Sascha Dikiciyan

Sascha Dikiciyan
Also known as Sonic Mayhem, Toksin, Buzzfunk
Born 1970 (age 47–48)
Stuttgart, Germany
Genres Dance/Electronic
Occupation(s) Musician, producer
Instruments Keyboards, synthesizer, drums
Years active 1993–present

Sascha Dikiciyan, known professionally as Sonic Mayhem, is a German game music, with armenian origin, producer and professional sound designer who has produced the soundtrack for Quake II,[1] Tomorrow Never Dies and Hellgate: London, as well as approximately half of the soundtrack for Quake III Arena and all the weapon sound effects for Unreal Tournament and, since the build 222 patch, also its predecessor, Unreal. Dikiciyan has also produced independent music albums.

Dikiciyan's style is primarily a very driving and forceful form of aggro-industrial, with an emphasis on repeated musical phrases (though this is less pronounced in his non-soundtrack work). Currently Sascha collaborates with Cris Velasco who is responsible for orchestral moods in their music.

Dikiciyan is also known under the name Toksin, producing dance remixes for the likes of BT and Celldweller and many others.

Dikiciyan's work came to prominence when he sent a copy of his first CD Methods of Destruction, an alternate Quake soundtrack, to id Software in 1996. As a result, John Romero asked him personally to score the soundtrack for Quake II.

Dikiciyan has also contributed sound patches to Moog Music's award-winning Animoog app.

Works

Video games
Title Year System Notes
Quake: Methods of Destruction1996Microsoft WindowsAlternate soundtrack for Quake.
Quake II1997Windowswith Bill Brown and Jer Sypult.
Quake II: Ground Zero1998Windows
Quake II: The Reckoning1998Windows
Tomorrow Never Dies1999PlayStationwith Tommy Tallarico, Howard Ulyate, and Todd Dennis.
Quake III Arena1999Windows
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines2003PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Mobile phones
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent2006GameCube, Windows, PS2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, WiiComposed the main theme whilst Michael McCann composed the rest of the soundtrack.
Battlezone PSP2006PlayStation Portable
Dark Messiah2006Windows, Xbox 360
SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run2006PS2, Xboxwith Kyle Richards and Cris Velasco
TMNT2007GameCube, PC, PS2, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360Jake Kaufman composed the music for the Nintendo DS version.
John Woo's Stranglehold2007Windows, PS3, Xbox 360with Jim Bonney, Jamie Christopherson and Serj Tankian.
Beowulf: The Game2008Windows, PS3, Xbox 360, PSP
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra2008PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, Mobile phone, Nintendo DS, PSP
Prototype2009Windows, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe2009PS3, Xbox 360with various others.
Borderlands2009Windows, OS X, PS3, Xbox 360with Raison Varner and Jesper Kyd.
Kasumi - Stolen Memory2010Windows, Xbox 360
MAG2010PS3Composed the music for the Raven faction.
Tron: Evolution2010Windows, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360with Cris Velasco and Kevin Manthei
Mass Effect 2: Arrival2011Windows, PS3, Xbox 360
The AgencyUnreleasedPS3, Windows
Mass Effect 32012Windows, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii Uwith Sam Hulick, Chris Lennertz and Clint Mansell.
Mass Effect 3: Leviathan2012Windows, PS3, Xbox 360
Borderlands 22012Windows, OS X, Linux, PS3, PSVita, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nvidia Shieldwith Raison Varner, Kevin Riepl and Jesper Kyd.
The Long Dark2014Linux, Windows, OS X, Xbox One, PS4
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided2016Linux, Windows, OS X, PS4, Xbox OneCo-composed the main soundtrack, including the soundtrack for the System Rift DLC, with Michael McCann whilst Ed Harrison composed the soundtrack for the Breach DLC. Also composed the soundtrack for the A Criminal Past DLC by himself.
Solo/other
Title Year System Notes
Promo 20012001Digital album
Music for Visual Media2002Digital album
Doomsday2015Digital album

References

  1. ↑ The Hollywood reporter. Wilkerson Daily Corp. 2003. p. S-30.



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