David Bergeaud

Alt. Name: KOR
Date of Birth: 1968
Location: Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Website: www.musipolis.com

Biography / Trivia

French-born film and video game music composer, best known in VGM circles for his work on the Ratchet & Clank series. His father a choreographer and his mother a singer, he began composing from an early age, and at the age of 10 began studying music for a decade at a school which has since closed. He moved to Los Angeles to further his musical studies, and in 1987 began professionally composing for numerous American films. In 1994 he gained much fame for the score to the TV series Earth 2. In 1996 he composed his first video game soundtrack, Insomniac Games' Disruptor. 1997 saw his most famous and arguably best non-VGM work the medieval score to the film Prince Valiant. From there, 1998 saw the release of Running Wild, his last video game score for four years. In the meantime he continued composing for film and TV. In 2002 he returned to composing game music, for Insomniac's Ratchet & Clank series, which would earn him great respect among the video game music community. Seven sequels later, he is showing no signs of slowing down, with multiple film projects completed and more PS3 releases on the horizon.

Under the pseudonym KOR, David also acts as a producer for various artists in the mainstream industry, including his wife, Renfey. He also contributes as a co-writer and played guitar and keyboard during live performances.

"I like contrast in my compositions so if a project calls for something obvious like a warm lush emotional string section I usually try to layer it with something contrasting like a layer of cold impersonal electronic percussion. I like the friction that these layers create, so long as it doesn't start to become contrived." -David Bergeaud, VGM Rush Interview (Aug. 2008)

Games (11)

Year Title Platform Composer
1996 Disruptor PSX David Bergeaud
1998 Running Wild PSX David Bergeaud
2002 Ratchet & Clank PS2 David Bergeaud
2003 Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando PS2 David Bergeaud
2005 Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal PS2 David Bergeaud, Niels Bye Nielsen
2006 Ratchet: Deadlocked PS2 David Bergeaud, Niels Bye Nielsen
2006 Resistance: Fall of Man PS3 David Bergeaud
2007 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction PS3 David Bergeaud, Niels Bye Nielsen
2007 Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters PSP David Bergeaud
2008 Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty PSN David Bergeaud
2008 Secret Agent Clank PSP David Bergeaud, Niels Bye Nielsen

Download Links

» Ratchet & Clank (Game Rip)
» Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (Game Rip)
» Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (Game Rip)
» Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Game Rip)
» Ratchet: Deadlocked (Game Rip)

Links

» Interview (August 2008, VGM Rush)

Added by kuttlas on Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM Edited by Rimo on Sep 12, 2008 10:33 AM