Bill Black is a musician who also casts and directs voice actors and performs sound effects design.
Bill Black (real name William Thomas Blackwell III) was born in Long Beach, California. August 18, 1960. He started out in music on bass guitar in the Los Angeles clubs with a rockabilly trio, James Intveld and the Rockin' Shadows. Black left and was replaced by Patrick Woodward. The band split up when Ricky Nelson asked drummer Ricky Intveld and Woodward to join his backing band. All were killed on 31 December 1985 when the plane in which they were travelling crashed in De Kalb, Texas less than two miles from a landing strip at approximately 5.14pm. In 1983 Black joined the Huntington Beach pop punk rock group "The Earwigs" and stayed with them until they split up in 1987.
In the late 1980s, Black was contracted by Activision to create audio and MIDI tracks for their games. In 1995 he began sound design & casting & directing character voice over for video games under the name Big Fat Kitty Productions (later Bill Black Audio Video). He worked with Geoff Farr to design sound for Gina & TL, a 2002 Sundance Film Festival pick for animated shorts. The same year, Black and composer Paul Chiten created the sound that opens and closes the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Black is now the CFO of Buzzart Enterprises Inc., the publishing company of Buzzy Linhart. Black currently lectures regularly at USC Viterbi School of Engineering and is also voiceover casting and dialogue director.
Television and film
Black’s musical compositions have been used in Law and Order and the Showtime series StreetTime.
CBS Series Law and Order Criminal Intent Episode 119 with Paul Chiten.
CBS Movie of the Week Spring Break Shark Attack with Paul Chiten.
ABC Sports The Extremist with John Sinclair
Showtime The Red Shoe Diaries Episode 15 Forbidden Zone with Jay Reynolds
Mech Warrior II Activision 1993 Music MIDI File editing, dialogue post-production, Japanese, Korean, French, German Japanese network dialogue Shanghai Activision 1993 Music MIDI File editingReturn To Zork Activision 1994 Music MIDI File editingMech Warrior II Ghost Bears Legacy Activision 1995 casting, directing, dialogue post-production, sound effects design, voiceover actingJumpstart Toddlers Knowledge Adventures 1995 sound effects designSacred Ground Activision 1996 Dialogue post-production, mixingHyperblade Activision 1996 Additional sound effects design, voiceover acting, dialogue post-productionBlast Chamber Activision 1996 Sound effects design Dialogue post-productionElk Moon Murders Activision 1996 Dialogue post-productionJohnny Quest Virgin Sound and Vision 1996 Sound effects design, dialogue post-productionNanotek Warrior Activision 1996 Sound effects designMech Warrior II Mercenaries Activision 1996 voiceover direction and editing, Sound effects design, voiceover acting, German Recording and MixingZork Nemesis Activision 1996 Additional Sound effects design, Japanese, German Dialogue post-productionMuppets Activision 1996 Music MIDI File editing Sound effects designSpycraft Activision 1996 Dialogue post-production MIDI File Programming, Archive M&EZork French Activision 1997 Dialogue post-productionZork Inquisitor Activision 1997 Dialogue post-productionMuppets Activision 1997 Dialogue post-production, Music MIDI file editing, Additional sound effects designI-76 German Activision 1997 Dialogue post-productionAsteroids Activision 1998 Sound effects designBattlezone Activision 1997 Produced and co-directed voiceover, Dialogue post-production Sound effects design Mixed Cinematic Cut scenes and Dialogue post-production on Japanese VersionVigilante 8 Activision 1998 Casting Dialogue post-productionScreaming Demons Activision 1998 Casting, Producing, and Co-Directing voiceover in English & German, Authored the Script for All Radio Segments, Sound effects designJade Cocoon Crave Entertainment 1999 Dialogue post-production, Cut scene MixingCall To Power Activision 1998 Casting, Directing, Sound effects design, Italian, German, French Castilian Dialogue Editing, Recording, Futzing, MixingTigger Disney 2000 Dialogue Editing, Mixing German, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, CastilianJet Ski Crave 2000 Dialogue post-production voiceover ActorDark Reign Activision 1997 Sound effects design Dialogue post-production Mixing German, French, and SpanishCall To Power II Activision 2002 Casting, Directing, Sound effects design, Dialogue post-production Mixed Cinematic Cut scenes for Italian, German French, Iberian SpanishMission Bravo Mattel/Gigawatt 2000 Sound effects designLittle Mermaid Disney 2000 Dialogue post-production, Mixing German, Italian, French, Dutch, SpanishAerowings Crave 2000 Casting, Directing Dialogue post-productionDinosaur Disney 2000 Dialogue post-productionRipmax RC Simulator Inertia 2000 Sound effects designDark Reign II Pandemic 2000 Dialogue post-production, Recording, Mixing Sound effects designStar Trek Red Squad Activision 2000 Dialogue post-productionVampire Redemption Activision 20000 Dialogue Editing, RecordingToy Story II UK Activision 2000 M&E Editing for LocalizationGalerians Crave Entertainment 2000 Dialogue post-production Mixing Cut scenesAerowings II Crave Entertainment 2000 Casting, Directing, Dialogue Post ProductionShanghai Second Dynasty Activision 2000 Casting, Dialogue Post Production, Sound effects designKessen II Koei 2001 Line Producer, Dialogue post-production, Cinematic MixingThe Weakest Link Activision 2001 Casting, Directing, Dialogue post-productionNeverwinter Nights Atari 2002 Character voiceover Producing & Co-DirectingReturn to Castle Wolfenstein Activision 2002 Mix Cinematics for German, French, Italian, Sound effects design E-3 DemoWrath Unleashed Lucas Arts 2003 Sound effects designDelta Force Team Sabre Novalogic 2003 Casting, Dialogue post-productionJoint Ops Escalation Novalogic 2004 Casting, Directing, Dialogue post-productionJoint Ops Typhoon Rising Novalogic 2004 Casting, Sound Design for Cinematic Cut ScenesShadow Ops Red Mercury Atari 2004 Casting, Directing (six languages) Dialogue Post ProductionDelta Force Xtreme Novalogic 2005 Weapon SFX, Casting, Directing, Dialogue Post ProductionDelta Force Black Hawk Down Xbox & PC Novalogic 2003 2005 Casting, Directing, Dialogue Post Production Lineage II The Chaotic Chronicles NC Soft 2005 Casting, Directing, dialogue post-productionTop Gun Mastiff 2005 Cinematic Sound effects designWorld of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Vivendi Games 2007 Blizzard voiceover CastingMonkwerks Monkey Gods LLC - Dreamhive 2009 Sound effects design Composed Theme SongSnood Electronic Arts - Monkey Gods LLC 2009 Sound effects design and voiceover acting and postproductionWar Inc. Battlezone Warmongers Inc 2011 Sound effects designCaptain Fox 1 Pirate of the Mist Giunti Editore 2011 Cast & Directed US English Character Voice OverCaptain Fox 2 The Phantom of the Seven Seas Giunti Editore 2011 Cast & Directed US English Character Voice OverReality Fighters Sony Computer Entertainment Europe 2012 Additional Casting & Directing US English Cast & Directed US English Character Voice OverToy Soldiers Cold War Microsoft 2012 Cast & Directed Russian & Vietnamese Character Voice OverDemons Score Square Enix Tokyo 2012 Cast & Directed English Character Voice OverRenaissance Heroes Chang You 2012 Cast & Directed additional English Character Voice OverBravely Default Nintendo Square Enix 2014 Cast & Directed English Character Voice OverLineage 2 Revolution NC Soft Net Marble 2017 Cast & Directed English Character Voice Over