Alex Seropian

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Alex Seropian was one of the initial founder and the President and CEO of Bungie Software Products Corporation (renamed Bungie Studios after it was acquired by Microsoft), the developer of the Marathon, Myth, and Halo series. Seropian later went on to create Wideload Games, developer of the Halo-engine-based game Stubbs the Zombie. Alex Seropian graduated from the University of Chicago with a major in math. He founded Bungie Software as a Senior. Alex Seropian composed the soundtrack for the original Marathon game. Bungie's following games had soundtracks composed mostly by Power of Seven and Martin O'Donnell.

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[edit] Bungie

In 1991, Seropian founded Bungie with Jason Jones.[1] Seropian composed the music for Marathon over four months.[2] For the first game of the Halo series, Halo: Combat Evolved, Seropian noted that the company had to incorporate new features such as surround sound and cinematics.[3]

[edit] Other ventures

Seropian founded his own studio in 2004 called Wideload Games, and is intended to be more streamlined than most video game studios.[4] The studio's first game, Stubbs the Zombie, used the Halo engine.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gioconda, Tom (2007-03-06). The History of Bungie. Bungie Studios. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
  2. ^ Craig (2004-10-27). Interview with Alex Seropian, October 27th 2004. eigenhat.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
  3. ^ Deniz, Tuncer (2001-12-10). Interview: Bungie's Alexander Seropian. insidemacgames.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
  4. ^ Butts, Steve (2004-04-26). Wideload Interview. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.

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