Russell Brower

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Russell Brower is an American music composer and three-time Emmy Award-winning [1] [2] [3] sound designer who has created sounds for Tiny Toon Adventures , Animaniacs and Batman: The Animated Series , and video game music for games including Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising , World of Warcraft , StarCraft II , Diablo III and Arena of Valor . He was previously the Director of Audio/Video for Blizzard Entertainment, the sound designer/editor at Warner Bros. Animation and DiC Entertainment, the Audio Director at NovaLogic, and the Principal Media Designer and Music Director at Walt Disney Imagineering. [4]

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"Invincible", from his score for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King , made its first appearance in the Classic FM Hall of Fame Top 300 in April 2014 at no 52. It was Brower's first appearance in the Hall of Fame. [5]

On July 21, 2017, he announced that his position as the Sr. Audio Director/Composer at Blizzard Entertainment was eliminated. [6] At the time he left he stated he may contribute as a freelance composer, [7] but since then has referred to Blizzard's environment as toxic in response to the lawsuit alleging a "frat boy" culture with sexual harassment at Blizzard. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Challenger (1990) - Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries of a Special". Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Batman (1996) - Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class". IMDb. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Back to the Future (1992) - Outstanding Film Sound Editing". IMDb. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Nestor, Emer (11 December 2015). "The Art of Video Game Music: Russell Brower". Final Note Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "World of Warcraft". halloffame.classicfm.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Post by Russell Brower". Facebook. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Post by Russell Brower". Facebook. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Post by Russell Brower". Facebook. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  9. ↑ PC Gamer US (1 August 2008). "Diablo III Preview". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  10. ↑ "Blizzard's Russell Brower". ComputerAndVideoGames. Archived from the original on 27 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.

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