Yannis Brown

Developer BIO

Yannis is an Australian born composer, sound designer and audio architect having has worked in the game industry since 1999.

Highly active in the Amiga demo scene - he started off as composer for a small Australian-based demo crew 'Frontier'. Later he took over management of a scene-based music competition called Groovy Compo and ran that for 2-3 years. Over the years he honed his skills in tracking mod-based music (MOD, .3M, XM, IT) to the point where game companies started asking him for help.

Yannis 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, Glu Mobile, Other Ocean and NGMoco amongst others.

He holds a Degree in Computer Science and a Diploma of Audio Engineering from SAE, over 25 years experience in composition and over 8 years sound design.

He has been employed at the following companies in the past : Ratbag Games, Midway Studios Australia, Backbone Entertainment, and currently is employed by Trionworlds as Audio Director & Audio Lead on RIFT a new AAA MMORPG.

His credits now span over 120 interactive titles on the following platforms:

Brew J2ME Symbian 60 NGage PocketPC Palm OS Tapwave Zodiac IPhone, iPad Web Flash-based Mattel Hyperscan Nintendo GBA, DS, Gamecube, Wii Sony PS1, PS2, PS3, PSN, PSP Microsoft Windows, XBox, XBLA

Websites

• Groovy Audio - Handheld Game Audio Specialists -- Personal Homepage - Portfolio and works

Games Credited

• Escape Goat (2012), MagicalTimeBean
• RIFT (2011), Trion World Network, Inc.
• Dark Void Zero (2010), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Bubble Babble (2009), Handmark, Inc.
• Bubble Shuffle (2009), Handmark, Inc.
• Crazy Daisy (2009), Handmark, Inc.
• Eliminate Pro (2009), ngmoco, Inc.
• Tradewinds 2 (2009), Handmark, Inc.
• Everyday Shooter (2008), Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
• Hexic (2008), Handmark, Inc.
• Platypus (2008), Handmark, Inc.
• Speed Racer: The Videogame (2008), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc.
• Impossible Mission (2007), Codemasters
• Jackass: The Game (2007), Red Mile Entertainment, Inc.
• Shrek-N-Roll (2007), Activision Publishing, 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.
• Digital Eel's Big Box of Blox (2006), Astraware Limited
• Hot Wheels: All Out (2006), Destination Software, Inc.
• Rubik's Bloxx Twister (2006), Living Mobile GmbH
• 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
• Spider-Man 2 (2004), Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Tradewinds (2004), Astraware Limited
• Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu (2003), Atari, Inc.
• Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II (2003), Atari, Inc.
• Monkeys Odyssey (2003), Game Thoughts
• Warblade (2003),