Synths like the Jupiter, PPG, Moog, Oberheim and some Yamaha stuff. When I first started experimenting it was the age of MIDI and What was the technology like when you first startedĮxperimenting with electronic music? Was it synthesizers, sequencers? I was exposed to a modular synth and it blew me away. It really wasn't the electronic music that was as formative as Your biography says that discovering electronic music was a Have stayed a taste longer and got some more theory under my belt but at the To be honest I wasn't a great student, so after staying only aįew months I decided it just wasn't for me. You went to the Berklee School of Music, talk about your Programming and writing additional music for established composers here in LA until I was able to get my first TV show Prey. Starship disbanded in 1990 so I focused purely on composition. I had been on the road for a large portion of the '80s so it was time to stay home. This opened my eyes to the writing process and was a game changerįor me. On their last album I started writing some of the material and One of those bands was Starship I was their keyboard Working on numerous records and playing gigs around Los Angeles I was offered opportunities to tour with some well-known bands. And from a purely awe-inspiring perspectiveĮarly on, did composition appeal to you, or did you want toĮarly on I wanted to be a studio musician so the playing aspect Early on from a purelyĪcoustic playing standpoint it came from jazz players like Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. Years to this day has had a large and lasting influence. I believe the music my parents listened to in my formative Parents were fans of Stravinsky so often I would come home from surfing all dayĪnd 'The Rite Of Spring' or 'The Firebird' would On the other hand was listening to the music of Erik Satie and Debussy. My father was way into jazz so Milesĭavis, John Coltrane and even more avant-garde stuff was being played. My mom was always playing piano so I became familiar with musicĪround 6 or 7 years old but I didn't become serious until around 11 or 12 years.īoth my parents were avid music listeners. Talk about your childhood, did you take to music early? Of the titles I've done I would have to say Zork Nemesis, Planescape: Torment, Fallout 1-2, Fallout: New Vegas and Need For Speed: Shift are probably You've worked on that they might recognize? We spoke to Morgan about his background, influences, and composition style.įor our readers, what are some of the game projects that He's currently working on Brian Fargo's much-anticipated Wasteland 2.

Mark Morgan's ethereal, electronic music-influenced game scores have helped convey the emotion in such games as Fallout: New Vegas, Planescape: Torment, and Need for Speed: Shift.

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