Matt Uelmen is an American video game music composer and sound designer.
13 Facts About Matt Uelmen
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Matt Uelmen is best known for his work in Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, which was recognized with the inaugural Excellence in Audio award by the IGDA in 2001.
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Matt Uelmen worked as a sound designer for the real-time strategy game StarCraft, and worked on World of Warcrafts expansion The Burning Crusade in 2007.
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From 2009 until the studio's closure in 2017, Matt Uelmen worked as a member of the Runic Games team, as a composer and sound designer for the Torchlight games.
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Matt Uelmen studied at Georgetown University from 1989 to 1993, where he earned the Mary Catherine Mita Prize for his thesis Cannibal Culture, Technology and American music in 1993.
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Matt Uelmen began working in video game music in 1994, when he was hired by Condor.
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In 2001, Matt Uelmen, who composed the Diablo II Soundtrack, and cinematic soundtrack composers Jason Hayes, Glenn Stafford and Andrea Pessino won the International Game Developers Association award for Excellence in Audio for their work on Diablo II.
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From 2005 to 2007, Matt Uelmen created some of the sound and music for Blizzard's popular MMORPG, World of Warcrafts expansion pack, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade; his work represents the majority of the music in the new area of the game, Outland.
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Matt Uelmen is one of about ten composers who have contributed to World of Warcraft.
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In 2009, Matt Uelmen joined the newly formed Runic Games, which includes several former Blizzard North and Flagship Studios employees.
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Matt Uelmen composed the score for their 2009 game, Torchlight and served as sound designer.
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Matt Uelmen continued to work at Runic on Torchlight II, which released in September 2012.
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In 2016, Matt Uelmen followed his former long-time colleague Max Schaefer as he started the new game company Echtra Games.