Paul Arnold (composer)

Early life and education

Arnold was born in Great Wyrley, South Staffordshire. Here he received his early education, getting A levels in music, economics and sociology, studying at Great Wyrley High School. Later he studied at University of Leicester, where he received B.A. (Hons) at Music and Computing, and University of York, where he received M.Sc at Music Technology. At University of York Arnold's course colleague applied for an audio position at Cambridge-based video game developer Millennium Interactive. When asked to go for an interview, Arnold's course colleague declined as he had bought a house in Surrey, and asked Arnold to go instead of him.

Career

Arnold successfully took a mentioned audio position at Millennium Interactive (later SCE Cambridge Studio). Here he met his future colleague Andrew Barnabas. Their first effort at the company was music for Creatures series. Later, they were tasked with doing the score for 1998's MediEvil. Based on the words of Arnold, the score was experimental and orchestral, influenced by works of Danny Elfman. Music for MediEvil was critically acclaimed, along with the score for its sequel, too composed by Barnabas and Arnold.

In June 2001 Arnold and Barnabas resigned from SCE Cambridge and opened their music company Bob & Barn. Their first project was the successful score for SCE Cambridge's Primal, which launched their joint career. Since Primal's release Bob & Barn composed acclaimed scores for Broken Sword 3, Kung Fu Chaos and Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir, along with composing music for TV series and films. Currently they had completed doing music for 2011 shooter Brink.