Jeremy Dower

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Jeremy Dower
Born1976 (age 4950)
OccupationMusician
Website https://nakamichi-600ii.bandcamp.com/releases

Jeremy Dower (born 1976) is an Australia-born musician and visual artist. He is best known for contributing the soundtrack to the pixel art tribute [1] to the iconic opening reel of The Simpsons [2] in 2014. The video was created with fellow Aussie animators Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon. [3] Dower had contributed the arcade-like remake of the theme song to the video. [4]

His work in the visual arts was featured in the 2011 Pictoplasma Festival in Berlin. [5] His best known work in electronic music is "Sentimental Dance Music For Couples", [6] a double album released on Plug Research in 2000. Dower's work in combining visual arts with music has also been featured in Musikgraphics. [7]

Dower has been a guest lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's School of Media and Communications [8] since 2015, and a current lecturer of Professional Practice in Bachelor of Design (Digital Media). [9]

References

  1. "Simpsons Pixels". YouTube . Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. "Cowabunga, dude! The Simpsons gets the pixel art treatment in new video" . Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  3. "Aussie Animators Recreate 'The Simpsons' Credits With Pixel Art" . Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. "The Simpsons opening sequence created by Australians Ivan Dixon and Paul Robertson" . Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  5. "Pictoplasma Festival 2011" . Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  6. "Jeremy Dower". Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  7. Musikraphics: Visualizing the Rhythm of Music. 2008. ISBN   9789889822972 . Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  8. "Dower, Mr. Jeremy" . Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  9. "Digital Media Professional Practice - RMIT University". Digital Media Professional Practice - RMIT University. RMIT University.