Matthew Simmonds

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Matthew Simmonds
Matthew Simmonds - 1.jpg
Born 1974-03-15
Birth Place Unknown
Nationality British   UK.svg
Aliases 4-Mat
Matt Simmonds
Matt Simmons
Matthew Symonds
Climax

Matthew Simmonds is a British composer and sound designer who is known for his work at Codemasters and Climax.

Audio Development

The Gameboy drivers and editor were written by one of Climax's great coders. I didn't write any tools until the GBA-era and it was only converters like XM/Midi to machine SDK formats. Rush was all wav files iirc, done in very short space of time. Not proud of that one.
It's the normal version, we had an in-house editor that could import module files for working on instruments and further editing for the target machines. I found it more comfortable to do a lot of the source composing in FT2 before converting it.

Super Nintendo

Simmonds used sound driver by Images Software.

Game Boy Color

Simmonds wrote the music in Fasttracker, and then converted to a driver programmed by a programmer from Climax.

Game Boy Advance

Simmonds used Nintendo's MP2K sound driver.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
19??-??-?? Superstar Tennis (AMI)
1990-??-?? Beast Busters (AMI)
1990-??-?? CarVup (AMI)
1990-??-?? Shockwave (AMI) Options.
1991-??-?? Chuck Rock (AMI)
1991-??-?? Last Battle (AMI)
1991-??-?? Leander (AMI)
Title Screen.
1991-??-?? Magicland Dizzy (AMI)
1991-??-?? Shadow Dancer (AMI)
1991-??-?? Spot (AST)
1991-??-?? Violator (AMI)
1991-??-?? Warzone (AMI)
1992-06-?? Arcade Smash Hits (SMS)
1992-??-?? Agony (AMI) Loader.
1992-??-?? Arcade Smash Hits (ARC)
1992-??-?? Bubble Dizzy (AMI)
1992-??-?? Captain Dynamo (AST)
1992-??-?? Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk (AMI)
1992-??-?? Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk (DOS)
1992-??-?? Dojo Dan (AMI)
Level 3 Music.
1992-??-?? G-LOC R360: Loss of Consciousness by G-Force (AMI)
1992-??-?? Magicland Dizzy (DOS)
1992-??-?? Space Gun (AMI)
1992-??-?? Street Fighter II (AMI) Unused.
1993-??-?? Cardiaxx (AMI)
1993-??-?? Cosmic Spacehead (AMI)
1993-??-?? Cosmic Spacehead (GEN)
1993-??-?? Fantastic Dizzy (AMI)
1993-??-?? Fantastic Dizzy (GEN)
1993-??-?? Micro Machines: The Original Scale Miniatures (AMI)
1993-??-?? Micro Machines: The Original Scale Miniatures (GEN)
1994-??-?? Micro Machines: The Original Scale Miniatures (SNES)
1994-??-?? Nick Faldos Championship Golf (CD32)
1994-??-?? Pinball Dreams II (DOS)
1994-??-?? Syndicate (GEN) Arranged Russell Shaw's music.
1994-??-?? X-Com: UFO Defense (AMI)
1995-01-?? Syndicate (SNES)
Arranged Russell Shaw's music.
1995-08-?? Bubsy II (GB)
Arranged Chip Harris's music.
1995-12-15 Theme Park (SNES) (テーマパーク) Arranged Entry of the Gladiators.
1995-??-?? Perfect Pinball (DOS)
1995-??-?? Theme Park (GEN) Arranged Russell Shaw's music.
1995-??-?? Chicago Syndicate (GG)
1995-??-?? Marko's Magic Football (SNES)
Arranged Jolyon Myers' music.
1996-??-?? Road Riot 4WD (FAL)
1996-??-?? The Smurfs Travel the World (SNES) Unused Music.
1997-08-?? Manic Miner (DOS)
1997-08-31 Warcraft II: The Dark Saga (PS1)
1997-08-31 Warcraft II: The Dark Saga (SAT)
1997-12-31 FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 (SAT)
1997-??-?? JetSet Miner Willy-PC (DOS)
1998-02-28 San Fransisco Rush: Extreme Racing (PS1)
1998-03-?? Diablo (PS1)
1998-03-23 Splat! PC (DOS)
1999-07-06 NHL Blades of Steel (GBC)
1999-08-20 Skool Daze: Klass of '99 (DOS)
1999-08-29 Jet Set Willy (DOS)
2000-02-29 Superbike 2000 (PS1)
2000-03-16 Sim Theme Park (PS1) (Theme Park World)
Arranged James Hannigan's music.
2000-03-30 Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs (N64)
2000-04-21 NHL Blades of Steel 2000 (GBC)
2000-08-29 ATV: Quad Power Racing (PS1)
2000-09-26 Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue (PS1)
2000-11-?? LEGO Alpha Team (GBC)
Arranged Peter Kerekes's music.
2000-11-21 AirForce Delta (GBC)
2000-12-22 Warriors of Might and Magic (GBC)
2000-12-29 LEGO Racers (GBC)
Arranged Eric Nofsinger's music.
2001-09-21 SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (PS1)
2001-11-05 Power Rangers: Time Force (PS1)
2001-11-05 SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (GBA)
2002-02-01 Skool Daze: Klass of '99 (GBA)
2002-04-04 Catapults (W32)
2002-11-22 Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (W32)
2002-11-22 Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (XBOX)
2003-04-01 Lunar Jetman (W32)
2003-06-30 SX Superstar (GC)
2003-06-30 SX Superstar (XBOX)
2003-07-04 SX Superstar (PS2)
2003-11-27 Skool Daze: Klass of '99 (W32)
2004-04-12 Serious Sam Advance (GBA)
2004-04-12 Serious Sam: Next Encounter (GC)
2004-04-22 Serious Sam: Next Encounter (PS2)
2004-04-22 Serious Sam: Next Encounter (PS2)
2004-??-?? Jet Set Willy II (W32)
2005-10-07 W.I.T.C.H. (GBA)
2005-10-27 Nicktoons Unite! (GBA)
2005-11-10 Jetpak: Solar Crisis (W32)
2005-12-24 ViColumn (VIC)
2006-01-10 Nicktoons Unite! (NDS)
2006-01-10 Retro II (W32)
2006-02-28 Deflector X4 (W32)
2006-05-18 Atic Atac (W32)
2006-08-17 The Birthday (W32)
2006-11-18 Fuck Space! (W32)
2007-??-?? Lunar Blitz (C16)
2009-06-23 Overlord: Dark Legend (WII)
2009-06-23 Overlord: Minions (NDS)
2009-12-08 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (WII)
2010-01-19 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (PS2)
2010-01-19 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (PSP)
2010-02-?? Digital: A Love Story (W32)
2010-05-11 Rocket Knight (W32)
2010-05-12 Rocket Knight (PS3)
2010-05-12 Rocket Knight (X360)
2010-08-27 Gormiti: The Lords of Nature! (NDS)
2010-08-27 Gormiti: The Lords of Nature! (WII)
2011-12-08 Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk (IOS) Arranged by Mark Knight.
2014-06-12 Racer 2 (FAL)
2017-09-11 Bloody Zombies (W64)
2017-09-12 Bloody Zombies (PS4)
2017-09-22 Bloody Zombies (XONE)
2017-12-23 Bloody Zombies (SW)
Unreleased Gauntlet Legends (GBC) Arranged Barry Leitch's music.
Unreleased Resident Evil (GBC)
Music for Climax Demo.

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