Graeme Norgate is a British video game music composer who has composed music for a variety of video games developed by Rare. His first project at Rare was writing music for the Game Boy game, Donkey Kong Land. He also contributed to the soundtracks of Blast Corps and GoldenEye 007. Norgate was later an employee of Free Radical Design, the company was eventually bought out by Crytek and renamed to Crytek UK; Norgate retained the position of audio director after the company's buyout. Norgate later moved to Dambuster Studios after Crytek closed down Crytek UK.
Originally working at a bank before joining Rare in 1994, Norgate worked on the music of such games as GoldenEye 007 and Blast Corps. A friend of fellow Rare composer Robin Beanland, the two worked on the original soundtrack to Killer Instinct in the 1990s. He also composed music for other Rareware games such as Diddy Kong Racing, Jet Force Gemini, and Perfect Dark.
Norgate played synthesizer and programmed drums for the bands 'FWNT' and 'The Catch' between 1991 and 1992. He also has remixing works under the alias of Virez; he has remixed several songs for bands such as Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Goteki, Code 64, Seize and Illumina.
Video game soundtracks TitleYearNotesKiller Instinct1994With Robin Beanland, also converted music for the SNES and Game Boy versions.Donkey Kong Land1995With David WiseBlast Corps1997GoldenEye 007With Grant Kirkhope and BeanlandDiddy Kong RacingSound effectsJet Force Gemini1999With Beanland and Alistair LindsayPerfect Dark2000With Kirkhope and David ClynickTimeSplittersTimeSplitters 22002Second Sight2004With Christian MarcussenTimeSplitters: Future Perfect2005Crysis2007Audio directorHaze2008With Christian Marcussen and Cris VelascoGangsta' Zombies2010I Wanna Be the BoshyUses music from Killer InstinctCrysis 2 2011Audio directorTwist Pilot2012The Snowman and the SnowdogGangsta' PetsAXRIA Retro WorldCrysis 32013Audio directorRyse: Son of RomeCrytek Nottingham DevelopersKiller InstinctSpecial thanksQ.U.B.E.: Director's Cut2014Rare Replay2015Crack AttackPolygolyHomefront: The Revolution2016Audio directorCarnival Blast2019Tamarin2020Ambient tracks and sound design.Dead Island 22023Audio director, additional voices
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Bandcamp store Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix Timesplitters Music Box