Peter Hajba (born 15 December 1974), also known by his

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nickname Skaven, is a Finnish electronic musician, video game composer and

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. His most recent project is with

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as an animator, sound designer and graphic artist. Prior to working with Remedy, Hajba has been credited on games developed by

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, PopCap Games, Introversion Software Limited,

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, and

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. Hajba was a member of the widely popular but now defunct

group

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, which produced some highly acclaimed

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during the 1990s. Despite having no formal training, he has won numerous awards for his music, including winning the Assembly music competition in 1993, 1995 and 2002. In 2005, Hajba composed the soundtrack for the Text Mode Demo Contest invitation demo. As of 2012, Hajba now regularly releases tracks on his

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page.

Video game credits

* 1998 – '' GLtron'' * 1999 – ''

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'' – music for the "Peak Monastery" and "Liandri Core" level * 2000 – ''

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'' * 2001 – ''

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'' * 2001 – ''Seven Seas Deluxe'' * 2001 – ''

Max Payne ''Max Payne'' is a neo-noir third-person shooter video game series developed by Remedy Entertainment (''Max Payne'' and ''Max Payne 2'') and Rockstar Studios (''Max Payne 3''). The series is named after its protagonist, Max Payne, a New York C ...

'' – Particle effects, character animation and sound effects * 2001 – '' Alchemy Deluxe'' * 2002 – '' Dynomite Deluxe'' * 2002 – ''Codename Silver'' * 2002 – '' Bookworm Deluxe'' * 2002 – '' Big Money! Deluxe'' * 2003 – '' Warblade'' * 2003 – ''Sweet Tooth To Go'' * 2003 – '' Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne'' – Particle effects, sound design and voice engineering * 2004 – '' Bejeweled 2 Deluxe'' * 2004 – ''

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'' * 2007 – ''PopCap Hits! Vol 1'' * 2007 – ''PopCap Arcade Vol 1'' * 2008 – ''

Bejeweled Twist ''Bejeweled Twist'' is a Tile-matching video game, tile-matching puzzle video game developed and published by PopCap Games. It is the third game overall and first spin-off game in the Bejeweled (series), ''Bejeweled'' series, as well as being th ...

'' * 2009 – ''Boonka'' * 2010 – ''

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'' * 2010 – ''

Alan Wake ''Alan Wake'' is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was released in May 2010 for the Xbox 360, with a Windows version following in February 2012 and a remastered ve ...

'' – Sound design, particle effects, additional graphics * 2011 – ''

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'' * 2011 – '' Bejeweled Blitz Live'' * 2012 – ''

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'' * 2015 - ''Ice Rage'' * 2019 - ''

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References

External links

*
Skaven
at The Mod Archive
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at

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