Graeme Norgate | |
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 Norgate developing music at Free Radical Design in 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Electronica, techno, space music, chill-out, liquid funk, acid jazz, progressive, ambient, deep house, trip hop, new age, dance-punk, drum and bass |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Website | graemenorgate |
Graeme Norgate is a British video game music composer who has composed music for a variety of video games developed by Rare. His first project at Rare was writing music for the Game Boy game, Donkey Kong Land . He also contributed to the soundtracks of Blast Corps [1] and GoldenEye 007 . [2] Norgate was later an employee of Free Radical Design, [2] the company was eventually bought out by Crytek and renamed to Crytek UK; Norgate retained the position of audio director after the company's buyout. Norgate later moved to Dambuster Studios after Crytek closed down Crytek UK. [3]
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Originally working at a bank before joining Rare in 1994, Norgate worked on the music of such games as GoldenEye 007 and Blast Corps. A friend of fellow Rare composer Robin Beanland, the two worked on the original soundtrack to Killer Instinct [4] in the 1990s. He also composed music for other Rareware games such as Diddy Kong Racing , Jet Force Gemini , [5] and Perfect Dark . [4]
Norgate played synthesizer and programmed drums for the bands 'FWNT' and 'The Catch' between 1991 and 1992. He also has remixing works under the alias of Virez; he has remixed several songs for bands such as Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Goteki, Code 64, Seize and Illumina.
