Rik Schaffer Explained

Rik Schaffer
Genre:	Ambient, classical, electronica, rock and metal
Occupation:	Composer
Years Active:	1988–present

Rik Schaffer is an American composer and musician. He formed Womb Music in 1996 after being in the music industry as a member of several acts such as Tomorrow's Child^[1] and Engines of Aggression.^[2] He often works with his partner Margaret Tang.

Rik has also composed original soundtracks for video games, gaining recognition particularly for his work on ^[3] .

Discography

Studio albums

Tomorrow's Child (glam rock band active between 1988-1996, lead guitarist)

• Tomorrow's Child (Dream Circle, 1993)^[4]
• Rocky Coast, Rough Sea (Dream Circle, 1996)

Engines of Aggression (industrial metal band active between 1993-2001, lead guitarist)^[5]

• Speak EP (Priority, 1993)
• Illusion Is Real single (Priority, 1993)
• Inhuman Nature (Priority, 1994)
• Engines of Aggression EP (self-released, 2001)

Womb (solo grunge project,^[6] vocals by Todd Miller^[7] except for As Lonely As I Am done by Jamie Alexander)

• Bella (Dream Circle,^[8] 1996)

Instrumental versions of Clean, Selfless Doubt and As Lonely As I Am (retitled Poinsettia) are present on the soundtrack of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Nectar (solo prog rock project,^[9] vocals by Stephen Shareaux of Kik Tracee^[10] except for We Just Disagree done by Dean Ortega)

• Afterglow (Dream Circle, 1997)

An instrumental version of We Just Disagree (retitled as All That Could Ever Be) is present on the soundtrack of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

The last track Black Sheep is misspelled as "Back Sheep." on the cd jewel case

Video game original scores

• Dark Age Of Camelot (multi-artists soundtrack,^[11] 2001 and following expansions)
• (2002)
• (2002)
• (2003)
• X-Men Legends (2004)
• (2004)
• Fantastic Four (2005)
• (2006)
• The Shield: The Game (2007)
• (2007)
• The Elder Scrolls Online (multi-artists soundtrack,^[12] 2014, Volume 1 and Volume 2 albums released in 2016 and 2017 respectively).
• (2024)

References

1. Web site: Tomorrow's Child - Tomorrow's Child. Discogs. 1993 . en. 2019-08-31.
2. Web site: FABRYKA INDUSTRIAL ROCK & METAL ENCYCLOPEDIA - Engines of Aggression [reviews]]. industrialrock.net. English. 2019-08-31.
3. Web site: Womb Music. Womb Music. en-US. 2019-08-31.
4. Web site: The first song, Walk In The Woods, was previously released in the Street Survivors compilation of 1988. Discogs. 1989 . en. 2019-08-31.
5. Web site: Engines Of Aggression. Discogs. en. 2019-08-31.
6. Web site: Womb (9) - Bella. Discogs. 1996 . en. 2019-08-31.
7. Web site: WOMB - Bella. ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin. en. 2019-08-31.
8. Issued on Japan by Alfa Music with an extra track, Black Sheep, picked from Nectar's Afterglow
9. Web site: Nectar (10). Discogs. en. 2019-08-31.
10. Web site: Re: KiK Tracee singer????.
11. Web site: Various - Dark Age Of Camelot: A Musical Journey Through The Realms Of Hibernia, Midgard And Albion (Original Online Game Soundtrack). Discogs. 15 January 2002 . it. 2019-08-31.
12. Web site: Release "The Elder Scrolls Online (Original Game Soundtrack)" by Jeremy Soule, Brad Derrick, Rik Schaffer & Malukah - MusicBrainz. musicbrainz.org. 2019-08-31.

External links

• Womb Music