Factory, Brain Attack (2013)
• LEGO: Ninjago (2013)
• LEGO: Chima (2013)
• Silent Hill: Downpour (2012)[4]
• Rush'n Attack: Ex-Patriot (2011)

Composer

Sound effects

See also

• "Music" section of Tomb Raider article

References

External links

• Nathan McCree at IMDb
• Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
• Composer profile at Game OST
• Waterlollies on Newgrounds
• Industrial Ambience music album by Nathan McCree

Preceded by First	Tomb Raider composer 1996–1998	Succeeded by Peter Connelly

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[de] Nathan McCree

Nathan McCree (* 27. Januar 1969 in England) ist ein britischer Komponist und Toningenieur für Multimediaprojekte, einschließlich Computerspiele, Fernsehen, Live-Veranstaltungen und Radio. Er arbeitete hauptsächlich bei Core Design, unter anderem an den ersten drei Tomb Raider Spielen. Er arbeitete auch mit bekannten Größen, wie den Spice Girls oder Orange.

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- [en] Nathan McCree

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[es] Nathan McCree

Nathan McCree (Inglaterra, 27 de enero de 1969) es un compositor de música y editor de efectos de sonido para proyectos multimedia que incluyen juegos de computadora, televisión, eventos en vivo y radio. Trabajó principalmente con Core Design, para los tres primeros juegos de Tomb Raider, entre otros. Trabajó también con nombres de perfiles tales como Spice Girls and Orange.

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