Steven Burke
aka:
S. Burke,
Steve Burke
Moby ID: 117320
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[Composer and Sound Designer]
Steve Burke grew up on the Isle of Man, where he got involved with music from an early age. He started playing the clarinet and joined the Manx Youth Orchestra when he was at Junior School, and was hooked on music from that point on. At home he had a piano that he played nearly every day, which lead to a traditional classical music background.
At 20, he decided to head off to London and study music at King’s College London. There, he studied composition, conducting, orchestrating, and piano at the Royal Academy of Music as well. After that he specialized in composition at the Royal College of Music for his Masters degree. While at college, he also went to many film score recording sessions and concerts. There he met great composers such as John Williams and Michael Kamen.
After working for a film composer in London for a year or so after college, he found out that Rare was looking for a composer/sound designer. He was hired and has been busy writing music and making bizarre noises for games ever since. For Kameo: Elements of Power, he recorded about 70 minutes of music with an 80-piece orchestra and a 40-piece choir in Prague, with an additional hour from sampled bits recorded in his studio at Rare.
Credited on 18 games
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| Raging Justice (2018, Windows) | Development Team > Music and Sound Effects |
| Yooka-Laylee (2017, PlayStation 4) | Composers |
| Rare Replay (2015, Xbox One) | Special Thanks |
| Fable: Heroes (2012, Xbox 360) | Music Composed by |
| Fusion: Genesis (2011, Xbox 360) | Music |
| Fusion: Sentient (2011, Windows Phone) | Composer |
| Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (2008, Xbox 360) | Clanging and Banging |
| Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (2008, Nintendo DS) | Viva Pinata Team |
| Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (2008, Xbox 360) | Viva Piñata Alumni |
| Jetpac Refuelled (2007, Xbox 360) | Music |
| Viva Piñata (2006, Xbox 360) | Music & Sound Effects |
| Kameo: Elements of Power (2005, Xbox 360) | Music |
| Perfect Dark Zero (2005, Xbox 360) | Field Recording |
| Conker: Live & Reloaded (2005, Xbox) | Live Performance |
| No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (2002, Windows) | Speical Thanks |
| Star Fox Adventures (2002, GameCube) | Additional Musicians |
| EverQuest: The Shadows of Luclin (2001, Windows) | Game Designers |
| EverQuest: The Scars of Velious (2000, Windows) | Additional Game Designers |
[ full credits ]
Frequent Collaborators
People- 11 games with Leigh Loveday
- 10 games with Huw Ward
- 10 games with Phil Spencer
- 9 games with Mark Betteridge
- 9 games with Gregg Mayles
- 9 games with Simon Farmer
- 9 games with Ken Lobb
- 9 games with Jamie Hughes
- 9 games with Andrew Wilson
- 9 games with David Wong
Companies
- 11 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 11 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 10 games with Rare Limited
- 4 games with Volt Information Services, Inc.
- 4 games with Excell Data Corporation
- 3 games with Microsoft S. de R.L. de C.V.
- 2 games with Team17 Digital Limited
- 2 games with Daybreak Game Company LLC
- 2 games with PAN Vision AB
- 2 games with NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH
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