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Mike Morasky is an American composer, visual effects artist, director and programmer. He composed the scores for the Valve games Team Fortress 2, the Left 4 Dead series, Portal 2,…
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Mike Morasky (born June 14, 1964) is an American composer, visual effects artist, director and programmer. He composed the scores for the Valve games Team Fortress 2, the Left 4 Dead series, Portal 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Half-Life: Alyx and Counter-Strike 2.
Mike Morasky is an American composer, visual effects artist, director and programmer. He composed the scores for the Valve games Team Fortress 2, the Left 4 Dead series, Portal 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Half-Life: Alyx and Counter-Strike 2. He worked on visual effects for the Lord of the Rings and Matrix films, and founded the underground art bands Steel Pole Bath Tub, Milk Cult and DUH.
Mike Morasky (born June 14, 1964) is an American composer, visual effects artist, director and programmer. He composed the scores for the Valve games Team Fortress 2, the Left 4 Dead series, Portal 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Half-Life: Alyx and Counter-Strike 2. He worked on visual effects for the Lord of the Rings and Matrix films, and founded the underground art bands Steel Pole Bath Tub, Milk Cult and DUH.
For Valve, Morasky composed the music for Team Fortress 2, Portal (with Kelly Bailey), Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2 (including composing and playing the guitar, keyboard and bass for the fictional hard rock band Midnight Riders), Portal 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Half-Life: Alyx, and Counter-Strike 2.
He also worked as a senior visual effects artist and technical director on The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix film trilogies.
Morasky was part of the now-defunct hardcore punk/noise rock band Steel Pole Bath Tub, which he founded in 1986 with Dale Flattum. S.P.B.T. disbanded in 2002.
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"Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition" - "Portal 2" - Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences - (2012)
"Best Audio" - "Portal 2" - Game Developers Choice Award - (2012)
"Best Interactive Score" - "Portal 2" - Game Audio Network Guild - (2012)
"Best Dialog" - "Portal 2" - Game Audio Network Guild - (2012)
"Best Original Vocal Song - Pop" - "Portal 2" - Game Audio Network Guild - (2012)
"Best Game Music of 2011" - "Portal 2" - Kotaku - (2012)
"Best Soundtrack (Nomination)" - "Portal 2" - X-Play - (2011)
"Best Sound Design (Nomination)" - "Portal 2" - X-Play - (2011)
"Outstanding Creative Achievement / Interactive Entertainment Sound Production (Nomination)" - "Portal 2" - TEC Awards - (2012)
"Best Original Score (Nomination)" - "Portal 2" - Spike TV Video Game Awards - (2012)
"Audio of the Year (Nomination)" - "Portal 2" - Game Audio Network Guild - (2012)
"Sound Design of the Year (Nomination)" - "Portal 2" - Game Audio Network Guild - (2012)
"Best Cinematic / Cut Scene Sound (Nomination)" - "Left 4 Dead 2" - Game Audio Network Guild - (2010)
"Best Use of Multi-Channel Surround in a Game (Nomination)" - "Left 4 Dead 2" - Game Audio Network Guild - (2010)
"Best Use of Sound" - "Left 4 Dead" - What If Gaming - (2008)
"Left 4 Dead" - Game Audio Network Guild Summer Summit (2010)
"Matrix Revolutions: Techniques and Methodologies With Large Scale Sentinel 'Swarm' Scenes" - Silicon Valley ACM Siggraph (2004)
"Matrix Sequels: Animation and Pipeline Methodologies in Large CG Film Productions" - San Francisco ACM Siggraph Student Chapter (2004)
"Wiring Cracker: The Mechanics of a Non-Anthropomorphic, Real-Time, Performance Animation Puppet" - ACM Siggraph (1998)
"Mama Paranoia" - Split 7' With Dosed Bernie - (Box Dog, 1994)
