Peter Connelly | |
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Background information | |
Born |
South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England |
September 8, 1972
Genres | Orchestral, electronic, electro-acoustic |
Occupation(s) | Music composer, sound designer |
Instruments | Keyboard, piano, guitar, cello |
Years active | 1995–present |
Labels |
Eidos Interactive Square Enix Ubisoft Activision Electronic Arts |
Associated acts | Peter Connelly Ltd. |
Peter Connelly (born September 8, 1972) is a video game composer and sound designer best known for his work on the action-adventure Tomb Raider series. He has been part of several award-winning video game releases working mainly with Core Design, Eutechnyx and Ubisoft.
Having worked on sound design and composed soundtracks for more than 30 video games, Connelly is best known for scoring three of the largely successful releases in the Tomb Raider series, an action-adventure video game developed by the series' original creators Core Design.
After finishing his work as senior sound designer on the critically acclaimed fifth instalment Driver: San Francisco of Driver series, created and developed by Ubisoft Reflections, Connelly announced that his latest work would be the audio lead on Watch Dogs, a highly awaited AAA title by Ubisoft Montreal.
Connelly has shown interest for music and sounds since his early ages. He brought his passion into writing and recording music and went on experimenting with a wide spectrum of sounds, as well as new music directions, including various music technologies such as synthesizers, samplers and especially fairlights.
He trained on a variety of instruments like the cello, guitar and the piano since his childhood, Connelly also holds an OND and an HND in Music Technology at Newcastle College.