Alexander Brandon

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Alexander Brandon (also known as Siren (previously Sandman, previously Chromatic Dragon) in the demoscene and tracker community, b. 1974) is a US musician, former member of Straylight Productions, who composed music mostly for games produced by Epic Games, or games based on Epic technology, including Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, Tyrian, Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and the cancelled game Jazz Jackrabbit 3D.

He worked in several MOD music groups over his composing years in the late 90's, including the Kosmic Free Music Foundation. During that time he also composed for several musicdisks such as Return to Stage 9.

He also released several CD albums. They are titled:

• AtmosphereS: Cultures (with Dan Gardopée)
• AtmosphereS: Dreams (with George "The Fat Man" Sanger)
• AtmosphereS: Pulses (with Dan Gardopée)
• AtmosphereS: Rhythms (with George Sanger)

As the names suggest, the albums mostly contain ambient music pieces, which is one of Brandon's major composing styles.

Brandon currently works as Sound Director at Midway Games' branch office in California.

[edit] External links

• Developer Bio at Gamasutra
• Developer Bio at MobyGames
• Musicography and tracks collection for 1995-1999 (Chromatic Dragon / Siren period)
• Musicography for 1995-2002 (incomplete)
• "Interview with Alexander Brandon" MotherShip Server: Kemmerer, Peter (Jun. 31, 1999)
• "Interview with Alex Brandon" DeusEx-Machina.com: (Jan. 2001)
• Alexander Brandon‎ at MusicBrainz