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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

aka: Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s
Moby ID: 29394

PlayStation 2 credits (2007)

582 people (372 professional roles, 210 thanks) with 682 credits.

Harmonix Music Systems, INC. - 80's Team

Producer Helen McWilliams
Associate Producer Pete Maguire, Jeff Allen
Audio Lead Pete Maguire, Jeff Allen
Sound Designer Izzy Maxwell, Sachi Sato, Arthur Inasi, David Bax, Andrew Buch, Catherine Cavanagh, Jeremy Page, Martin Rodriguez, Marc Brandi, Tristram Lozaw, Ramon Castillo
Audio Intern Rob Lynch
programming Dan Brakeley
Character Concept Artist Jennifer Hrabota Lesser
Art Supervision Dare Matheson
Character Supervision Matthew Gilpin
Art Outsource Manager Jason Kendall
Character Artist Christopher Hartelius
Venue Updates Aaron DeMuth
Shell Updates Joseph Kowalski
Lip Sync Tony Astone
Character Icons Reiko Murakami
Media Intern Todd Robertson
Senior Tech Artist Jason Warburg
Assistant Tech Artist Rob Stott
Character Modeling Liquid Development
Intro Cutscene Ghostmilk Studios, Steve Wilson, Arv Slabosevicius
Poster Artist - Title Screen James Quigley
Poster Artist - Main Screen DWITT
QA Manager Luke Jacobs
QA Lead Keith Smith
Interim QA Lead Joseph Pagliuca III
QA Coordinator Bill Cook
Testers Steven Bailey, Maria O'Brien, Joseph Pagliuca III, Grace Williams
General Manager Alex Rigopulos
VP Engineering Eran Egozy
VP Operations Michael Dornbrook
VP Product Development Greg LoPiccolo
VP Business Development Joe Brisbois
VP Int'l Business Development Bernard H. Yee
Creative Director Josh Randall
Art Director Ryan Lesser
Art Manager Jason Arnone
Audio Director Kasson Crooker
Seneschal Kris Fell
Administrative Assistants Kurt Davis, Spencer Saltonstall
IT Manager Greg Rich
IT Support Asst. Dan Conway
Librarian/Admin. Asst. Heather Wilson
Exalted Intern Adrian Rigopulos
The Interns Eric McDonald, Michael Vitale
Accounting Services Melonie Newman
Special Thanks To: The entire HMX crew, all the fans, Daniel Sussman, Charlotte Harris-Adams, Stephanie O'Malley Deming, Michael Donald Chapman, Matt Chapman, Penny Arcade, Gene Landy, John Lanza, Jeff Light, Tien-Yi Lee, Jerry Wolosenko, the Williamses, and everyone at MTV Networks
Very Special Thanks to the Real Guitar Heroes 6025, Don Barnes, Steve Bartek, Edward Bazalgette, Reb Beach, Nuno Bettencourt, Vito Bratta, Charlotte Caffey, Vivian Campbell, Jeff Carlisi, Carlos Cavazo, Robbin Crosby, Warren DeMartini, C. C. Deville, Kenneth Downing, East Bay Ray, Danny Elfman, David Fenton, Herman Frank Jr., Jay Jay French, Scotti Hill, Wolf Hoffmann, Steve Howe, Scott Ian, Matthias Jabs, Keith Mack, David Murray, Brent Muscat, Eddie Ojeda, Wally Palmar, Paul Reynolds, Dave Sabo, Rudolf Schenker, Cary Sharaf, Adrian Frederick Smith, Zack Smith, Daniel Allen Spitz, Billy Squier, Greg Steele, Andy Summers, Glenn Tipton, Marty Walsh, Jane Wiedlin, Fernando Von Arb, Billy Zoom, all the heroes at WaveGroup sound

Harmonix Music Systems, INC. - Guitar Hero 2 Development Team

Project Leader Daniel Sussman
Producer Elena Siegman, Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom
Associate Producer Helen McWilliams
Programming Lead / Character System James Wiley Fleming
Engine Lead Eric Malafeew
Assistant Programming Lead / Game Systems Ethan Fenn
Venue System Dan Ogles
Game Shell Christine Legge Barrett, Yang Yang, Joseph Kowalski
Beatmatch System Dan Schmidt
Milo Jeff Somers
Build System Marc Flury
Additional Programming Dan Brakeley, Matthew Moss
Audio Lead Eric Brosius
Sound Designers Izzy Maxwell, Jeff Allen, Devon Newsom, Peter Moore, Sachi Sato
Tutorial Voiceover Jason Kendall
Game Designer Chris Canfield
Copywriters Helen McWilliams, Terri Brosius, Christian Wissmuller
Art Lead Dare Matheson
Venue Lead Peter A. MacDonald
Character Lead Matthew Gilpin
Art Associate Producer Jason Kendall
Concept Artists Jennifer Hrabota Lesser, Matthew Gilpin, Adolph Wong, Matt Perlot, Paul Lyons, Matthew Moore, Steven Kimura, Peter A. MacDonald, Reiko Murakami, Aaron DeMuth
Character Tech Adolph Wong
Character Animation Christopher Hartelius, Kelly Scott, Jeffrey B. Carroll, Reiko Murakami
Venue Modeling Peter A. MacDonald, Steven Kimura, Matthew Moore, Matt Perlot
Venue Lighting Matthew Moore, Gayle Robertson
Venue Effects David Boghdan, Brian Gibson
Cinematographer Aaron DeMuth
Track/HUD Elliot Clapp, Brian Gibson, Matt Perlot
Lip Sync Noah Berkley, Reiko Murakami
Median Intern/HMX Video Editor Todd Robertson
Additional Artists Kevin McGinnis, Leeanne Williams
Character Modeling Liquid Development, RedOctane Technologies, Andrew Hickinbottom
Guitar Modeling Liquid Development, Jason Kendall, Matthew Gilpin
Guitar Hero II Logo Joseph Kowalski
Intro Cutscene Ghostmilk Studios, Steve Wilson, Arv Slabosevicius
Senior Tech Artist Jason Warburg
Tech Artists Jason Booth, Sean Baptiste
Tech Art Intern Will Miller
QA Manager Luke Jacobs
QA Coordinator Bill Cook
Testers Arthur Inasi, Keith Smith, Rob Stott, Dan Meretzky, Tim Cook, Alex Rossi, Heather Wilson, Boston Livingstone
Poster Artist - Data Dialog Shepard Fairey
Poster Artist - Main Screen DWITT
Poster Artist - Career Difficulty Select DWITT
Poster Artist - Career Home James Quigley
Poster Artist - End Game Screen James Quigley
Poster Artist - Quickplay Difficulty Select Little Friends of Printmaking
Poster Artist - Co-Op Part Select Steven Kimura
Poster Artist - Multiplayer Difficulty Select Brian Ralph
Poster Artist - Multiplayer Mode Select Jeremy Wabiszczewicz
Poster Artist - Training Select Jen Corace
Poster Artist - Tutorial Select Jay Ryan
Poster Artist - Practice Part Select Steven Kimura
Poster Artist - Practice Difficulty Select Matt Perlot
Poster Artist - Practice Section Select John R. Dee
Poster Artist - Practice Speed Select Jeremy Fish
Poster Artist - Options Jesse Lefkowitz
Poster Artist - Audio Settings Aaron DeMuth
Poster Artist - Video Settings Dare Matheson
Poster Artist - Calibrate Lag Shawn Witt
Poster Artist - Data Settings Mark Dancey
Poster Artist - Bonus Videos Paul Lyons
Poster Artist - Controller Select Joseph Kowalski
Developed by Harmonix Music Systems

Motion Capture - House of Moves, Inc

CEO Tom Tolles
Executive Producer Scott Gagain
Associate Producer Greta Anderson
COO Matthew Lawrence
Production Manager Christopher Bellaci
Sales & Marketing Coordinator Jennifer Becherer
IT Manager Scott Webster
Capture Supervisor Gary Roberts
Capture Operator Andre Petrossian
QA Lead Laura Siewert
QA Assistant Vincent Argentine
Video Lead Nikola Dupkanic
Production Assistant Josephine Darkwah
MoCap Actors Judita Wignall, Matt Wignall, Ryan Lesser, Dare Matheson

RedOctane

Executive Producer Jeff Matsushita
Associate Producer Lennon Lange
QA Lead Daniyel Garcia
QA Casimero Agustin, Mark Johnson, Raul Renteria, Amanda Amezcua
Song Selection Team Lennon Lange, Chris Larkin
Song Asset Manager Patrick Bowman
VP of Marketing Stacey Hirata
Global Brand Manager Doug McCracken
Licensing Associate Chris Larkin
Marketing Assistant Kyle Rechsteiner
Sr. PR Specialist Bryan Lam
PR Coordinator Jordan Dodge
Creative Services Manager Mike Doan
Graphic Designers Maly Bun, Minna Hu
President Kai Huang
Head of Publishing Dusty Welch
COO Charles Huang
Controller Richard Santiago
Accounting Tina Xu
Logistics Manager Candy Lu
Logistics Specialist Scott Yang
HR Generalist Kathryn Fernandez
VP of Accessories Lee Guinchard
Director of R&D Jack McCauley
Product Manager Stephen Withers
Production Engineer Mgr. Jared Chan
Product Designer Cody Lee
RedOctane Europe Zach Fountain
The rest at RedOctane, specifically: Hana Sakamoto, Trina Kratz, Henry Okamoto, Michael Pan, Patty Simonelli, Masai Davis, John Devecka, Sami Venkat
All of the folks at Activision corporate, Specifically: Michael J. Griffith, Ron Doornink, Thomas Tippl, Brian G. Kelly, Robert Kotick, Robin Kaminsky, Maria Stipp, Steve Young, Josh Taub, Laura Hoegler, Jennifer Sullivan, Wade Pottinger, Sean Dexheimer, Dan Schaffer, Molly Hinchey, George Rose, Gregory Deutsch, Mary Tuck, Kap Kang, Danielle Kim, Dave Anderson, Justin Berenbaum, Tina Kwon, Susan Rude, John Dillulo, Ami Sheth, Maryanne Lataif, Michelle Schroder, Steve Rosenthal, Blake Hennon, Victor Lopez, Justin Bennett, Jamie Bafus, Philip Terzian, Jay Komas, Neil Armstrong, Peter Oey, Steve Werb, Todd Szalla, Nikuni Dalal, Christopher D. Wilson, Kathryn Murray, Christopher Cosby, Frankie Kang, Mark Lamia, David Stohl, Steve Pearce, Dan Block, Activision APAC, Activision Europe
Worldwide Executive of Music Timothy Patrick Riley
Manager, Music Affairs Brandon Young

Activision Technical Requirements Group

QA Director James Galloway
TRG Senior Manager Christopher D. Wilson
TRG Submissions Lead Daniel L. Nichols
TRG Platform Lead Kyle Carey
TRG Project Lead Jason Harris
TRG Floor Leads Scott Soltero, Tomo Shikami, Jon Sheltmire
TRG Testers Brian Bensi, Colin Kawakami, Kirt Sanchez, Robert Riter, Scott Borakove, Ryan McCullough, Mark Ruzicka, Keith Kodama, Marc Villanueva, Sasan Helmi
Special Thanks To: Teri Nguyen, Uyen Nguyen, Miko Garcia, 10:58, BeastMan, Skye Lange, Dream Lange, Dorothy Yang, Jordoan, Virginia Lu, The Lam and Fujikawa family, Jo-Jessica, AMI & JO, The Bender, Helper Team, The San Jose Sharks, The Juco Family, M.A.C., Teresa Leann Santos, Da Bears: MB&GB, The Larkin Family, N0-Nancy, Just Peachy, Enuts, Matt Barnes, B-Diddy, Barens Beard, Freddie Arnott, GeraBel, Rooney, Grey Hawke, Dasmexa, Biljac, Jon the DSM, Tracy Price, Tag Hunter, Hunter Watson, Matthew Salutillo, Jace Pwoerchord, Lillian Qian, Kaylan Huang, Charles Huang, Simon Huang, Lily Huang, RedOctane India crew, Dennis Goh, Eskander Matta, Tom Knudsen, Matt Crowley

In-Game Partners

Gibson USA, specifically Henry E. Juszkiewicz, David Berryman, Jim Rosenberg, Rob Senn, Caroline Galloway, Katey Twombly, Kevin Philbin, Jason Sanders, Eric Marlow, Cara Hogan, Alex Madrid, Don Pitts, Ellen Canas, Jon Grimson, Deborah Orsland
Ernie Ball, Specifically Sterling Ball, Brian Ball, Casey Ball, Dudley Gimpel
Mesa/Boogie, Specifically Randall Smith, Doug West, Steve MĂĽeller, Tien Lawrence
Orange USA, Specifically Jason Green, Grahm Gulden
Krank Amplifications, Specifically Martin Chan, Jody Dankberg, Pat Flanagan
Line 6, Specifically Erik Tarkianinen, Marcus Ryle, Kristina Gariano Shue, Ethan Tufts
Boss U.S., Specifically Paul Youngblood, Octavio Padilla, Tara Callahan
Drum Workshop, Specifically Scott Donnell
Avedis Zildjian Co., Specifically Craigie Zildjian, John Sorenson, Brad Baker, Annette R. Macamaux
Guitar Center, Specifically Marty Alberson, Andy Heyneman

Fonts

TapewormTM Regular Lloyd Springer, TypeArt Foundry Inc
HelveticaTM Black Max Miedinger, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
ClarendonTM Hermann Eidenbenz, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

Wavegroup Sound

Music / Vocals Recorded & Produced at WaveGroup Sound Fremont CA; San Francisco CA
Lead Music Produer & Mixer Will Littlejohn
Additional Mixing Nick Gallant
Additional Production Services Doug Doppler, Scott Dugdale, Ric Fierabracci, Nick Gallant, Lance Taber, Joel Taylor
Gutiar Doug Doppler, Nick Gallant, Marcus Henderson, Lance Taber
Bass Darryl C. Anders, Stuart Dubey, Ric Fierabracci, Nick Gallant
Drums, Percussion Scott Dugdale, Joel Taylor
Keyboards, Piano, Organ Scott Dugdale, Will Littlejohn
Trumpet Stefan Colson
Saxes Luke Pennella
Vocalists Lindsay Vora, Brandon Bayless, Dirk Benson, Brad Brooks, Moorea Dickason, Scott Dugdale, Mark Edwards, Nick Gallant, Marcus Henderson, John Honoré, Andrew Chaikin, Will Littlejohn, Brooks Lundy, Kimberly A. Nieva, Sue Pelmulder, Chris Perry, Steven Saxon, Daniel Shorago, Ray J. Sutton, David Dees Urrutia, Austin Willacy, Susan Zelinsky
Engineers Lindsay Vora, Paul Barros Bessone, Scott Dugdale, Bill Frank, Nick Gallant, John Honoré, Mark David Lee, Will Littlejohn, Bob Marshall, Sue Pelmulder, Ray J. Sutton, David Dees Urrutia
Audio Programmers Scott Dugdale, Will Littlejohn
Casting Leslie Barton
Production Coordinator Kimberly A. Nieva

Guitar Hero: Rock's the 80s Song Credits

“Ballroom Blitz” Made famous by Krokus, Michael Donald Chapman (Writing), Nicky Chinn (Writing), Published by BMG Songs Inc.
“Balls To The Wall” Made famous by Accept, Peter Baltes (Writing), Udo Dirkschneider (Writing), Wolf Hoffmann (Writing), Stefan Kaufmann (Writing), Schmidt [Writing], Gabriele Hauke (Writing), Published by Schacht Music Inc.
“(Bang Your Head) Metal Health” Made famous by Quiet Riot, Eric Cavazo (Writing), Mark Dubrow (Writing), Frankie Banali (Writing), Tony Cavazo (Writing), Published By: Embassy Music Corp.
“Bathroom Wall” Made famous by Faster Pussycat, Taime Downe (Writing), Greg Steele (Writing), Published by Gypsy Fetish Music
“Because, It’s Midnite” Performed by Limozeen, J. Christopher Arrison (Writing), Nick Niespodziani (Writing), Matt Sonnicksen (Writing), Larry Palaroncini (Writing), Mark Cobb (Writing), Peter Olson (Writing), 2003 Cheap As Free Music Harmless Junk Inc., All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
“18 And Life” Made famous by Skid Row, Rachel Bolan (Writing), Dave Sabo (Writing), Published by New Jersey Underground Music Inc.
“Caught In A Mosh” Made famous by Anthrax, Daniel Allen Spitz (Writing), Joseph A. Bellardini (Writing), Frank Joseph Bello (Writing), Charlie L. Benante (Writing), Scott Ian (Writing), Published by NFP Music, Administered by Zomba Enterprises Inc.
“Electric Eye” Performed by Judas Priest, Rob Halford (Writing), Kenneth Downing (Writing), Glenn Tipton (Writing), Published by EMI APRIL MUSIC INC., Appearing courtesy of Columbia Records with arrangement by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
“Heat Of The Moment” Made famous by Asia, John Wetton (Writing), Geoff Downes (Writing), Published by Spirit Music and Warner/Chappell, (C) 1982 WB MUSIC CORP., ALMOND LEGG MUSIC CORP (ASCAP) AND PALLAN MUSIC, ALL RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ALMOND LEGG MUSIC CORP, ADMINISTERED BY WB MUSIC CORP., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
“Hold On Loosely” Made famous by .38 Special, James Michael Peterik (Writing), Jeffrey S. Carlisi (Writing), Don Barnes (Writing), Published by BMG Songs Inc. (ASCAP) and WB MUSIC CORP. (ASCAP) / EASY ACTION MUSIC (ASCAP) AND ROCKNOCKER MUSIC COMPANY, ALL RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EASY ACTION MUSIC, ADMINISTERED BY WB MUSIC CORP., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
“Holy Diver” Made famous by Dio, Ronnie Dio (Writing), Published by Niji Publishing
“I Ran (So Far Away)” Performed by Flock Of Seagulls, Frank Maudsley (Writing), Paul Reynolds (Writing), Michael Score (Writing), Alister James Score (Writing), Published by Zomba Enterprises Inc., Appearing courtesy of the Zomba Label Group with arrangement by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
“I Wanna Rock” Performed by Twisted Sister, Dee Snider (Writing), Published by Zomba Melodies Inc.
“Lonely Is The Night” Made famous by Billy Squier, Billy Squier (Writing), Published by Spirit Two Music Inc., (ASCAP) o/b/o Songs of the Knight
“Los Angeles” Made famous by X, Exene Cervenka (Writing), John Doe (Writing), Published by Music Publishing Company of America
“No One Like You” Made famous by Scorpions, Klaus Meine (Writing), Rudolf Schenker (Writing), Published by BMG Songs Inc.
“Nothin’ But a Good Time” Performed by Poison, Bobby Dall (Writing), C. C. Deville (Writing), Bret Michaels (Writing), Rikki Rockett (Writing), Published by Cyanide Publishing, Administered by Zomba Songs
“Only A Lad” Made famous by Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman (Writing), Published by Cherry River Music Co., Dimensional Songs Of The Knoll, Little Maestro Music, Administered by Cherry River Music Co., All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
“Play With Me” Made famous by Extreme, Nuno Bettencourt (Writing), Gary F. Cherone (Writing), Published by © 1987 COLOR ME BLIND MUSIC (ASCAP)., All rights administered by ALMO MUSIC CORP.
“Police Truck” Made famous by Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra (Writing), East Bay Ray (Writing), Published by Decay Music
“Radar Love” Made famous by White Lion, George Kooymans (Writing), Barry Hay (Writing), Published by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, o/b/o Snamyook / Sony/ATV Music Publishing
“Round And Round” Made famous by Ratt, Robbin Crosby (Writing), Warren DeMartini (Writing), Stephen Pearcy (Writing), Published by Ratt Music
“Seventeen” Made famous by Winger, Kip Winger (Writing), Reb Beach (Writing), Beau Hill (Writing), Published by EMI VIRGIN MUSIC INC. and EMI VIRGIN SONGS INC., All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
“Shakin’” Made famous by Eddie Money, Eddie Money (Writing), Ralph Carter (Writing), Elizabeth Myers (Writing), Published by Three Wise Boys (BMI) and Elizabeth Myers Music
“Synchronicity II” Made famous by The Police, Sting (Writing), Published by EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC INC., All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
“The Warrior” Performed by Scandal, Nick Gilder (Writing), Holly Knight (Writing), Published by U.S. Music and Media, Appearing courtesy of Columbia Records with arrangement by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
“Turning Japanese” Made famous by The Vapors, David Fenton (Writing), Published by GLENWOOD MUSIC CORP., All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
“We Got The Beat” Made famous by The Go-Go’s, Charlotte Caffey (Writing), Published by BMG Songs Inc.
“What I Like About You” Made famous by The Romantics, Walter Palamarchuk (Writing), Mike Skill (Writing), Jimmy Marinos (Writing), Published by EMI APRIL MUSIC INC., All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
“Wrathchild” Made famous by Iron Maiden, Stephen Harris (Writing), Published by Zomba Enterprises Inc.
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