Birth name Alexander Brandon Name Alexander Brandon Years active 1987–present | Origin Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Role Musician | |
Also known as Siren, Chromatic Dragon, Sandman Born September 29, 1974 (age 49) ( 1974-09-29 ) Occupation(s) Composer, musician, voice actor, voice director, sound designer, audio director Albums Tyrian, Earthscape, Violet Eclectic, Era's End Genres Electronica, Synthpop, Pop rock Associated acts Michiel van den Bos, Dan Gardopee, Andrew Sega, George Sanger Similar People Michiel van den Bos, Big Giant Circles, Lauren Liebowitz | ||
Instruments Keyboards, PC, guitar | ||
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Alexander Brandon (also known as Siren in the demoscene and tracker community, born September 24, 1974) is a US musician, former member of Straylight Productions, who composed music mostly for games produced by Epic Games, or games based on Epic technology, including Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, Tyrian, Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and the cancelled game Jazz Jackrabbit 3D. Brandon is also a voice actor, having been cast most recently for the parts of Ancano and Amaund Motierre in the Role Playing Game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by Bethesda Game Studios.
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- Siren alexander brandon rush job
- Interview with alexander brandon and grant kirkhope loudr game music festival series
- Past nicknames
- Influences
- Discography
- Video game credits
- Books
- References
Brandon started composing music at the age of 14 when he got an Ad Lib music synthesizer card for Christmas. He worked in several MOD music groups over his composing years in the late 90's, including the Kosmic Free Music Foundation. During that time he also composed for several musicdisks such as Return to Stage 9.
Brandon has built several audio departments, starting with Ion Storm Austin in mid-2000. This was followed with an audio director position at Midway Home Entertainment in San Diego until 2007 when he started the audio department at Obsidian Entertainment. In February 2009 he built the audio department at Heatwave Interactive, also providing business development and overall media management. In April 2010 Alex launched Funky Rustic, an independent audio production studio, working out of Georgetown, Texas.
Interview with alexander brandon and grant kirkhope loudr game music festival series
Past nicknames
During his tracker career, Alex has used several nicknames:
Note that there were several (two or three) tracker musicians around the world, who have used the nickname "Sandman" independently of Alex.
Influences
Alexander Brandon's influences include Peter Gabriel, Dream Theater, Frost*, Andrew Sega, Steve Vai, and Ozric Tentacles, among others.
Discography
The AtmosphereS albums generally contain ambient music, one of Brandon's major composing styles. Era's End showcases several other styles including pop and rock.