Bad Animals, Inc.

Moby ID: 13579

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Steve Lawson Productions (from 1979 to 1991)
Lawson Productions (from 1991 to 1992)

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Bad Animals, Inc. was founded in 1979 in Seattle, Washington (USA) as Steve Lawson Productions by Steve Lawson and his wife Debbie Lawson. The company started small with one 8-track analog studio offering audio production. By 1990 the company had grown, had opened additional studios and began music recording.

In 1991 Steve joined forces with Nancy and Ann Wilson (of the rock group Heart) to construct Studio X, a world-class live recording studio. The company began using the name Lawson Productions, having dropped the "Steve" from its name. In 1992 Lawson Productions' name was officially changed to Bad Animals/Seattle (borrowing the name from the Heart 1987 record album "Bad Animals"). Studio X was sold in 1997 and the Wilson sisters sold their interest in the company back to the Lawsons.

In June 1999 Bad Animals/Seattle was sold to 3 of its longtime employees Dave Howe, Mike McAuliffe, Tom McGurk along with Seattle native Charlie Nordstrom.

Bad Animals focuses entirely on sound design, voice talent casting, recording & mixing, and original music for commercials, multimedia projects, interactive projects, episodic television, feature films and audio environments.

Credited on 21 Games from 2002 to 2024

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Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024 on Nintendo Switch)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023 on Nintendo Switch)
Starfield (2023 on Windows, Xbox Series, Windows Apps...)
Return to Monkey Island (2022 on Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5...)
Thimbleweed Park (2017 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh...)
Star Wars: Battlefront (2015 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright (2015 on Nintendo 3DS)
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest (2015 on Nintendo 3DS)
Metroid: Other M (2010 on Wii, Wii U)
Backyard Football '10 (2009 on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii)
Saw (2009 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Demigod (2009 on Windows)
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (2008 on Nintendo DS)
Space Siege (2008 on Windows)
Backyard Baseball '09 (2008 on PlayStation 2, Windows, Wii)
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007 on Nintendo DS)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (2007 on Nintendo DS)
Backyard Basketball 2007 (2007 on Windows, PlayStation 2)
Backyard Sports: Baseball 2007 (2006 on PlayStation 2, GameCube, Windows)
Dungeon Siege (2002 on Windows, Macintosh)