Sonic Mayhem

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Sonic Mayhem is the professional name used by German born game music (Metal music) producer and professional sound designer Sascha "Buzzfunk" Dikiciyan and associates. Sonic Mayhem has, as its most high-profile projects, produced the soundtracks for Quake II and Tomorrow Never Dies and Hellgate: London, as well as approximately half of the soundtrack for Quake III Arena and all the weapon sound effects for Unreal Tournament. Sonic Mayhem has also produced independent music albums.

Sonic Mayhem's style is primarily a very driving and forceful form of aggro-industrial, with an emphasis on repeated musical phrases (though this is less pronounced in their non-soundtrack work). By now Sascha cooperates with Cris Velasco which is responsible for orchestral moods in their music. Former band member David Valencia left in 2000.

[edit] Discography

• John Woo's Stranglehold (2007)
• Hellgate: London (2007)
• TMNT (video game) (2007)
• God of War 2 (2007)
• Dark Messiah (2006)
• Spyhunter: Nowhere to Run (2006)
• Battlezone PSP (2006)
• Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2006)
• Terminator: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• Music for Visual Media (2002)
• Sonic Mayhem Promo 2001 (2001)
• Quake III Arena Noize (2000)
• Tomorrow Never Dies Video Game Soundtrack (2000)
• Quake II: The Reckoning (1998)
• Quake II: Ground Zero (1998)
• Quake II Soundtrack (1997)
• Methods of Destruction Quake Add-on (1996)

[edit] External links

• Sonic Mayhem website
• Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
• GameSlice Interview: The Music of Quake
• Sascha Dikiciyan Interview at Tracksounds