Alex Seropian

Alex Seropian was one of the initial founders and the President and CEO of Bungie Software Products Corporation (renamed Bungie Studios after it was acquired by Microsoft), the developer of the "Marathon", "Myth", and "Halo" series. Seropian later went on to create Wideload Games, developer of the Halo-engine-based game "Stubbs the Zombie". Alex Seropian graduated from the University of Chicago with a major in math. He founded Bungie Software as a Senior. Alex Seropian composed the soundtrack for the original "Marathon" game. Bungie's following games had soundtracks composed mostly by Power of Seven and Martin O'Donnell.

Biography

Bungie

In 1991, Seropian founded Bungie with Jason Jones. [cite web|url=http://www.bungie.net/Inside/content.aspx?link=HistoryOfBungie_p1|title=The History of Bungie|publisher=Bungie Studios|date=2007-03-06|accessdate=2007-10-08|first=Tom|last=Gioconda] Seropian composed the music for Marathon over four months. [cite web|url=http://www.eigenhat.com/interview.html|title=Interview with Alex Seropian, October 27th 2004 |publisher=eigenhat.com|date=2004-10-27|accessdate=2008-04-26|author=Craig] For the first game of the Halo series, , Seropian noted that the company had to incorporate new features such as surround sound and cinematics. [cite web|url=http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=93|title=Interview: Bungie's Alexander Seropian|publisher=insidemacgames.com|date=2001-12-10|accessdate=2008-04-26|first=Tuncer |last=Deniz] .

Wideload Games

Seropian founded his own studio in 2004 called Wideload Games, and is intended to be more streamlined than most video game studios. [cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/509/509117p1.html|title=Wideload Interview|publisher=IGN|date=2004-04-26|accessdate=2008-04-26|first=Steve |last=Butts] The studio's first game, Stubbs the Zombie, used the Halo engine. The second one was Hail To The Chimp.

References

External links

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* [http://www.wideload.com/ Wideload Games Inc.]
* [http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/350/alex-seropian/ Composer profile] at OverClocked ReMix
* [http://www.chicagoist.com/archives/2005/06/20/interview_alex_seropian_founder_wideload_games.php "Interview: Alex Seropian, Founder, Wideload Games"] Chicagoist: (June 20, 2005)
* [http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050929/wen_01.shtml "Wideload Games' Alexander Seropian on Outsourcing for the Living Dead"] Gamasutra: Wen, Howard (September 29, 2005)