Disasterpeace

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Disasterpeace

Composer Rich "Disasterpeace" Vreeland, 2012
Background information
Birth name Richard Vreeland
Born (1986-06-29) June 29, 1986
Staten Island, New York, United States
Genres Chiptune, electronic
Occupation(s) Musician, Composer
Years active 2004–present
Website Disasterpeace.com

Richard Vreeland, better known by his stage name Disasterpeace, is a US composer and musician. He first got started in music after learning the guitar in high school and started writing music around the age of 17.[1] Known for his work as a chiptune artist, Vreeland stepped into film score composition with the 2014 film It Follows.

Career

Fez

This medley begins with the roll of the ocean and eases into a synthesizer sequence with heavy fuzz and distortion.
Trail, a medley by Disasterpeace from the Fez soundtrack remix album FZ: Side Z

Vreeland composed Fez's chiptune-esque[2] electronic soundtrack. Despite his background in chiptune, Vreeland limited his use of that genre's mannerisms in the score. He worked with soft synth pads and reverb to push the score closer to an 80s synthesizer sound. He also reduced reliance on percussion and incorporated distortion techniques like bitcrushing and wow. Vreeland opted for slower passages with varying tempos that could "ebb, flow, and breathe with the player".[3] He left some portions of Fez without music. Vreeland worked on its soundtrack at night for about 14 months while scoring Shoot Many Robots,[3] and Brandon McCartin of Aquaria contributed the game's sound effects.[4]

It Follows

In 2014, Vreeland produced the soundtrack for David Robert Mitchell's sophomore film It Follows, after being approached by Mitchell, a fan of Vreeland's work on the video game Fez.[5]

Discography

Studio albums
Year Title Notes
2004 History of the Vreeland Self-released
2005 The Chronicles Of Jammage The Jam Mage Self-released
2006 Atebite And The Warring Nations
2008 Level
2010 Astral Puzzle Meltdown Self-released
2011 Deorbit B-sides, self-released
Rise Of The Obsidian Interstellar
Soundtracks
Year Title Notes
2008 Woosh Video game
Rescue: The Beagles Video game
2009 High Strangeness Video game
Waker Video game
2011 360° Sharks Video game
ZONR Video game
2012 Shoot Many Robots Video game
Fez Video game
2013 Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien Video game
January Video Game
Famaze Video Game
Apoc Wars Video Game
Somewhere Short Film
2014 The Floor Is Jelly Video game[6]
Canon Brawl Video Game
Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake Video Game
2015 It Follows Film
Loop Ring Chop Drink Short Film
Gunhouse Video Game[7]
Mini Metro Video Game

References

  1. ↑ "Fine Tuning Interview: Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace)". Esperino. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Hollander Cooper (12 April 2012). "Fez review". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 Kirk Hamilton. "Fez's Beautiful Soundtrack Lives and Breathes Video Game Dreaminess". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "GameSetWatch Two Minutes Of Fez's Charming World". gamesetwatch.com. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Scoring Horror Interview with RICH VREELAND". Cinema Knife Fight. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Floor is Jelly". Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ Necrosoft Games' Gunhouse now available on PlayStation Mobile, retrieved 2015-07-27

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