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12 Facts About Nathan McCree

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Nathan McCree was born on 27 January 1969 and is an English music composer and sound effects editor for multimedia projects including computer games, television, live events, and radio.

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Nathan McCree worked with Core Design between 1996 and 1998, for the first three Tomb Raider games, among others.

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Nathan McCree worked with high-profile names such as the Spice Girls and Orange.

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Nathan McCree was born in England and is the third child of Patrik Nathan McCree and Beverly Allison.

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Nathan McCree started writing music when he was 11, on a Korg Delta synthesizer bought by his father, he used his 4 track reel-to-reel tape recorder to multi-track.

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Nathan McCree studied Computer Science at Kingston University and got his first job with Core Design as a programmer.

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Nathan McCree's manager liked the music and asked him to write the music for Asterix and the Power of the Gods.

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Nathan McCree is known for creating the original music for Tomb Raider.

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Nathan McCree wrote the entire score for the first Tomb Raider in four weeks without insight on the game levels to help him draw the music accordingly.

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Nathan McCree spent three months working on Tomb Raider II.

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Nathan McCree was not contracted to work on Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, being later replaced by Peter Connelly, who composed Tomb Raider music for another three Tomb Raider games.

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Nathan McCree interviewed Connelly to replace him at Core Design.