Yannis BrownDeveloper BIO
Yannis is an Australian born composer and sound designer having has worked in the game industry since 1999. His passion for game audio grew from early childhood playing with home video game systems (such as Texas Instruments, Apple, C64, Commodore Amiga) combined with a love for composing music.
Yannis was fairly active in the Amiga demo scene - starting off as composer for a small Adelaide-based demo crew 'Frontier'. He took over management of a demoscene-based music composition competition called Groovy Compo first started by a friend. He honed his skills in tracking mod-based music (MOD, .3M, XM, IT) to the point where he started getting work requests from game companies.
2002 saw a switch from working in the IT industry to full time game audio production.
He has held positions as both freelancer and in-house audio lead over the years. Yannis has gained recognition as a specialist in hand-held audio from companies such as MacroSpace, JamDat, Senari, Astraware (Handmark), Backbone Entertainment, Binary Hammer amongst others.
With a Degree in Computer Science and an Audio Engineering diploma from SAE College of Audio Engineering his talents include sound design, implementation, technical design, composition
His credits now span over 120 interactive titles on the following platforms:
Brew
J2ME
Symbian 60
NGage
PocketPC
Palm OS
Tapwave Zodiac
IPhone
Web Flash-based
Mattel Hyperscan
Nintendo GBA, DS, Gamecube, Wii
Sony PS1, PS2, PS3, PSN, PSP
Microsoft Windows, XBox, XBLA
Websites
Games CreditedSpeed Racer: The Videogame (2008), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Jackass: The Game (2007), Red Mile Entertainment, Inc.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2007), SEGA Corporation
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2007), SEGA Corporation
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (2007), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
Capcom Classics Collection: Volume 2 (2006), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
Death Jr. II: Root of Evil (2006), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
SEGA Genesis Collection (2006), SEGA of America, Inc.
Capcom Classics Collection Remixed (2005), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
Dragon Ball GT: Transformation (2005), Atari, Inc.
Heavy Weapon Deluxe (2005), PopCap Games, Inc.
Cartoon Network Block Party (2004), Majesco Sales, Inc.
Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury (2004), Atari, Inc.
Mazera (2004), Astraware Limited
Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu (2003), Atari, Inc.
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II (2003), Atari, Inc.
Warblade (2003),
