Will Loconto

Will Loconto
Will Loconto
Nationality American
Occupation Musician, composer
Years active 26
Known for Information Society

Will Loconto is a musician and composer based in Austin, Texas. He composed music for various video game soundtracks including Daikatana and was a keyboardist for the band Information Society.[1][2]

Career

In 1989, Loconto replaced Jimron Goff as lead vocalist for the band T42,[3][4] a Dallas area band that began in the Deep Ellum music scene in the late 1980s.[4] T42 released the album Intruder on Columbia Records in 1992.[5][6] Loconto quit T42 in 1993 in order to be the keyboardist in the industrial band Information Society.[1][2][3]

Loconto left Information Society to work for Dallas-based computer game developer ION Storm as a sound designer and composer. He was part of the initial design team for the game John Romero’s Daikatana.[1][2][7] He left ION Storm in November 1998 and co-founded PC and video game developer Third Law Interactive, distributed by publishing company Gathering of Developers the same year.[7] Through Third Law Interactive, Loconto developed sound for Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child.[7][8]

Loconto’s song "The Heist," which was the theme for puzzle game Pictureka Museum Mayhem, was nominated for a 2009 Game Audio Network Guild Award in the "Best Original Instrumental" category.[9][10]

In 2011, Loconto and Assaf Rinde were nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award in the category "Original Score for Video Game" for their work on first-person shooter game Rage.[11] T42 reunited in 2011 to release the album Voltage! and play several live shows.[4][6] He currently runs Will Loconto Music and Sound.[12]

Drew Haley and Will Loconto were nominated for a 2014 Hollywood Music in Media Award in the "Contemporary Christian/Gospel" category for their song, It’s Gonna Be a Good Day.[13] This song has also been nominated for The 14th Annual Independent Music Awards in the "Contemporary Christian/Gospel" category for 2015.[14]

Credits

Game credits
Year Game Title Credit
1999 Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 Music and Sound
2000 KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child Audio Designer
2000 Daikatana Music
2000 American McGee's Alice Sound
2001 Elite Forces: WWII Normandy Sound
2001 WWII: Iwo Jima Music
2001 Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance Music
2001 Anachronox Sound
2002 Run Like Hell Songs
2002 Mini Golf Master 2 Music
2002 Arthur's Quest: Battle for the Kingdom Sound Designer
2002 Aliens vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt Sound Design
2004 Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Additional Sound Design
2004 Champions of Norrath Water’s Edge Credits Remix
2006 Rayman Raving Rabbids Musical Arrangements
2006 American McGee Presents: Bad Day LA Sound Effect
2007 Lanfeust de Troy Musician
2008 Pictureka! Museum Mayhem Sound and Music by
2009 Treasure World Sound design
2011 Rage Additional Cinematic Musical Score
Discography[6][15]
Year Title Band Label
1992 Intruder T42 Columbia
2008 Best of the Best: A Tribute to Game Music Various Artists Game Music Central
2011 Voltage! T42 A Different Drum

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kushner, David (2004). Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 0812972155. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "How do game developers hack it?". March 7, 2000. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "T42 Biography". Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Anything Box: "A Change in My Destiny" For '90s Synth Stars". October 7, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  5. "Heavy Rotation Staff Selections". Spin (Spin Media, LLC). June 1992. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "T42 Discography". Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Stormy weather". January 14, 1999. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  8. Kushner, David (September 1, 1999). "Exposure Digital: Ol' Dirty Bastard: The Game". Spin 15 (9): 92.
  9. "LittleBigPlanet snags eight nominations in GANG audio awards". February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  10. "Will Loconto". Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  11. "HMMA Nomination - Rage". October 20, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  12. "A Composers Perspective on Game Audio - Choice Notions". April 13, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  13. "July 2014 Music Genre Nominees". July 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  14. "14th Annual Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced!". March 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  15. "Game Music Central Presents "Best of the Best: A Tribute To Game Music". June 4, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

External links

Official website

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