Mark Seibert
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Mark Seibert is an American musician, composer and producer best known for his work on various video games from Sierra Entertainment.
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Biography
From 1979 to 1986, Seibert performed guitar and vocals for a Christian band called Omega Sunrise. He recorded two albums with the group in 1983 and 1985, the second of which saw moderate success in various US markets. After a final concert in Fresno, California in 1986, the group broke up due to the demands of constant touring.
Seibert was tired of working on the road. In 1987, he answered a newspaper advertisement from a computer game company called Sierra On-Line. After several months of delay, the company hired him as a musician and music editor for King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella. He worked as a musician on this and other projects, but after only a few years, he was promoted to the company's music director. This meant that he worked with staff musicians in both composition and editing.
In 1992, he was promoted again to producer, which meant he was involved in all aspects of game production, not just the music. However, this also meant that he was less able to actually compose music, though he did continue to perform pieces by other composers. He left the company in 2001.
He also helped lead worship services at his church, the Fresno Vineyard, from 1987 to 1991 with his wife Debbie.
Seibert now works for Gentle Revolution Software in Baltimore, Maryland, a company that produces games for the PlayStation 2 and for PC.
Video Game Soundtracks
- Police Quest 2: The Vengeance (1988)
- Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero (1989)
- Codename: ICEMAN (1989)
- King's Quest 5: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (1990)
- Conquests of Camelot: King Arthur: Search for the Holy Grail (1991)
- Mixed-Up Mother Goose (enhanced CD-ROM version) (1992) (with Amenda-Lombardo and Ken Allen)
- King's Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992) (wrote and produced "Girl in the Tower")
- Robin Hood: Conquests of the Longbow (1993) (also Music Director)
- Phantasmagoria (1995) (also Producer)
(Note that Seibert wrote music for other games as well, but he was not the primary composer for these other projects.)
Other Works
- Feel the Change (with Omega Sunrise) (1983)
- Run from the Night (with Omega Sunrise) (1985)
- Fresno Vineyard Worship Album (1987)
- Fresno Vineyard Worship Album (1988)
- The Long Shot (Sequencing and Sequence Editing) (1988)
- King’s Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella (1988) (Musician/Editor)
- Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon (1988) (Musician/Editor)
- Silpheed (1988) (Music Editor)
- Firehawk: Thexder The Second Contact (1990) (Music Director)
- Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals! (1989) (Music/Sound Programming)
- Hoyle's Book of Games (1989) (Music Director)
- King’s Quest I: Quest for the Crown (1989) (VGA remake) (Music Director)
- Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (1990) (Music Director)
- Oil's Well (1990) (Music Director)
- Police Quest 3: The Kindred (1990) (Music Director)
- Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire (1990) (Music Director)
- Hoyle Official Book of Games, Volume 2 (1990) (Music Director)
- Hoyle Official Book of Games, Volume 3 (1991) (Music/Sound Programming)
- EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus (1991) (Music Director)
- The Castle of Dr. Brain (1991) (Music Director/Musician)
- Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter (1991) (VGA remake) (Music Director)
- Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (VGA remake) (1991) (Music Director)
- Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work! (1991) (Music/Sound Programming)
- Mixed-Up Fairy Tales (1991) (Music Arrangement/Performance)
- Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero (VGA remake) (1992) (Music Director)
- Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (VGA remake) (1992) (Music Director)
- Jones in the Fast Lane (Enhanced CD-ROM Version) (1992) (Director)
- Laura Bow: Dagger of Amon Ra (1992) (Music Director)
- Island of Dr. Brain (1992) (Music Director)
- Take-a-Break! Pinball for Windows (Musician) (1993)
- Pepper’s Adventures in Time (1993) (Producer/Musician)
- The Shadow of Yserbius (boxed version) (Producer)
- Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1993) (Sound)
- Quest for Glory III: Wages of War (1993) (Music Director)
- Outpost (1994) (Musician)
- King’s Quest 7: The Princeless Bride (1994) (Producer/Musician)
- Torin’s Passage (1995) (Producer)
- Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail! (1996) (Producer/Musician)
- King’s Quest: Mask of Eternity (1998) (Producer/Musician/Co-designer)
- Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (2001) (Executive Producer)
- Throne of Darkness (2001) (Executive Producer)
External links
- Mark Seibert's homepage: http://www.markseibert.com/
- Sierra music in MIDI format: http://www.queststudios.com/quest/Sierra1.html
- Remixes of Mark Seibert's Work : http://remix.overclocked.org/detailcomposer.php?compid=69