Rik Schaffer is an American composer, musician, and sound designers. He's known as one of the top sound designers in the video game industry. He formed Womb Music in 1996 after being in the music industry as a member of several acts such as

Tomorrow's Child Tomorrow's Child is an American progressive rock, hard rock and glam metal band formed in 1987 in Los Angeles, California that were signed to Arista Records. Tomorrow's Child had the same line-up throughout the band's existence, featuring futur ...

and Engines of Aggression. He often works with his partner Margaret Tang. Rik has also composed original soundtracks for video games, gaining recognition particularly for his work on ''

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'' and '' Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.

Discography

Studio albums

(glam rock band active between 1988-1996, lead guitarist) *''Tomorrow's Child'' (Dream Circle, 1993) *''Rocky Coast, Rough Sea'' (Dream Circle, 1996) Engines of Aggression (industrial metal band active between 1993-2001, lead guitarist) *''Speak'' EP (Priority, 1993) *''Illusion Is Real'' single (Priority, 1993) *''Inhuman Nature'' (Priority, 1994) *''Engines of Aggression'' EP (self-released, 2001) Womb (solo grunge project, vocals by Todd Miller except for As Lonely As I Am done by Jamie Alexander) *''Bella'' (Dream Circle, 1996) Instrumental versions of Clean, Selfless Doubt and As Lonely As I Am (retitled Poinsettia) are present on the soundtrack of ''Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines'' Nectar (solo prog rock project, vocals by

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except for We Just Disagree done by Dean Ortega) *''Afterglow'' (Dream Circle, 1997) An instrumental version of We Just Disagree (retitled as All That Could Ever Be) is present on the soundtrack of ''Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines'' The last track Black Sheep is misspelled as "Back Sheep." on the cd jewel case

Video game original scores

*''Red Asphault'' (1998) – Cinematics & One Song *'' MiG-29 Fulcrum'' (1998) *

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(1999) –Additional Music * ''Dark Age Of Camelot'' (multi-artists soundtrack, 2001 and following expansions) *'' Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon'' (2002) *'' The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian'' (2002) *'' Dark Age of Camelot Shrouded Isles'' (2002) *'' Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis'' (2003) *''

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'' (2003) – Womb/Ambient Music *'' Spawn: Armageddon'' (2003) *''

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''(2004) *'' Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines'' (2004) *''

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'' (2005) *'' X-Men: The Official Game'' (2006) *''

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'' (2005) – Womb/Ambient Music *''

Over the Hedge ''Over the Hedge'' is a 2006 American animated heist comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG. Based on the comic strip of the same name, the film was directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick from a screenplay by Len Blum, ...

'' (2006) – Womb/Ambient Music *'' The Shield: The Game'' (2007) *'' Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer'' (2007) *''

'' (multi-artists soundtrack, 2014, Volume 1 and Volume 2 albums released in 2016 and 2017 respectively). *'' Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2'' (2024)

Video game Editorial and Sound Design

*'' Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex'' (2001) *''

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'' (2003) *''

Call of Duty ''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter military video game series and media franchise published by Activision, starting in 2003. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games. Several spin-of ...

'' (2003) *'' Call of Duty: United Offensive'' (2004) *''

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'' (2004) *''

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'' (2004) *'' Pitfall: The Lost Expedition'' (2004) *''

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'' (2004) *

Shark Tale ''Shark Tale'' is a 2004 American animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks. The film was directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, and Rob Letterman, from a screenplay written by Letterman and Michael J. Wilson. The film features the vo ...

(2004) *''

Shrek 2 ''Shrek 2'' is a 2004 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book '' Shrek!'' by William Steig. Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon from a screenplay by Adamson, Joe Sti ...

'' (2004) *''

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (also simply known as ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'') is a 2004 American black comedy adventure film directed by Brad Silberling from a screenplay by Robert Gordon, based on the first th ...

'' (2004) *'' Madagascar: Operation Penguin'' (2005) *''

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'' (2005) *''

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'' (2005) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War'' (2006) *''

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'' (2006) *

(2006) *'' Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts!'' (2006) * Bee Movie Game (2007) *'' Shrek the Third '' (2007) *''Shrek's Carnival Craze'' (2007) *''

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'' (2007) *'' Enemy Territory: Quake Wars'' (2007) *'' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' (2007) *'' Spider-Man: Friend or Foe'' (2007) *'' Call of Duty: World at War'' (2008) *'' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'' (2008) *''

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'' (2008) *'' Transformers Animated: The Game'' (2008) *''

Wolfenstein ''Wolfenstein'' is a series of alternate history World War II video games originally developed by Muse Software. The majority of the games follow William "B.J." Blazkowicz, an American Army captain, and his fight against the Axis powers. Earlie ...

'' *'' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' (2009) – Sound & Casting Director *''

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' is a children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. It was first published in 1978 by Atheneum Books, followed by a 1982 trade paperback edition from sister company Aladdin Pap ...

'' (2009) *'' Updated'' (2009) *'' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' (2009) *'' Dreamkiller'' (2009) – Casting & Voice Director *''

Alpha Protocol ''Alpha Protocol'' is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Sega. The player assumes control of agent Michael Thorton, a new recruit at a clandestine United States agency called Alpha Protocol, whic ...

'' (2010) *'' X-Men: Destiny'' (2011) *''

Rage Rage may refer to: * Rage (emotion), an intense form of anger Games * Rage (collectible card game), a collectible card game * Rage (trick-taking card game), a commercial variant of the card game Oh Hell * ''Rage'' (video game), a 2011 first- ...

'' (2011) *''

Doom Doom is another name for damnation. Doom may also refer to: People * Doom (professional wrestling), the tag team of Ron Simmons and Butch Reed * Daniel Doom (1934–2020), Belgian cyclist * Debbie Doom (born 1963), American softball pitche ...

(2016)'' *''DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders'' (2019) – Sound Coordinator *''DreamWorks Spirit Lucky's Big Adventure'' (2021) *''

Doom Eternal ''Doom Eternal'' is a 2020 first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. The sequel to '' Doom'' (2016), and the seventh game in the ''Doom'' series, it was released for PlayStation 4, Stadia, Wind ...

'' (2020) *'' Transformers: Battlegrounds (2020)'' *'' Evil Dead: The Game'' (2022) *''Jumanji: Wild Adventures'' (2023) *'' Justice League: Cosmic Chaos'' (2023)

References

External links

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