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Alexander Brandon
Alexander Brandon
	Alexander Brandon in Georgetown, Texas in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Alexander Brandon
Also known as	Siren, Chromatic Dragon, Sandman
Born	September 29, 1974 (age 50)
Genres	Electronica, synthpop, pop rock
Occupation(s)	Composer, musician, voice actor, voice director, sound designer, audio director
Instrument(s)	Keyboards, PC, guitar
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Materia Collective, Funky Rustic Records

Alexander Brandon (also known as Siren in the demoscene and tracker community) is an American musician, former member of Straylight Productions, who composed music mostly for games produced by Epic Games, or games based on Epic technology, including Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, Tyrian, Jazz Jackrabbit 2, and the cancelled game Jazz Jackrabbit 3D.^[1] Brandon is also a voice actor, having been cast most recently for the parts of Ancano and Amaund Motierre in the Role Playing Game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by Bethesda Game Studios.

Brandon started composing music at the age of 14 when he got an Ad Lib music synthesizer card for Christmas.^[2] He worked in several MOD music groups over his composing years in the late 1990s, including the Kosmic Free Music Foundation. During that time, he also composed for several musicdisks such as Return to Stage 9.

Brandon has built several audio departments, starting with Ion Storm Austin in mid-2000. This was followed with an audio director position at Midway Home Entertainment in San Diego until 2007 when he started the audio department at Obsidian Entertainment.^[1] In February 2009, he built the audio department at Heatwave Interactive, also providing business development and overall media management. In April 2010, Alex launched Funky Rustic, an independent audio production studio, working out of Georgetown, Texas.

Past nicknames

During his tracker career, Alex has used several nicknames:^[3]

1995: first tracks released under the name "Chromatic Dragon"
end of 1995: name changed to "Siren"
middle of 1996, during KFMF membership: name temporarily changed to "Sandman"
end of 1996: name changed back to "Siren"

Note that there were several (two or three) tracker musicians around the world, who have used the nickname "Sandman" independently of Alex.

Influences

Alexander Brandon's influences include Peter Gabriel, Dream Theater, Frost*, Andrew Sega, Steve Vai, and Ozric Tentacles, among others.^[4]

Personal life

Brandon lives in Georgetown, Texas with his family.^[5]

Works

Video games

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1995	Tyrian	Composer, level designer, writing, story, dialogue	With Andres Molnar
1995	Extreme Pinball	Sound effects
1998	Jazz Jackrabbit 2	Composer	With Sean Hiller and Bryan Rudge
1998	Unreal		With Michiel van den Bos, Dan Gardopée and Andrew Sega
1999	Unreal Tournament		With Michiel van den Bos, Dan Gardopée and Andrew Sega
	Tyrian 2000	Project leader, writing, dialogue, story, composer
	Dark Vengeance	Composer	With Andrew Schlesinger, Mark Styles
	Vigilante 8		Nintendo 64 version, with Dan Gardopée
2000	Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense		Nintendo 64 version, with Dan Gardopée
2000	Deus Ex		With Michiel van den Bos and Dan Gardopée
2003	Unreal II: The Awakening		With Jack Wall, Clint Bajakian, Jeremy Soule and Crispin Hands^[6]
	Battlestar Galactica
	Deus Ex: Invisible War	Audio Director, sound effects, music
	Activision Anthology	Composer
2004	Thief: Deadly Shadows	Cinematic post sound effects, special thanks
2005	NARC	Audio manager
2005	Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows	Audio Director, music, sound effects	With Inon Zur, Rednote Audio and Alistair Cooper
2006	Rampage: Total Destruction	Audio engineer
	MLB Slugfest 2006	Dialogue recording
	Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run	Audio director
	Happy Feet
	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
	The Ant Bully
2007	TouchMaster
	Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
	Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Zombie Ninja Pro-Am	Special thanks
2008	Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir	Audio director
2010	Bejeweled 3	Composer	With Peter Hajba and Allister Brimble
2010	Alpha Protocol	Additional Sound Effects & Foley
2011	Bejeweled: Classic	Audio
2011	Deus Ex: Human Revolution	Composer	With Michael McCann and Yohann Boudreault
2012	Dust: An Elysian Tail	Composer	With HyperDuck SoundWorks
2013	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Sound effects
	Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded	Sound effects
	Aliens: Colonial Marines	Additional sound design
2014	Wasteland 2	Sound design
2014	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze	Contract audio
2016	Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives	Audio
2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera	Audio director, sound design and implementation
2017	Aven Colony	Composer
2018	Cloney: A Tapped Out Adventure	Composer
2018	The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep	Sound Design/Audio Consultant
2020	Wasteland 3	Audio Director, voice acting, additional music
Unreleased	Dead Matter
Cancelled	Jazz Jackrabbit 3	Composer

Other work

Year	Title	Notes
1999	AtmosphereS: Cultures	With Dan Gardopée
	AtmosphereS: Moods
	AtmosphereS: Pulses
	audiophonik - music for the scene generation	With various others
2000	AtmosphereS: Dreams	With George "The Fat Man" Sanger
2000	AtmosphereS: Rhythms	With George "The Fat Man" Sanger
2008	Era's End	With Bryan Rudge
2010	Earthscape
2011	Violet Eclectic
	Songs for the Cure '11: Esuna	With various others
	Impostor Nostalgia
2013	Nukem: Duke 3D Remixes
	Deus Ex: Sonic Augmentation
	Spectrum of Mana
2014	The Glory Days Remixed
	Just Fun
	Just Fun Miami
	The Ad Lib Collection
2016	Sound Waves: A Tribute to Ecco the Dolphin	With various others.
2016	Chronicles of Time: A Chrono Trigger Arrangement Project	With various others.
2018	Just Fun Custom
2019	The Belmont Adventure	With various others
2020	Conspiravision: Deus Ex Remixed	With Michiel van den Bos

Voice acting

Title	Role(s)
Deus Ex: Invisible War	Generic Citizen, Tracer Tong
Thief: Deadly Shadows	Keepers
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows	The Emperor
L. A. Rush	Additional voices
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon	Dairou
Stranglehold	Kwong Fang
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Ancano, Amaund Motierre
DC Universe Online	Black Lightning, Black Adam, General Zod, Major Force and Cyborg
SOL: Exodus	The Commander
Vacation Simulator	Additional voices
Pagan Online	Dabog
Wasteland 3	Additional voices

Books

Brandon, Alexander (2004). Audio for Games: Planning, Process, and Production. New Riders. ISBN 978-0-7357-1413-7.

References

^ ^a ^b Bezeau, François (November 1, 2007). "Alexander Brandon Interview: Going Solo". Game Music Online. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
^ PixelK1tty (May 16, 2012). "Epic Composer Interview: Alexander Brandon". Epic Games Community. Epic Games. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Interview with Alex Brandon". Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2009. My nickname was actually first Chromatic Dragon.. then Siren, then Sandman, then back to Siren.
^ Alexander Brandon at Fandalism
^ MAGFest - Alexander Brandon Archived April 20, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2018-04-19.
^ "VGM Rush – Unreal II". Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2009.