Tim Wright (musician)

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Timothy Brian Wright

Background information
Also known as CoLD SToRAGE
Origin Flag of England Cymau, Wrexham, North Wales, United Kingdom
Genre(s) Electronica
Occupation(s) Composer
Arranger
Years active 1990-present
Website Official CoLD SToRAGE Website

Tim Wright (born July 31, 1967), alias CoLD SToRAGE, is a British is a video game music composer most known for his work in video game soundtracks such as Wipeout.

He first composed songs for the Commodore Amiga before joining Psygnosis (now Sony Computer Entertainment Studio Liverpool) in the early 1990s. He now works in his own company, Tantrumedia, continuing to produce music and music production software.

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[edit] Biography

Tim Wright exhibited musical aspirations at the tender age of 3, singing self-penned songs into a portable cassette recorder. Through the Seventies & early Eighties, he underwent formal piano training and wrote songs for a handful of short lived pop/electro bands[citation needed].

In the late 1980s, Wright penned award winning[citation needed] compositions for over 50 computer and videogames beginning with freelance work on Commodore Amiga titles. He then went onto work full time at Psygnosis Ltd. (Now SCEE) on projects such as Lemmings, Wipeout, Wipeout 2097 and Colony Wars.

Leaving Psygnosis in 1997, Wright was involved in the formation of Jester Interactive Ltd[citation needed], with the intention of bringing music creation and mixing to Sony's original PlayStation console. the simply-titled "MUSIC" received many industry awards[citation needed] and accolades, and spawned five more incarnations before Wright finally departed with his brother (Lee Wright) to form Checkmate Solutions Limited to design a new range of eJay music sequencing software.

In 2003, Wright formed his own multimedia company called Tantrumedia Ltd, which was involved in web space provision, website creation, software production, design & print and, of course, music. He also set up a website to host much of his musical output under the name CoLD SToRAGE. In 2005, as well as releasing the CoLD SToRAGE double album "MELT", he designed a new version of the Dance & HipHop eJay music software for Empire Interactive, and made a return to Wipeout, this time for the Sony PSP with Wipeout Pure.

2006 saw Wright create more music for games, this time on Nintendo DS, Sony PSP and PC for forthcoming titles, whilst Tantrumedia Ltd. continued in the form of website creation and business service provision.

2008 sees Wright release his second album, "ANDROID CHILD" whilst still managing Tantrumedia Ltd. and developing a new range of eJay Software for Empire Interactive.

[edit] Video game soundtracks

[edit] Discography

  • Psygnosis: The Future Is Now (1997)
  • Immortal 2 (2002)
  • MELT (2005)
  • WipEout Pure: The Official Soundtrack (2005)
  • Immortal 3 (2006)
  • ANDROID CHILD (2008)
  • CoLD SToRAGE HD (2008)

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