Fabian Del Priore

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Date of Birth: May 27, 1978
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Website: www.delpriore.de

Biography / Trivia

Fabian Del Priore is a game music composer and arranger based in Frankfurt, Germany. Having taken piano lessons for ten years and collected synthesizers, he became an established demo-scene musician under the alias Rapture. At the age of 16, he impressed veteran game music composer Chris Huelsbeck with a demo tape and was subsequently hired to work for his music production studio. After debuting with 1996's Menateus, he led the award-winning orchestral score to the shooter Extreme Assault and produced sound effects on several subsequent titles. After leaving the company, Del Priore engaged in high-profile collaborations on Worms 2, WarGames, and Viper in addition to further sound effects work.

In 1999, Del Priore and producer Thomas Boecker inspired the Merregnon project together. This three part album series features orchestral music created by various demo-scene musicians to tell an epic yet personal fantasy story. During the project, Del Priore gained experience orchestrating for eminent orchestras such as the Prague Symphony and New York Philharmonic. The CDs have been astounding critical successes noted for its rich compositions and beautifully designed booklets. With such high-profile projects behind him, Del Priore continued to collaborate with major game companies creating scores such as Stealth Combat, Inspector Gadget, and Hotel Giant from a personal studio. He has also been the lead composer of the Cultures series of titles noted for their interactive sound design.

In 2003, Del Priore was appointed lead composer of the music production company Merregnon Studios. This resulted in him arranging various items on the multi-title Symphonic Game Music Concert series that occurred annually at Leipzig from 2003 to 2007. His arrangements were Merregnon II, The Wind Waker, Monkey Island, Turrican, Metal Gear Solid, and Chrono Cross. Later Del Priore's Merregnon music featured on the inspiring school concert series Heroes of Imagination alongside classical pieces. Also on behalf of Merregnon Studios, Del Priore contributed arrangements to the world concert tour PLAY! A Video Game Symphony. His music has also been featured on the Immortal and Revival ST tribute CDs and Chris Huelsbeck's latest album Number Nine.

Since 2006, Del Priore became employed by Germany's leading game music production company Dynamedion. This has resulted in his music being featured in a variety of DS puzzle and lifestyle games such as CrossworDS and Think: Logik Trainer. His music has also been featured in two flash games. Between these projects, Del Priore has engaged in film scoring for the first time and has also featured in two iTunes trance albums. He is currently working on nine more DS projects to be announced. Many hope that the composer will increase his profile with these titles so that he can work on more exciting game projects. Nevertheless, during his 12 years as a game musician, Del Priore has contributed to many impressive achievements, most notably Extreme Assault, Cultures, Merregnon, and the Symphonic Game Music Concert series. 

Games (27)

Year Title Platform Composer
1996 Menateus PC Fabian Del Priore, Chris Huelsbeck
1997 Extreme Assault PC Fabian Del Priore, Chris Huelsbeck
1998 Mühle Online PC Fabian Del Priore
1998 Viper PSX Thomas Detert, 2dB Music Production, Fabian Del Priore
1998 WarGames PC, PSX Tommy Tallarico, Fabian Del Priore
1998 Worms 2 PC Bjørn Lynne, Fabian Del Priore
2001 Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze PSX Fabian Del Priore
2002 Cultures 2: The Gates of Asgard PC Fabian Del Priore, Thomas Herrmann, Lars Hammer
2002 Hotel Giant PC Fabian Del Priore, Markus Holler
2002 Northland PC Fabian Del Priore, Lars Hammer
2002 Stealth Combat: Ultimate War PC Fabian Del Priore
2003 8th Wonder of the World PC Fabian Del Priore, Lars Hammer, Nugel Bros (Henning Nugel, Ingo Nugel)
2003 Blockforge PC Fabian Del Priore
2003 Bump Over PC Fabian Del Priore, Lars Hammer
2003 Chicago 1930 PC Fabian Del Priore
2003 Cultures: Die Abenteuerbox PC Fabian Del Priore, Lars Hammer
2003 Cultures: Die Saga PC Fabian Del Priore, Lars Hammer
2003 Legacy of Kay PS2 Fabian Del Priore, Markus Holler
2003 Wirtschafts Giganten PC Fabian Del Priore, Markus Holler
2006 Mission in Snowdriftland PC Fabian Del Priore
2007 Chick Chick Boom PC Fabian Del Priore
2007 CrossworDS DS Fabian Del Priore, Axel Rohrbach
2007 Think: Logik Trainer DS Fabian Del Priore, Axel Rohrbach
2008 Germany's Next Top Model DS DS Fabian Del Priore
2008 Solitär DS Fabian Del Priore
2008 The Woodleys Summer Sports DS Fabian Del Priore
2008 Tricky Physics DS Fabian Del Priore

Albums (1)

Release Date Title Type
1997 Extreme Assault Original Game Soundtrack CD

Albums - as arranger (7)

Year Title Type
1997 Extreme Assault Original Game Soundtrack CD
1997 Worms 2 Original Soundtrack CD
2002 Immortal 2 CD
2002 Remix64 CD
2003 Back in Time 3 CD
2005 Revival ST CD
2006 Immortal 3 CD

Albums - Non-VGM (4)

Year Title Type
2000-10-12 Merregnon Soundtrack - Volume 1 CD
2004-05-24 Merregnon Soundtrack - Volume 2 CD
2007-08-22 Number Nine CD
2008-08-27 Out of Silence Digital Release

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Added by Chris on Aug 2, 2008 10:10 PM Edited by Rimo on Sep 5, 2008 11:27 AM