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Brian Coburn

Date of birth: 1963-02-07 (age 61)
Employment history: Sega of America Divisions: Sega Multimedia Studio Creative Support SegaSoft
Role(s): Musician

Brian Coburn is a sound designer and former Sega of America employee. During his employment at Sega he composed music for a few titles but mainly designed sound effects as part of the Sega Multimedia Studio (located in Redwood City, California). He later became a part of SegaSoft upon its inception in 1995, but left in late 1996 to join BMI following his work on Mr. Bones.

He has since performed sound roles for various game developers for games published by EA, Atari and Konami.

Production history

Games

Batman Returns (Mega Drive; 1992) — Music and Sound FX by^[2]
Cyborg Justice (Mega Drive; 1993) — Level Songs
Cyborg Justice (Mega Drive; 1993) — Sound and Music^[3]
Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (Mega-CD; 1993) — Sound & Effects^[4]
Joe Montana's NFL Football (Mega-CD; 1993) — Music Composed & Produced by^[5]
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Mega Drive; 1993) — Music and Sound Effects^[6]
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Mega Drive; 1993) — Sound and Music Effects^[7]
Pepe's Puzzles (Pico; 1994) — Special Thanks to
Greatest Heavyweights (Mega Drive; 1993) — Music^[8]
Jurassic Park (Mega-CD; 1993) — Sound^[9]
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Mega-CD; 1994) — Sound Effects and Foley^[10]
Doom (32X; 1994) — Music^[11]
Wild Woody (Mega-CD; 1995) — Gameplay Effects^[12]
The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega-CD; 1995) — Game Sound FX^[13]
Ghen War (Saturn; 1995) — Level Music^[14]
Ghen War (Saturn; 1995) — Sound Effects^[14]
NBA Action (Saturn; 1996) — Sega Creative Support^[15]
3D Baseball (Saturn; 1996) — Music Adapted for Sega Saturn™^[16]
3D Baseball (Saturn; 1996) — Sound Effects^[16]
Mr. Bones (Saturn; 1996) — Generator Room Level Music Composed & Produced by^[17]
Mr. Bones (Saturn; 1996) — Sound design^[17]
Mr. Bones (Saturn; 1996) — As "Little People"^[17]
Astrocade (Saturn; unreleased) — Sound/Music

Music

Sonic the Hedgehog Boom (CD; 1994) — Lava Powerhouse Composed by^[18]
Sonic the Hedgehog Boom (CD; 1994) — Produced by^[18]
Ecco: Songs of Time (CD; 1996) — Deep thanks to^[19] (as Brian)
Ecco: Songs of Time (CD; 1996) — Noises by^[19]
Sega Power Cuts 1 (CD; 1996) — Artist

Song credits

Main article: Brian Coburn/Song credits.

Sonic Spinball (Mega Drive Version)

Lava Powerhouse — Music & Arrangement

Doom (32X Version)

At Doom's Gate (Level 1, 10) — Arrangement
The Imps Song (Level 2, 11) — Arrangement
Dark Halls (Level 3, 12) — Arrangement
Kitchen Ace (And Taking Names) (Level 4, 13) — Arrangement
Suspense (Level 5, 14) — Arrangement
On the Hunt (Level 6, 15) — Arrangement
Demons on the Prey (Level 7, Final) — Arrangement
Sign of Evil (Level 8, Secret) — Arrangement
Hiding the Secret (Level 9) — Arrangement
Intermission from DOOM (Demo) — Arrangement
Sweet Little Dead Bunny (Staff Roll) — Arrangement
At Doom's Gate — Arrangement [NOTE: Beta version]
Title — Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
Victory — Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]

Ghen War

Evil Things — Music and lyrics written, produced and performed by
Burn — Music and lyrics written, produced and performed by

Mr. Bones

Skeletism Generator — Music & Arrangement, Produced by

Interviews

Interview: Brian Coburn (2007-05-22) by Sega-16

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Brian Coburn

References

↑ K Horowitz (2016). Playing at the Next Level: A History of American Sega Games
↑ File:Batman Returns MD credits.pdf
↑ File:CyborgJustice MD US manual.pdf, page 14
↑ File:Spider-Man vs the Kingpin MCD credits.pdf
↑ File:Jmnb mcd us manual.pdf, page 30
↑ File:Sonic Spinball MD credits.pdf
↑ File:SonicSpinball MD US manual.pdf, page 21
↑ File:Greatest Heavyweights MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Jurassic Park MCD credits.pdf
↑ File:Ecco2 mcd us manual.pdf, page 26
↑ File:Doom 32X credits.pdf
↑ File:Wild Woody MCD credits.pdf
↑ File:Batmanrobin mcd us manual.pdf, page 17
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 File:Ghenwar sat us manual.pdf, page 25
↑ File:Nbaaction_sat_us_manual.pdf, page 38
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 File:3dbaseball sat us manual.pdf, page 23
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 File:Mr Bones Saturn credits.pdf
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 File:SonicBoom CD US booklet.pdf, page 4
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 File:ESoT CD US Booklet.pdf, page 5

[1] K Horowitz (2016). Playing at the Next Level: A History of American Sega Games

[:File:Batman_Returns_MD_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Batman Returns MD credits.pdf

[:File:CyborgJustice_MD_US_manual.pdf_p14-3] File:CyborgJustice MD US manual.pdf, page 14

[:File:Spider-Man_vs_the_Kingpin_MCD_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Spider-Man vs the Kingpin MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Jmnb_mcd_us_manual.pdf_p30-5] File:Jmnb mcd us manual.pdf, page 30

[:File:Sonic_Spinball_MD_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Sonic Spinball MD credits.pdf

[:File:SonicSpinball_MD_US_manual.pdf_p21-7] File:SonicSpinball MD US manual.pdf, page 21

[:File:Greatest_Heavyweights_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Greatest Heavyweights MD credits.pdf

[:File:Jurassic_Park_MCD_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Jurassic Park MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Ecco2_mcd_us_manual.pdf_p26-10] File:Ecco2 mcd us manual.pdf, page 26

[:File:Doom_32X_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Doom 32X credits.pdf

[:File:Wild_Woody_MCD_credits.pdf_p-12] File:Wild Woody MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Batmanrobin_mcd_us_manual.pdf_p17-13] File:Batmanrobin mcd us manual.pdf, page 17

[:File:Ghenwar_sat_us_manual.pdf_p25-14] 14.0 ^14.1 File:Ghenwar sat us manual.pdf, page 25

[:File:Nbaaction_sat_us_manual.pdf_p38-15] File:Nbaaction_sat_us_manual.pdf, page 38

[:File:3dbaseball_sat_us_manual.pdf_p23-16] 16.0 ^16.1 File:3dbaseball sat us manual.pdf, page 23

[:File:Mr_Bones_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-17] 17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 File:Mr Bones Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:SonicBoom_CD_US_booklet.pdf_p4-18] 18.0 ^18.1 File:SonicBoom CD US booklet.pdf, page 4

[:File:ESoT_CD_US_Booklet.pdf_p5-19] 19.0 ^19.1 File:ESoT CD US Booklet.pdf, page 5

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-* ''[[Ecco the Dolphin]]'' (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Music
-* ''[[Batman Returns (Mega Drive)|Batman Returns]]'' (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Music and Sound FX by
-* ''[[Cyborg Justice]]'' (1993) — Level Songs
-* ''[[Ecco the Dolphin]]'' (Mega CD and PC Versions) (1993/1995) — Digital Sound Effects
-* ''[[Jurassic Park (Mega CD)|Jurassic Park]]'' (Mega CD Version) (1993) — Sound
-* ''[[Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin]]'' (1993) — Sound & Effects
-* ''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball|Sonic Spinball]]'' (Mega Drive Version) (1993) — Music and Sound Effects
-*''[[Joe Montana's NFL Football]]'' (1993) — Music Composed & Produced by
-* ''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog Boom|Sonic the Hedgehog Boom]]'' (CD) (1994)
-* ''[[Greatest Heavyweights]]'' (1994) — Music
-* ''[[Ecco: The Tides of Time]]'' (Mega CD Version) (1994) — Sound Effects and Foley
-* ''[[Doom (32X)|Doom]]'' (32X Version) (1994) — Music
-* ''[[Ghen War]]'' (1995)
-* ''[[Nightmare Circus]]'' (1995) — Sound Effects
-* ''[[The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Mega CD)|The Adventures of Batman & Robin]]'' (Mega CD Version) (1995) — Game Sound FX
-* ''[[Wild Woody]]'' (1995) — Gameplay Effects
-*''[[NBA Action]]'' (1996) — Sega Creative Support
-* ''[[Mr. Bones]]'' (1996) — Generator Room Level Music Composed & Produced by (SegaSoft), Sound Design (SegaSoft), "Little People" (Voices) (SegaSoft), Audio Programming [NOTE: manual credit]
-* ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) — Sound Designer
-* ''Atari: 80 Classic Games in One'' (PS2 Version) (2003) — Interface Sound (Blue Shift, Inc.)
-* ''Dungeon Lords'' (2005) — FMV Intro Sound FX and Music
-* ''Death Jr.'' (2005) — Additional Sound: Sound Effects Contractor
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