Aubrey Hodges Explained

Aubrey Hodges
Genre:Electronic, soundtrack, dark ambient
Occupation:Composer, sound designer, arranger
Years Active:1985 - present

Aubrey Hodges is an American composer, musician, multi-instrumentalist and video game music composer. He began his professional audio career in 1985 and has composed music and sound effects for the video game industry since 1991.[1] He has worked on series including Kings Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory,[2] PlayStation versions of Doom, Doom 64, and Nintendo 64 versions of Quake and Quake II.[3]

Hodges plays a multitude of instruments, from stringed to brass to percussion,[4] and works in a variety of styles. He also composes and records independent albums under his own name.[5]

Credits

Video games

Aubrey Hodges has contributed to over 200 games,[6] including:

Video games
TitleYearSystem(s)Notes
Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose 1991 MS-DOS, FM Towns, Windows Sound effects
MS-DOS, Windows
MS-DOS
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero 1992
The Shadow of Yserbius 1993 With Russell Lieblich
Hoyle Classic Card Games
Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing 1995 SNES
Fun 'n Games 3DO
Doom PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Final Doom 1996 PlayStation
Robotron X
Doom 64 1997 Nintendo 64
Robotron 64
Quake 1998
NFL BlitzArcade, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, WindowsVideo/Audio Editing
Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. PlayStation, Nintendo 64
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing 1999Design Team
Quake II Nintendo 64Credited as Ken "Razor" Richmond
Offroad Thunder Arcade, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube With Dale Stump
Quake III Arena 2000 Dreamcast
Nintendo 64 Music Development Manager
NBA Hoopz2001Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 Special Thanks
Spy Hunter PlayStation, GameCube, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, OS X Music Development Manager
2002 PlayStation 2Music Development Manager, FMV Audio Editing
Dialogue Editing, Audio Director
Fire Blade PlayStation 2, GameCube, XboxSpeech, Music Development Manager
NASCAR Thunder 20042003 PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox Supporting Audio
Freaky FlyersPlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox Additional thanks, FMV Voices
NCAA Football 2004 Audio Support
Madden NFL 2004 Additional Audio Support
2004 Audio Director
Madden NFL 2005 GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox
Madden NFL 06 2005
NASCAR SimRacing Windows
2006 PlayStation 2, Xbox
Arena Football
Superman Returns PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360
NCAA Football 07 PlayStation 2, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360
NFL Street 3 PlayStation 2, PSP
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 2007 Macintosh, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
NASCAR 08 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Madden NFL 08 GameCube, Macintosh, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows, Xbox
NFL Head Coach 09 2008 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
NASCAR 09 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Madden NFL 09 PlayStation 2, Xbox
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling AdventureNintendo DSPerformed guitar and vocals
NinJump 2010 Android, iPad, iPhone
2011 iPhone
Dragonvale Android, iPhone
Madden NFL Football Nintendo 3DS
Paper Toss Friends 2012 iPad, iPhone Sound design
Fieldrunners Windows Audio
NinJump Deluxe Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac
Spellfall 2014 Android
2019Windows, Xbox OneSpecial thanks
Gears Tactics2020WindowsAdditional audio, with Lewis Gregory Williams and Matteo Cerquone
Doom EternalPlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Xbox OnePoster tracks
Immortals of Aveum2023PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, WindowsAudio director, composer

Voice acting

TitleRole(s)
Fire BladeAdditional voices
Will, Chamber Of Ruin Blind Man, Henchman, Guard 2
Freaky FlyersSoldier, Newsreels[7]

Other work

YearTitleNotes
2012Journey into the Dark Places
Refelctions of Veldra
2013Journey into the Sacred Places
Free Stuffs: Volume 1
2014Above All the ThornsWith Mattie Mills
2017The SynthBots: Beethoven Quartets Vol IWith John Hodges
2018Journey into the Dark Places: Vol. 2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aubrey Hodges Biography.
  2. Web site: 38 Studios Adds Pioneer Audio Director and User Interface Designer . IGN . 2008-11-04.
  3. Web site: Aubrey Hodges (Doom/Quake) . Shane . 2009-12-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223000702/http://www.gamescares.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=445%3Aaubrey-hodges-interview&catid=23%3Ainterviews&Itemid=29 . 2014-02-23 .
  4. Web site: Instruments Listing.
  5. https://aubreyhodges.bandcamp.com
  6. Web site: Aubrey Hodges' complete list of credits.
  7. Web site: Aubrey Hodges (Visual voices guide).