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Charles Deenen (born 15 January 1970 in
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), is a Dutch video game audio director, composer, sound designer, and mixer. He wrote music created sound effects for many
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and
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games, in addition to working for Interplay,
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, and other video game developers.


Video games

In 1987, Deenen, Jeroen Tel, and others started the sound and music group Maniacs of Noise and composed game music for the
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,
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, and
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, being hired by
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, U.S. Gold, and
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. Initially he was a programmer for the group, while Tel was the composer, but after their first few games he began working on music as well. He composed music for the home computer versions of ''
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'', '' Soldier of Light'', and Jukka Tapanimäki's game '' Zamzara''. Maniacs of Noise composed the music for over 300 Commodore 64 and Amiga games. In 1990, he moved to the US and worked for
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for six months. In 1991, Interplay hired him where was a composer and sound designer on '' Fallout 1'' and ''
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'', '' Another World'', '' Planescape: Torment'', '' The Lost Vikings'', and '' Descent 2''. In 2002 he left Interplay and briefly worked for Shiny on ''
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''. In 2003, Deenen joined
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as senior audio director for the ''Need for Speed'' series. In 2013 he left to work as a freelancer.


Other work

Deenen also works on sound for films.Deenen's IMDB profile.
/ref> He provides world-wide
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s about sound in video games, films and trailers as of 2006. He is also a professional
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, having many collections of works on his own site.


References


External links


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Charles Deenen at Commodore 64 Scene DatabaseCar sounds recording: Guide by Charles Deenen
February 25, 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Deenen, Charles 1970 births Living people Commodore 64 music Dutch video game composers People from Boxmeer