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Michael Schorr is a
video game designer Video game design is the process of designing the rules and content of video games in the Video game development#Pre-production, pre-production stage and designing the gameplay, environment, storyline and characters in the Video game development ...
and the former
drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums. Most contemporary western music ensemble, bands that play Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, or Contemporary R&B, R&B music include a drummer for purposes including timekeepi ...
of
Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie (commonly abbreviated to DCFC or Death Cab) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. Death Cab for Cutie's music has been classified as indie rock, indie pop, and alternative rock. The ...
with whom he recorded ''
The Photo Album ''The Photo Album'' is the third studio album by American indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released October 9, 2001 on Barsuk Records. The albums spawned three singles: " A Movie Script Ending", " I Was a Kaleidoscope", and " We Laugh Indoor ...
'' and two of their
EPs An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...
'' The Forbidden Love E.P.'' and '' The Stability E.P.''


Career


Drummer

Schorr is the former drummer of such bands as
Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie (commonly abbreviated to DCFC or Death Cab) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. Death Cab for Cutie's music has been classified as indie rock, indie pop, and alternative rock. The ...
, Sin Taxi, and FotoForm.


Video Game Designer

In addition to music, Schorr is part of the video game industry. He worked for Wargaming Seattle for four years, before it shutdown in 2018. As of 2023, He works at
343 industries Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) is an American video game developer based in Redmond, Washington, part of Xbox Game Studios. Headed by Pierre Hintze, the studio is responsible for the Halo (franchise), ''Halo'' science fiction franchise, ...
as
Forge A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature at which it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to the ...
Lead Designer for
Halo Infinite ''Halo Infinite'' is a 2021 first-person shooter video game developed by 343 Industries and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the sixth mainline installment in the ''Halo'' series, following '' Halo 5: Guardians'' (2015). The game's campa ...
.


References

American alternative rock drummers American indie rock musicians Death Cab for Cutie members Living people The Long Winters members Year of birth missing (living people) Video game developers {{drummer-stub