David Young is an American keyboardist, composer, and recording artist. He is most well known for producing the soundtracks to the
Sega CD
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video games ''
Sonic CD'',
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GameFAQs (19 November 1993). Retrieved on 21 October 2011. ''
Ecco: The Tides of Time'',
[Ecco: The Tides of Time Release Information for Sega CD](_blank)
GameFAQs. Retrieved on 21 October 2011. and ''
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin''.
[The Amazing Spider-Man vs. the Kingpin Release Information for Sega CD](_blank)
GameFAQs (3 November 1993). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
Career with Sega
In 1993, Young began contributing audio and music to
Sega
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video games. He was present for the formation of Sega Music Group and Sega Music Group Studios in
San Francisco
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. Young was a frequent collaborator with composer/producer
Spencer Nilsen, who was director of Sega Music Group at the time. He was involved in over a dozen different Sega titles from 1993–1996, composing, producing and engineering soundtracks for titles such as ''
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin'',
Sonic CD,
''
Ecco: The Tides of Time'',
''
Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj'', ''
NBA Live
''NBA Live'' is a series of basketball video games that was published by EA Sports. The series, which debuted in 1994, is the successor to the previous ''NBA Playoffs'' and ''NBA Showdown (video game), NBA Showdown'' series.
Beginning in the la ...
'', ''NHL Live'', and ''
Wild Woody'', as well as many others.
Works
References
External links
Official website
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Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American composers
21st-century American keyboardists
21st-century American male musicians
American male composers
American video game composers
Living people