Martin Iveson

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Martin Iveson is a British video game composer and deep house, hip-hop, jazz artist under the nickname Atjazz.

He moved from the North-East of England to Derby in 1991 to take a position as in-house musician for the then fledgling video games company Core Design. Martin experimented with sounds on his small keyboard and home computer. He co-worked with Nathan McCree on the two first Tomb Raider games and with Peter Connelly on Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (see Music of Tomb Raider series).

Iveson then met a manager of an independent record shop in Derby and they created Mantis Recordings. Iveson took on the artist name of Atjazz', and in 1996 released his first single, Story. He then released his debut album, That Something. A second Atjazz album, Labfunk, was released on the same label in 2001. He continued to work on the music and sound effects for video games. He also makes remixes of his works and performs DJ sets.

He cites Schostokovich, Stravinsky, John Frizzell and John Williams as influencers for the soundtrack.

[edit] Notable works

• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (with Peter Connelly) (2003)
• Herdy Gerdy (2002) (with Peter Connelly)
• Labfunk (2001) (as Atjazz)
• Project Eden (2001)
• Tomb Raider: Chronicles (with Peter Connelly) (2000)
• That Something (1999) (as Atjazz)
• Fighting Force 2 (1999)
• Ninja: Shadow of Darkness (1998)
• Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business (1998)
• Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (1998) (with Nathan McCree)
• Fighting Force (1997)
• Swagman (1997) (with Nathan McCree)
• Tomb Raider (1996) (with Nathan McCree)
• Heimdall 2 (1994)
• BC Racers (1995) (with Nathan McCree)
• Wolfchild (1993)
• Chuck Rock (1992)

[edit] External links

• Atjazz official website
• Atjazz MySpace
• Martin Iveson at the Internet Movie Database
• Atjazz Podcasts
• RBMA Radio On Demand - Train Wreck Mix - Volume 2 - Atjazz (Mantis Recordings)

v • d • e Tomb Raider series Video games 1st continuity Core Design Tomb Raider (1996) • Unfinished Business (1998) • Tomb Raider II (1997) • Golden Mask (1998) • Tomb Raider III (1998) • Lost Artifact (1998) • The Last Revelation (1999) • Chronicles (2000) • The Angel of Darkness (2003) 2nd continuity Crystal Dynamics Legend (2006) • Anniversary (2007) • Underworld (2008) Game Boy games Tomb Raider (2000) • Curse of the Sword (2001) • The Prophecy (2002) Film/Animation Lara Croft: Tomb Raider • The Cradle of Life • Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series • Ten Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective • The Action Adventure (interactive DVD) Characters Lara Croft • Jacqueline Natla • Larson • Pierre Dupont • Werner Von Croy • Kurtis Trent Music Music of the games • Lara Croft Tomb Raider Soundtrack • The Cradle of Life Soundtrack Composers Nathan McCree (1996-1998) • Peter Connelly (1999-2003) • Martin Iveson (collaborator) Troels Brun Folmann (2006-present) Miscellaneous Atlantean Scion • Dagger of Xian