Rik Schaffer
Rik Schaffer is an American composer and musician. He formed Womb Music in 1996 after being in the music industry as a member of several acts such as Tomorrow's Child[1] and Engines of Aggression.[2] He often works with his partner Margaret Tang.
Rik Schaffer | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Ambient, classical, electronica, rock and metal |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
Rik has also composed original soundtracks for video games, gaining recognition particularly for his work on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines[3].
Discography
Studio albums
Tomorrow's Child (glam rock band active between 1988-1996, lead guitarist)[1]
- Tomorrow's Child (Dream Circle, 1993)[4]
- Rocky Coast, Rough Sea (Dream Circle, 1996)
Engines of Aggression (industrial metal band active between 1993-2001, lead guitarist)[2][5]
- Speak EP (Priority, 1993)
- Illusion Is Real single (Priority, 1993)
- Inhuman Nature (Priority, 1994)
- Engines of Aggression EP (self-released, 2001)
Womb (solo grunge project,[6] vocals by Todd Miller[7] except for As Lonely As I Am done by Jamie Alexander[6])
- Bella (Dream Circle,[8] 1996)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Drip" | 5:35 |
| 2. | "Clean" | 3:08 |
| 3. | "Mother" | 5:26 |
| 4. | "13" | 5:20 |
| 5. | "Ruin" | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Selfless Doubt" | 5:21 |
| 7. | "Golden Arms And Silver Charms" | 4:09 |
| 8. | "As Lonely As I Am" | 5:44 |
Instrumental versions of Clean, Selfless Doubt and As Lonely As I Am (retitled Poinsettia) are present on the soundtrack of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Nectar (solo prog rock project,[9] vocals by Stephen Shareaux of Kik Tracee[10] except for We Just Disagree done by Dean Ortega)
- Afterglow (Dream Circle, 1997)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Subtract The Fool" | 5:01 |
| 2. | "We Just Disagree" | 6:25 |
| 3. | "Resurrection" | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Crash Course" | 5:46 |
| 5. | "Hormones" | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Superfine" | 4:05 |
| 7. | "Girlfriend" | 4:44 |
| 8. | "Pussyfoot" | 3:21 |
| 9. | "Blind Fly" | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Fifteen Minutes" | 5:12 |
| 11. | "Black Sheep" | 4:01 |
An instrumental version of We Just Disagree (retitled as All That Could Ever Be) is present on the soundtrack of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
The last track Black Sheep is misspelled as "Back Sheep." on the cd jewel case
Video game original scores[3]
- Dark Age Of Camelot (multi-artists soundtrack,[11] 2001 and following expansions)
- Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon (2002)
- The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian (2002)
- Spawn: Armageddon (2003)
- X-Men Legends (2004)
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004)
- Fantastic Four (2005)
- X-Men: The Official Game (2006)
- The Shield: The Game (2007)
- Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (2007)
- The Elder Scrolls Online (multi-artists soundtrack,[12] 2014, Volume 1 and Volume 2 albums released in 2016 and 2017 respectively).
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (TBA)
References
- "Tomorrow's Child - Tomorrow's Child". Discogs. 1993. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- "FABRYKA INDUSTRIAL ROCK & METAL ENCYCLOPEDIA - Engines of Aggression [reviews]". industrialrock.net. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- "Womb Music". Womb Music. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- "The first song, Walk In The Woods, was previously released in the Street Survivors compilation of 1988". Discogs. 1989. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- "Engines Of Aggression". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- "Womb (9) - Bella". Discogs. 1996. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- "WOMB - Bella". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- Issued on Japan by Alfa Music with an extra track, Black Sheep, picked from Nectar's Afterglow
- "Nectar (10)". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- "Re: KiK Tracee singer????".
- "Various - Dark Age Of Camelot: A Musical Journey Through The Realms Of Hibernia, Midgard And Albion (Original Online Game Soundtrack)". Discogs (in Italian). 15 January 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- "Release "The Elder Scrolls Online (Original Game Soundtrack)" by Jeremy Soule, Brad Derrick, Rik Schaffer & Malukah - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2019-08-31.