David J. Young
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Dave Young is a keyboardist, composer, recording artist. He is most well known for producing the soundtracks to the Sega CD video games Sonic CD, Ecco: The Tides of Time
, and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin
.
, who was director of Sega Music Group at the time. He was involved in over a dozen different Sega titles from 1993–1996, composing, producing and engineering soundtracks for titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin
, Sonic CD, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Congo: Lost City of Zinj, The Adventures of Batman and Robin, NBA Live, NHL Live, and Wild Woody, as well as many others. The soundtracks for Sonic CD (Sonic the Hedgehog Boom
) and Ecco: Tides of Time (Ecco: Songs of Time
) were released on audio CD in limited numbers and a distribution deal with PolyGram
records had been reached for selling the albums on a global level, but the deal ultimately fell through.
Ecco: The Tides of Time
Ecco: The Tides of Time, developed by Novotrade International and released 1994, is the second game in the Ecco the Dolphin series, a sequel to Ecco the Dolphin for the Sega Mega Drive, Game Gear, and Mega-CD...
, and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin is a video game produced by Sega of America and developed by Technopop...
.
SEGA years
In 1993, Young began contributing audio and music to SEGA video games. He was present for the formation of Sega Music Group and Sega Music Group Studios in San Francisco, California. Young was a frequent collaborator with composer/producer Spencer NilsenSpencer Nilsen
Spencer Nilsen is a video game music composer. He is best known for his soundtracks to the Sega Mega-CD versions of Batman Returns, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Jurassic Park, The Adventures of Batman and Robin and The Amazing Spider-Man vs...
, who was director of Sega Music Group at the time. He was involved in over a dozen different Sega titles from 1993–1996, composing, producing and engineering soundtracks for titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin is a video game produced by Sega of America and developed by Technopop...
, Sonic CD, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Congo: Lost City of Zinj, The Adventures of Batman and Robin, NBA Live, NHL Live, and Wild Woody, as well as many others. The soundtracks for Sonic CD (Sonic the Hedgehog Boom
Sonic the Hedgehog Boom
-Personnel:Musicians*Pastiche – vocals*Erik Frykman – guitars*Bobby Vega – bass*Brad Kaiser – drums, percussion*Armando Peraza – percussionProducers...
) and Ecco: Tides of Time (Ecco: Songs of Time
Songs of Time
Songs of Time is an album which contains the original soundtrack from the Sega CD version of Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: The Tides of Time. It was released on September 3, 1996. The music is composed by Spencer Nilsen. The music is atmospheric and ambient, heavy on high-quality synthesizer and...
) were released on audio CD in limited numbers and a distribution deal with PolyGram
PolyGram
PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...
records had been reached for selling the albums on a global level, but the deal ultimately fell through.