Sascha Dikiciyan, known professionally as Sonic Mayhem, is a German video game composer, musician, producer and professional sound designer who has produced the soundtrack for Quake II,[1] Tomorrow Never Dies and Hellgate: London, as well as approximately half of the soundtrack for Quake III Arena and all the weapon sound effects for Unreal Tournament and, since the build 222 patch, also its predecessor, Unreal. Dikiciyan has also produced independent music albums.[2]
Sascha Dikiciyan | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Sonic Mayhem, Toksin, Buzzfunk, Future Synth Engineers |
| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Stuttgart, Germany |
| Genres | Dance/Electronic |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, producer |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, synthesizer, drums |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Dikiciyan's style is primarily a very driving and forceful form of aggro-industrial, with an emphasis on repeated musical phrases (though this is less pronounced in his non-soundtrack work). Currently Sascha collaborates with Cris Velasco who is responsible for orchestral moods in their music.
Dikiciyan's work came to prominence when he sent a copy of his first CD Methods of Destruction, an alternate Quake soundtrack, to id Software in 1996. As a result, John Romero asked him personally to score the soundtrack for Quake II.
Dikiciyan has also contributed sound patches to Moog Music's award-winning Animoog app.[2] Dikiciyan is also known under the name Toksin, producing dance remixes for the likes of BT and Celldweller and many others.
Works
edit| Video games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Year | System | Notes |
| Quake: Methods of Destruction | 1996 | PC | Alternate soundtrack for Quake[3] |
| Quake II | 1997 | PC, PlayStation | with Bill Brown and Jer Sypult, also composed the music expansion packs, Ground Zero & The Reckoning |
| Unreal | 1998 | PC, Mac | Sound effects |
| Unreal Tournament | 1999 | PC, PS2 | |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | PlayStation | with Tommy Tallarico, Howard Ulyate, and Todd Dennis. | |
| Quake III Arena | PC, PS2, Xbox 360 | with Bill Leeb | |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | 2003 | PS2, Xbox, GBA, Mobile phones | |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent | 2006 | GameCube, PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii | Main theme only, with Michael McCann |
| Battlezone PSP | PSP | ||
| Dark Messiah | PC, Xbox 360 | ||
| SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run | PS2, Xbox | with Kyle Richards and Cris Velasco | |
| TMNT | 2007 | GameCube, PC, PS2, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 | |
| John Woo's Stranglehold | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | with Jim Bonney, Jamie Christopherson and Serj Tankian. | |
| Beowulf: The Game | 2008 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PSP | |
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, Mobile phone, Nintendo DS, PSP | ||
| Prototype | 2009 | PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One | |
| Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe | PS3, Xbox 360 | with various others. | |
| Borderlands | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | with Raison Varner and Jesper Kyd. | |
| Mass Effect 2 | 2010 | PC, Xbox 360 | Composed the soundtrack for the DLC pack, Kasumi - Stolen Memory. |
| MAG | PS3 | Composed the music for the Raven faction. | |
| StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty | PC | Additional music with Laurence Juber, Cris Velasco and Inon Zur | |
| Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | PS3, Wii, PC | with Jason Graves. | |
| Tron: Evolution | PC, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360 | with Cris Velasco and Kevin Manthei | |
| Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine | 2011 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | with Cris Velasco. |
| Mass Effect 2: Arrival | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | ||
| Mortal Kombat | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSVita, PC | with Todd Haberman and Cris Velasco | |
| The Agency | Unreleased | PS3, PC | |
| Twisted Metal | 2012 | PS3 | with various others. |
| Might & Magic: Duel of Champions | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | ||
| Mass Effect 3 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U | with Sam Hulick, Chris Lennertz and Clint Mansell, also composed the soundtrack for the DLC pack, Leviathan. | |
| Borderlands 2 | PC, PS3, PSVita, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, Nvidia Shield | with Raison Varner, Kevin Riepl and Jesper Kyd. | |
| Injustice: Gods Among Us | 2013 | PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360, PC, PS4, PSVita, Mobile | with various others |
| Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | 2016 | PC, PS4, Xbox One | With Michael McCann, also scored the System Rift and A Criminal Past DLC packs. |
| The Long Dark | 2017 | PC, Xbox One, PS4 | |
| Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (Season 9) | 2022 | PC, PS5, Xbox Series X | |
| Solo/other | |||
| Title | Year | System | Notes |
| Promo 2001 | 2001 | Digital album | |
| Music for Visual Media | 2002 | ||
| Doomsday | 2015 | ||
References
edit- ^ The Hollywood reporter. Wilkerson Daily Corp. 2003. p. S-30.
- ^ a b Ingraham, Nathan (13 July 2012). "Sonic mayhem: 'Mass Effect' composer Sascha Dikiciyan's favorite iPad music creation apps". The Verge. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Methods of Destruction". quaddicted.com.
External links
edit- Sascha Dikiciyan at IMDb
- Sonic Mayhem at IMDb
- Sonic Mayhem website
- Steinberg Tron Evolution interview
- Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
- GameSlice Interview: The Music of Quake <- Broken link
- Sascha Dikiciyan Interview at Tracksounds
- Interview at GamesArt.de
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