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Rik Schaffer

{{short description|American composer and musician (born 1973)}}

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| genre = Ambient, classical, electronica, rock and metal

| occupation = Composer

| years_active = 1988–present

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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{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tomorrows-Child-Tomorrows-Child/release/2887862|title=Tomorrow's Child - Tomorrow's Child|website=Discogs|year=1993 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-31}} and Engines of Aggression.{{Cite web|url=http://industrialrock.net/php-files_en/articles.php?article_id=366|title=FABRYKA INDUSTRIAL ROCK & METAL ENCYCLOPEDIA - Engines of Aggression [reviews]|website=industrialrock.net|language=English|access-date=2019-08-31}} He often works with his partner Margaret Tang.

Rik has also composed original soundtracks for video games, gaining recognition particularly for his work on The Elder Scrolls Online and ''Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wombmusic.net/|title=Womb Music|website=Womb Music|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-31}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

Tomorrow's Child (glam rock band active between 1988-1996, lead guitarist)

  • Tomorrow's Child (Dream Circle, 1993){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Street-Survivors/master/651656|title=The first song, Walk In The Woods, was previously released in the Street Survivors compilation of 1988|website=Discogs|year=1989 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-31}}
  • Rocky Coast, Rough Sea (Dream Circle, 1996)

Engines of Aggression (industrial metal band active between 1993-2001, lead guitarist){{Cite web|url=https://api.discogs.com/artists/136321|title=Engines Of Aggression|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2019-08-31}}

  • 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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Womb-Bella/release/1500581|title=Womb (9) - Bella|website=Discogs|year=1996 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-31}} vocals by Todd Miller{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/womb-bella_186475.html|title=WOMB - Bella|website=ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin|language=en|access-date=2019-08-31}} except for As Lonely As I Am done by Jamie Alexander)

  • Bella (Dream Circle,Issued on Japan by Alfa Music with an extra track, Black Sheep, picked from Nectar's Afterglow 1996)

{{Track listing

| title1= Drip

| length1= 5:35

| title2= Clean

| length2= 3:08

| title3= Mother

| length3= 5:26

| title4= 13

| length4= 5:20

| title5= Ruin

| length5= 4:50

| title6= Selfless Doubt

| length6= 5:21

| title7= Golden Arms And Silver Charms

| length7= 4:09

| title8= As Lonely As I Am

| length8= 5:44

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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,{{Cite web|url=https://api.discogs.com/artists/4791972|title=Nectar (10)|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2019-08-31}} vocals by Stephen Shareaux of Kik Tracee{{Cite web|url=http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,107661,107729|title=Re: KiK Tracee singer????}} except for We Just Disagree done by Dean Ortega)

  • Afterglow (Dream Circle, 1997)

{{Track listing

| title1= Subtract The Fool

| length1= 5:01

| title2= We Just Disagree

| length2= 6:25

| title3= Resurrection

| length3= 4:47

| title4= Crash Course

| length4= 5:46

| title5= Hormones

| length5= 4:38

| title6= Superfine

| length6= 4:05

| title7= Girlfriend

| length7= 4:44

| title8= Pussyfoot

| length8= 3:21

| title9= Blind Fly

| length9= 4:01

| title10= Fifteen Minutes

| length10= 5:12

| title11= Black Sheep

| length11= 4:01

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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<ref name=":2" />=

=Video game Editorial and Sound Design=

{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobygames.com/person/134762/rik-schaffer/credits/|title=Rik Schaffer Titles|website=Mobygames.com|access-date=2024-02-25}}

References

External links

  • [http://www.wombmusic.net/ Womb Music]
  • {{IMDb name|1243051}}
  • {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000356520}}

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Category:American film score composers

Category:American male film score composers

Category:Video game musicians

Category:Living people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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