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About Adam
A composer, arranger, and orchestrator based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Creating orchestral adaptations of video game themes for live performance by the Irish Video Game Orchestra since 2015. Trained with Jason Graves on the ELVTR Music Composition for Games course 2024. Electric Bass and Double Bass player since 2002.
Compositions
Sci-Fi Game Atmospheric Cue
1:15
Fantasy RPG Main Theme
1:21
Spy Action Game Main Theme
1:28
Social Simulation Game Main Theme
1:04
Social Simulation Game Menu Transition
0:11
Social Simulation Game Background Theme
1:04
Social Simulation Game Scene Transition
0:08
Social Simulation Game Reward Theme
0:50
Social Simulation Game Ending Transition
0:10
Arrangements
Playstation Medley: Horizon Zero Dawn
1:43
Playstation Medley: God of War
1:57
Playstation Medley: Last of Us
1:48
Playstation Medley: Uncharted
1:51
Playstation Medley: Finale
0:41
Final Fantasy XVI: Away
4:09
Final Fantasy XVI: My Star
3:27
Final Fantasy XVI: Ascension
4:13
Final Fantasy XVI: All As One
3:47
Biography
Adam is a composer and arranger from Belfast, where he also works as a software developer. He has played both double bass and electric bass in numerous bands, orchestras and musicals in Northern Ireland. Starting his music education in piano at an early age (and with much reluctance), he achieved grades in piano, guitar, and electric bass. It wasn’t until he joined the IVGO in 2015 that he picked up the double bass and completed his Grade 8 soon after, studying with Rod Patterson of the Bass Academy and William Cole, then principal Bassist of the Ulster Orchestra.
Adam originally joined the IVGO as a player and quickly discovered a love for video game music and performing. He offered to arrange a piece from Final Fantasy X and, in a pattern that would later come to be expected, it grew into a two part suite. He has since arranged many pieces for the group, primarily from games he has personally enjoyed. In 2023, he delved into music production for the first time, using professional sound libraries to create realistic orchestral renditions. The opportunity to create a medley for Playstation UK followed, and he’s been bleating on about it ever since.
In his spare time, Adam enjoys gaming, Dungeons & Dragons, programming and learning Japanese. He and his wife, Aileen, live in County Antrim and enjoy board games and travel - they have also just started another playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3!
Some of Adam’s favourite games include Final Fantasy XIV + XVI, Destiny and God of War. Favourite composers include Nobuo Uematsu and Masayoshi Soken, and the soundtracks of Nier: Automata, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Hollow Knight. The music of Final Fantasy X by Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano was a key influence bringing Adam to the world of video game music.
