David J. Young
American keyboardist

David J. Young

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David Youngis an American keyboardist, composer, and recording artist. He is most well known for producing the soundtracks to the Sega CD video games Sonic CD, Ecco: The Tides of Time, and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin.

Career with Sega

In 1993, Young began contributing audio and music to Sega video games. He was present for the formation of Sega Music Group and Sega Music Group Studios in San Francisco. Young was a frequent collaborator with composer/producer Spencer Nilsen, who was director of Sega Music Group at the time. He was involved in over a dozen different Sega titles from 1993–1996, composing, producing and engineering soundtracks for titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin, Sonic CD, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj, NBA Live, NHL Live, and Wild Woody, as well as many others.

Works

Title Year System Notes
Sonic CD (US) 1993 Sega CD with Spencer Nilsen and Mark Crew, keyboards and synthesizer programming.
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin with Nilsen.
Ecco: The Tides of Time 1994 Engineering, keyboards & programming, additional writing with Nilsen.
Wild Woody 1995 Engineering, mixing and mastering, sound/foley effects.
Cyber Speedway Sega Saturn Recording, engineering & mixing.
Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj 1996 with Brad Kaiser.
Mr. Bones Assistant on the set.