Bill Black

Developer BIO

Bill is a voice over casting and dialog director, sound effects designer and music composer. He has contributed most of his efforts making noise for video games.

Additionally his music has been heard on ABC, CBS and Showtime, his film and audio productions has won him several awards. He creates emotional and inspiring audio and visual work leaving his indelible mark on video games, film, animation and television.

Among his awards are a 2002 Sundance Film Festival pick for an animated short from the series, Gina & TL.

His music video of Celeste Lear’s song ‘Another View’ took the 2004 One Film Festival award.

He cast and directed the character voices for Atari's Shadow Ops Red Mercury nominated for a 2005 Golden Reel Award.

He co-composed the sounds that opens and closes the Stock Exchange each day in Tokyo Japan.

Bill is based in Hollywood, California.

Websites

• Bill Black Online -- Audio and Video for Games and Film
• Linked In -- I describe my philosophy of game audio integration.

Games Credited

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (2007), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Delta Force: Xtreme (2005), NovaLogic, Inc.
Joint Operations: Escalation (2004), NovaLogic, Inc.
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury (2004), Atari, Inc.
Wrath Unleashed (2004), LucasArts
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (2003), NovaLogic, Inc.
Neverwinter Nights (2002), Infogrames, Inc.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Game of the Year) (2002), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Fighting Legends Online (2001), Maximum Charisma Studios
Kessen II (2001), KOEI Co., Ltd.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Ultimate Ride (2001), Disney Imagineering
Call to Power II (2000), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Dark Reign 2 (2000), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Disney's Dinosaur (2000), Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption (2000), Activision, Inc.
AeroWings (1999), CSK Research Institute Corp.
Civilization: Call to Power (1999), Activision, Inc.
Shanghai: Second Dynasty (1999), Activision Deutschland GmbH
Asteroids (1998), Activision, Inc.
Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu (1998), Genki Co., Ltd.
Dark Reign: The Future of War (1997), Activision, Inc.
NanoTek Warrior (1997), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries (1996), Activision, Inc.
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat (1995), Activision, Inc.
MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy (1995), Activision, Inc.
Shanghai: Great Moments (1995), Activision, Inc.