Aubrey Hodges is an American composer, musician, multi-instrumentalist and video game music composer. He began his professional audio career in 1985 and has composed music and sound effects for the video game industry since 1991.[1] He has worked on series including King's Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory,[2] PlayStation versions of Doom, Doom 64, and Nintendo 64 versions of Quake and Quake II.[3]
Aubrey Hodges | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Electronic, soundtrack, dark ambient |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, sound designer, arranger |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Website | aubreyhodges |
Hodges plays a multitude of instruments, from stringed to brass to percussion,[4] and works in a variety of styles. He also composes and records independent albums under his own name.[5]
Credits
editVideo games
editAubrey Hodges has contributed to over 200 games,[6] including:
| Video games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Year | System(s) | Notes |
| Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose | 1991 | MS-DOS, FM Towns, Windows | Sound effects |
| EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus | MS-DOS, Windows | ||
| Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood | MS-DOS | ||
| Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero | 1992 | ||
| The Shadow of Yserbius | 1993 | With Russell Lieblich | |
| Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness | |||
| Hoyle Classic Card Games | |||
| Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist | |||
| Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing | 1995 | SNES | |
| Fun 'n Games | 3DO | ||
| Doom | PlayStation, Sega Saturn | ||
| Final Doom | 1996 | PlayStation | |
| Robotron X | |||
| Doom 64 | 1997 | Nintendo 64 | |
| Robotron 64 | |||
| Quake | 1998 | ||
| NFL Blitz | Arcade, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Windows | Video/Audio Editing | |
| Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. | PlayStation, Nintendo 64 | ||
| Ready 2 Rumble Boxing | 1999 | Design Team | |
| Quake II | Nintendo 64 | Credited as Ken "Razor" Richmond | |
| Rampage 2: Universal Tour | |||
| Offroad Thunder | Arcade, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube | With Dale Stump | |
| Quake III Arena | 2000 | Dreamcast | |
| Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 | Nintendo 64 | Music Development Manager | |
| NBA Hoopz | 2001 | Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 | Special Thanks |
| Spy Hunter | PlayStation, GameCube, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, OS X | Music Development Manager | |
| Legion: The Legend of Excalibur | 2002 | PlayStation 2 | Music Development Manager, FMV Audio Editing |
| Haven: Call of the King | Dialogue Editing, Audio Director | ||
| Fire Blade | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox | Speech, Music Development Manager | |
| NASCAR Thunder 2004 | 2003 | PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox | Supporting Audio |
| Freaky Flyers | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox | Additional thanks, FMV Voices | |
| NCAA Football 2004 | Audio Support | ||
| Madden NFL 2004 | Additional Audio Support | ||
| NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup | 2004 | Audio Director | |
| Madden NFL 2005 | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox | ||
| Madden NFL 06 | 2005 | ||
| NASCAR SimRacing | Windows | ||
| NASCAR 06: Total Team Control | 2006 | PlayStation 2, Xbox | |
| Arena Football | |||
| Superman Returns | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 | ||
| NCAA Football 07 | PlayStation 2, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360 | ||
| NFL Street 3 | PlayStation 2, PSP | ||
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 | 2007 | Macintosh, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360 | |
| NASCAR 08 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | ||
| Madden NFL 08 | GameCube, Macintosh, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows, Xbox | ||
| NFL Head Coach 09 | 2008 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
| NASCAR 09 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | ||
| Madden NFL 09 | PlayStation 2, Xbox | ||
| Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure | Nintendo DS | Performed guitar and vocals | |
| NinJump | 2010 | Android, iPad, iPhone | |
| Army of Darkness: Defense | 2011 | iPhone | |
| Dragonvale | Android, iPhone | ||
| Madden NFL Football | Nintendo 3DS | ||
| Paper Toss Friends | 2012 | iPad, iPhone | Sound design |
| Fieldrunners | Windows | Audio | |
| NinJump Deluxe | Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac | ||
| Spellfall | 2014 | Android | |
| Halo: The Master Chief Collection | 2019 | Windows, Xbox One | Special thanks |
| Gears Tactics | 2020 | Windows | Additional audio, with Lewis Gregory Williams and Matteo Cerquone |
| Doom Eternal | PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One | Poster tracks | |
| Immortals of Aveum | 2023 | PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Windows | Audio director, composer |
Voice acting
edit| Title | Role(s) |
|---|---|
| Fire Blade | Additional voices |
| Legion: The Legend of Excalibur | |
| Haven: Call of the King | Will, Chamber Of Ruin Blind Man, Henchman, Guard 2 |
| Freaky Flyers | Soldier, Newsreels[7] |
Other work
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Journey into the Dark Places | |
| Refelctions of Veldra | ||
| 2013 | Journey into the Sacred Places | |
| Free Stuffs: Volume 1 | ||
| 2014 | Above All the Thorns | With Mattie Mills |
| 2017 | The SynthBots: Beethoven Quartets Vol I | With John Hodges |
| 2018 | Journey into the Dark Places: Vol. 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Aubrey Hodges Biography".
- ^ "38 Studios Adds Pioneer Audio Director and User Interface Designer". IGN. 2008-11-04.
- ^ "Aubrey Hodges (Doom/Quake)". Shane. 2009-12-10. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23.
- ^ "Instruments Listing".
- ^ https://aubreyhodges.bandcamp.com
- ^ "Aubrey Hodges' complete list of credits".
- ^ "Aubrey Hodges (Visual voices guide)".
External links
edit- Official website
- Aubrey Hodges discography at MusicBrainz
- Aubrey Hodges at IMDb
- Aubrey Hodges profile at MobyGames
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