Mark Miller

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Mark Steven Miller
Mark Miller - 02.jpg
Born Unknown
Birth Place Brookline, Massachusetts
Nationality American   USA.svg
Website musicanon.com

Mark Miller is an American musician and former video game composer. Mark has written music for over 60 games. In 1991, he founded Neuromantic Productions, a video game audio production company that worked closely with Sega's US division. Members of the group created the popular software used for the production of Sega's Genesis music, GEMS. In 1994, Mark started working for Sega of America full time as their Audio Director. A year later, he started working for Crystal Dynamics as both the director of audio and video. In 1997, he founded The Interactive Audio Special Interest Group. He also worked at Harmonix Music Systems up until 1999, where he was a Senior Producer. After leaving the game industry around 2000, he founded iMix and was the CFO and COO for David Associates. He was also the founder of the Urban H2O Concert Series in Yonkers, New York.

Mark was also in the band Spuyten Duyvil from 2009 to 2018. He also founded Hex & Company, which was Manhattan's largest board game cafe. In 2021, Miller founded The Porch NYC, a restaurant and music venue which he still operates to this day.

Music Composition

GEN

Mark and some of the other composers from Neuromantic created GEMS (Genesis Editor for Music and Sound). Prior to GEMS, he, along with Jonathan Miller, Chris Sloane and Burt Grigg coded the drivers for Mario Lemieux Hockey, Art Alive, M81 Abrams Battle Tank and Fantasia.

SNES

Mark primarily used BMus, Sculptured Software's sound driver. The majority of the games he composed used the first variant by David Ross and Bill Williams, while Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day uses the second variant by Ross, Steve Aguirre and Ricky Lyond.

Ballz and Earthworm Jim use Bitmasters's SLICK/Audio by David O'Riva.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
1991-??-?? Mario Lemieux Hockey (GEN) Sound Driver
1991-??-?? Art Alive (GEN) Sound Driver
1991-??-?? M81 Abrams Battle Tank (GEN) Sound Driver
1991-??-?? Fantasia (GEN) Sound Driver
1991-??-?? Spider-Man (GEN) (スパイダーマン) With John Karr and David Javelosa.
1991-??-?? ToeJam & Earl (GEN) Sound Design
1992-??-?? David Robinson's Supreme Court (GEN) (デビッド・ロビンソン バスケットボール) With Russell Lieblich.
1992-??-?? Taz-Mania (GEN) (Taz-Mania: Bad to the Bone) With Jim Hedges.
1992-05-28 Kid Chameleon (GEN) (カメレオン キッド)
1992-06-08 Chakan: The Forever Man (GEN) With Jason Scher.
1992-??-?? Krusty's Super Fun House (GEN)
1993-??-?? Action 52 (GEN)
1993-??-?? Champions World Class Soccer (GEN) (チャンピオンズワールドクラスサッカー)
1993-??-?? Pink Goes to Hollywood (GEN) With Ted Allen and Jason Scher.
1993-??-?? Pink Goes to Hollywood (SNES) (ピンクパンサー) With Ted Allen.
1993-??-?? RoboCop Versus the Terminator (GG) Arranged by Mark Cooksey.
1993-??-?? TechnoClash (GEN) With Jim Hedges.
1993-??-?? Virtual Pinball (GEN)
1993-12-?? RoboCop Versus the Terminator (SMS) Arranged by Mark Cooksey.
1994-??-?? Taz in Escape from Mars (GEN) With Jim Hedges.
1994-??-?? Wacky Worlds Creative Studio (GEN) Sound Design/FX
1994-03-31 Andre Agassi Tennis (SNES) (アンドレ・アガシ テニス)
1994-05-19 Robocop Versus The Terminator (GEN) (ロボコップ VS ターミネーター)
1994-06-09 Earthworm Jim (GEN) (アースワーム ジム)
1994-07-15 The Jungle Book (GEN) With Tommy Tallarico, Joey Kuras, Donald Griffin, Stephen Clarke-Willson, and Keith Arem.
1994-??-?? Ballz 3D (GEN)
1994-10-?? Earthworm Jim (SNES)
1994-11-?? Ballz 3D (SNES) With Jason Scher.
1994-04-?? Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day (SNES) With Jim Hedges.
1995-03-15 Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (SCD) Arranged by Tommy Tallarico.
1995-07-?? Earthworm Jim (GG) Arranged by Martin Walker.
1995-09-?? Earthworm Jim (GB) Arranged by Martin Walker.
1995-11-30 Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (W16) Arranged by Tommy Tallarico.
1995-??-?? Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm (DOS) Gameplay Music
1995-??-?? Scooby-Doo Mystery (GEN) With Kurt Larson and Alex Rudis.
1995-??-?? Wild Woody (SCD) Gameplay Effects
1995-??-?? X-Men 2: Clone Wars (GEN) Sound Design with Kurt Larson and Jim Hedges.
1996-??-?? Blazing Dragons (SAT)
1996-??-?? Earthworm Jim (SMS) Arranged by Martin Walker.
1996-10-31 Pandemonium! (PS1) (マジカルホッパーズ) Sound FX
1997-??-?? Pandemonium 2 (W16) Sound Effects
1997-03-?? Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (W16)
1997-09-30 Pandemonium 2 (PS1) (ミラクルジャンパーズ) Sound Effects
1999-09-01 R/C Stunt Copter (PS1)
Reused music from Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (SCD)
2000-??-?? Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour (DC) Additional Music with John Baker and Burke Trieschmann.
2000-03-23 Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour (PS1) Additional Music with John Baker and Burke Trieschmann.
2000-12-07 Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour (GBC) Additional Music with John Baker and Burke Trieschmann; arranged by John Harvey.
2001-06-11 Earthworm Jim (GBA)
Adapted by Manfred Linzner.
2009-10-21 Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (iOS) Arranged by Diego Zaldivar.
2009-12-?? Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (J2ME) Arranged by Diego Zaldivar.
2010-05-10 Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (NDSi) Arranged by Diego Zaldivar.
2010-06-09 Earthworm Jim HD (X360) Arranged by Diego Zaldivar.
2010-08-03 Earthworm Jim HD (PS3) Arranged by Diego Zaldivar.
Unreleased Dyno Blaze (GEN) Reused music from RoboCop Versus the Terminator (GEN).
Unreleased SpellCraft (SNES)

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