Mark Knight

Mark Knight, also known as madfiddler, and previous known as TDK (disambiguation), or The Dark Knight (born January 8, 1973, in Brighton, England) is a well-known Amiga demoscene musician and video game composer/sound designer. As a member of Melon Dezign and Anthrox, his chip music sounds often appeared in Crystal cracktros for the Fairlight group among others. As a game musician, he converted several existing game tunes to the Amiga, and also made a number of original compositions for many formats from the Super Nintendo through to the PlayStation and PC.

After leaving the Amiga demo scene, he worked for the computer game developer Mindscape Group, 3D Realms, Bullfrog Productions, Electronic Arts, Climax Group, Visual Science and is now back working as a senior sound designer with Electronic Arts. His notable music compositions are used in titles such as Dungeon Keeper 2, Populous: The Beginning, Warhammer: Dark Omen, Wing Commander (computer game) amiga version, Duke Nukem 3D and has sound design credits in games such as Sudeki, Shox, Formula One, and Theme Park World (which won a Bafta for best sound in a video game).

Also a semi pro violinist, Mark has performed live electric violin music under the name madfiddler with the folk punk band Tricks Upon Travellers, Blue Horses, 4-4-2, Pepe Deluxé, The Divine Comedy, K-Passa and Massive Attack amongst others. He is currently working on a secret new project with famous Commodore 64 composer, Ben Daglish.

Most recently he can also be found performing with several famous Commodore 64 composers, including Rob Hubbard and Ben Daglish under the guise SID80s.

Mark is now based in Warrington in England.

Games Mark has worked on

* Alfred Chicken - Mindscape Group
* Battleships - Mindscape Group
* Battletoads - Mindscape Group
* Captive 2 - Liberation - Mindscape Group
* .ComBots - Electronic Arts
* Duke Nukem 3D - GT Interactive
* Dungeon Keeper 2 - Electronic Arts
* D/Generation - Mindscape Group
* DragonLore - Mindscape Group
* EA Sports Cyberathlete - Electronic Arts
* Evasive Action - Mindscape Group
* Formula One 2000 - Electronic Arts
* Formula One 2000 Championship Edition - Electronic Arts
* Formula One 2001 - Electronic Arts
* Formula One 2002 - Electronic Arts
* Formula One 2003 - Electronic Arts
* Guy Spy
* Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Electronic Arts
* Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Electronic Arts
* Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup - Electronic Arts
* Mario's Mission Earth - Mindscape Group
* Mario's Time Machine - Mindscape Group
* Out to Lunch - Mindscape Group
* Outlander - Mindscape Group
* Overkill/Lunar C - Mindscape Group
* Populous: The Beginning - Electronic Arts
* Quake 3 - Electronic Arts
* Sim Life - Mindscape Group
* Sim City 2000 - Mindscape Group
* Shox - Electronic Arts
* Sudeki - Microsoft Studios / Climax Group
* Superbikes 2000 - Electronic Arts
* Supersonic Racers - Mindscape Group
* Theme Hospital - demo music - Electronic Arts
* Theme Park World - BAFTA award winner for sound design - Electronic Arts
* Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat - Mindscape Group
* Warhammer: Dark Omen - Electronic Arts
* Wing Commander - Mindscape Group

External links

*Amiga game music : Mark's collection of Amiga game music he composed.
*TDK chip music collection : Mark's collection of Amiga .mod chip music he composed.
*madfiddler : Mark's personal, madfiddler, website.
*Tricks Upon Travellers website : Mark's first, and best, band.
*Gamesounds : Mark's game music website. This has a comprehensive downloads page of his past game music.
*Fiddle and Alternative Strings Forum : Marks forum for Fiddlers and Bowed String Players.
*Profile at Amiga Music Preservation