Tee Lopes | |
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Birth name | Tiago Lopes |
Born | Coimbra, Portugal | November 19, 1986
Occupation(s) | Composer |
Discography | Tee Lopes discography |
Website | https://www.teelopesmusic.com/ |
Tiago Lopes, better known as Tee Lopes, is a Portuguese-American composer primarily for video games. He is best known for his contributions for the Sonic the Hedgehog series beginning with the 2017 video game Sonic Mania .
Lopes was born in Coimbra, Portugal in 1986. As a young child, he created music for personal enjoyment with several programs, including Music 2000 for the PlayStation. [1] In 2009, he uploaded his first Sonic the Hedgehog remix to YouTube, [2] which led to his career as a video game composer. He would continue to upload remixes, original tracks, and other personal works to this day. [3]
Lopes first started his work as a hobbyist musician working for indie games and fan games. [4] After being well-known for Sonic the Hedgehog remixes on YouTube, he went on to compose an HD fan port of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 . After its completion, several of its developers including Tee Lopes created PagodaWest Games, an indie game developer. [5] In 2017, him along with the developers of PagodaWest Games partnered with Sega to develop Sonic Mania, a game that notably featured other well known Sonic fan creators such as Christian Whitehead and Headcannon. [1] After Mania, Lopes has become a freelance composer and has continued to compose for video games such as Sonic Superstars , Streets of Rage 4 , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge , and G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra. [6] [7] [8] [9] On the Twitch charity fundraiser Indieland 2023, it was confirmed that Lopes was composing the soundtrack to the game Penny's Big Breakaway . He has also composed for several web series, such as Sonic Mania Adventures, SomecallmeJohnny and Scott the Woz .
Year | Title | Notes |
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2013 | Major Magnet | Lead composer |
2017 | Sonic Mania | Lead composer |
2018 | Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom | "Opening" (English) |
2019 | Team Sonic Racing | Music with several others |
League of Legends | "Arcade 2019: Ultracombo", with Jason Willey | |
2021 | Mighty Fight Federation [10] | Music with several others |
Streets of Rage 4 | Mr. X Nightmare downloadable content | |
2022 | Sonic Origins | Animated cutscene score |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge | Lead composer | |
Banana Kong 2 | Lead composer | |
Sonic Frontiers | Divergence prologue animation score | |
2023 | Sonic Superstars | Music with several others |
Sonic Dream Team | Animated intro score, with Jonny Atma | |
2024 | Penny's Big Breakaway | Music with Sean Bialo |
Berserk Boy | Lead composer | |
Contra: Operation Galuga | "Snow & Mechanica", with Jonny Atma | |
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra | Lead Composer | |
TBA | Metal Slug Tactics |
Year | Title |
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2017 | Sonic Mania Adventures |
2018 | SomecallmeJohnny |
2020 | Scott the Woz (season 4) |
2022 | Caddicarus |
2023 | Scott the Woz (season 6) |
Tee Lopes has won an award for IGN's People's Choice Vote for Best Original Music award for his work on Sonic Mania. [11] He has also been nominated for a Independent Composer of the Year award in VGMO's 2019 Annual Game Music Awards for his contributions to the Team Sonic Racing soundtrack.
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