Introduction
Rik W. 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 and Engines of Aggression. He often works with his partner Margaret Tang.
Rik has also composed original soundtracks for videogames, gaining recognition particularly for his work on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.
Discography
Studio albums
Tomorrow's Child (glam rock band active between 1988-1996, lead guitarist)
- Tomorrow's Child (Dream Circle, 1993)
- Rocky Coast, Rough Sea (Dream Circle, 1996)
Engines of Aggression (industrial metal band active between 1993-2001, lead guitarist)
- 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, vocals by Todd Miller)
- Bella (Dream Circle, 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 and Selfless Doubt are present on the soundtrack of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Nectar (solo prog rock project, vocals by Stephen Shareaux of Kik Tracee)
- Afterglow (Dream Circle, 1997)
Videogames original scores[3]
- Dark Age Of Camelot (multi-artists soundtrack, 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, 2014)
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (2020)