Matt Furniss (not to be confused with the graphic designer of the same name) is a British video game musician. His work can be heard in many Sega video games. Matt Furniss started by frequently playing video games at a shop in Sheffield called Just Micro. Upstairs from the game store was the infamous Gremlin Graphics. One day while Matt was at the shop, developers from Gremlin came downstairs and asked for playtesters, and Matt got to be one of them. At the time, he was a big fan of the works of Ben Daglish, and was given the chance to meet him. When he went into Ben's studio, he saw synthesizers and an Atari ST. Ben showed Matt Pro24 from Steinberg and gave him a copy of the software. Matt took the bus home and started using the software as soon as he got home.
Matt Furniss later heard about the Demoscenes, and he sent out his music to other companies, but nobody seemed interested at the time, which he says could have been due to his age. Then one day, Krisalis Software hired him since they were looking for a composer and sound designer. He was then interviewed and tested and by 1989 he was hired and started doing music for games.
Matt started working at Krisalis Software with Shaun Hollingworth. Since Matt didn't know programming, Shaun coded the sound drivers for his games. In 1994, he started working at Psygnosis and left a couple years later and started work for Disney. In 1998, he worked at Sony Computer Entertainment America. From the beginning of 2001 to March 2007, he worked at Health Net as their senior web application developer. From April 2007 to March of 2010, he worked at Fox doing the same job. Ever since then, Matt has been working at Gakai, a part of SCEA, as a lead developer and web technical expert.
Matt was also the main composer at Teeny Weeny Games for their Sega video games, while Marshall Parker was their main composer for Nintendo games.
To compose his video game music for almost all consoles, Matt used drivers written by Shaun Hollingworth. To utilize the drivers, he used an untitled tracker program for the Atari Mega ST which was also programmed by Shaun. Unfortunately, neither Matt or Shaun have the source code for it. Matt created the Genesis instruments.
Gameography
Toobin' (AMI) - 1988Chase H.Q. (AMI) - 1989Hard Drivin' (AST) - 1989Laser Squad (AMI) - 1989Torvak the Warrior (AMI) - 1989Badlands (AST) - 1990Botix (AMI) - 1990Castle Master (AMI) - 1990Cyberball (AMI) - 1990 (Arrangements)Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (ST) - 1990Klax (AMI) - 1990Manix (AMI) - 1990Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (AMI) - 1990 (Unused Song)Rogue Trooper (AMI) - 1990Scramble Spirits (AMI) - 1990Shadow Warriors (AMI) - 1990Space Harrier II (AMI) - 1990The Spy Who Loved Me (AMI) - 1990S.T.U.N. Runner (AMI) - 1990World Championship Boxing Manager (AMI) - 1990Back to the Future Part III (SMS) - 1991Bill's Tomato Game (GEN) - 1991Face Off (AMI) - 1991Mad Professor Mariarti (AMI) - 1991Hard Drivin' II: Drive Harder (AMI) - 1991 (In-Game)Hill Street Blues (AMI) - 1991Jahangir Khan's World Championship Squash (AMI) - 1991Joe & Mac (GEN) - 1991Lords of Chaos (AMI) - 1991Manchester United Europe (AMI) - 1991Out Run Europa (AMI) - 1991 (Arrangements)Pit-Fighter (AMI) - 1991Predator 2 (SMS) - 1991Race Drivin' (AMI) - 1991 (Title Screen & In-Game)Revelation (AMI) - 1991Rugby: The World Cup (AMI) - 1991Skull & Crossbones (AMI) - 1991 Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (GEN) - 1991The Terminator (GEN) - 1991Subbuteo: The Computer Game (AMI) - 1991Alien³ (AMI) - 1992Alien³ (C64) - 1992Alien³ (GEN) - 1992Alien³ (SMS) - 1992Chuck Rock (GEN) - 1992Cyber-Cop (GEN) - 1992Cytron (AMI) - 1992European Football Champ (AMI) - 1992Galahad (GEN) - 1992Hook (GEN) - 1992Hook (GG) - 1992The Incredible Crash Dummies (GG) - 1992James Bond 007: The Duel (GEN) - 1992The Lost Vikings (GEN) - 1992Marble Madness (SMS) - 1992Predator 2 (GEN) - 1992Predator 2 (GG) - 1992Prince of Persia (SMS) - 1992Shadowlands (AMI) - 1992Shadoworlds (AMI) - 1992The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man (GG) - 1992Super Smash T.V. (GEN) - 1992T2: The Arcade Game (GEN) - 1992Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition (SMS) - 1992Tyrants (GEN) - 1992Ultiva VI: The False Prophet (AMI) - 1992World Trophy Soccer (GEN) - 1992WWF Steel Cage Challenge (SMS) - 1992Arabian Nights (AMI) - 1993Battlemaniacs (SMS) - 1993Bram Stoker's Dracula (GEN) - 1993Caesars Palace (GG) - 1993Cool Spot (GG) - 1993Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck (GEN) - 1993Double Dragon (GG) - 1993F-15 Strike Eagle II (GEN) - 1993G-LOC Air Battle (GEN) - 1993Gunship (SMD) - 1993Home Alone (SMS) - 1993The Incredible Crash Dummies (SMS) - 1993Mortal Kombat (GEN) - 1993Puggsy (GEN) - 1993RoboCop 3 (GEN) - 1993RoboCop 3 (SMS) - 1993Sensible Soccer: European Champions (SMD) - 1993Wiz 'n' Liz: The Frantic Wabbit Wescue (GEN) - 1993Wolfchild (GEN) - 1993WWF Steel Cage Challenge (GG) - 1993Zool: Ninja of the "Nth" Dimension (GEN) - 1993The Adventures of Kid Kleets (SNES) - 1993The Addams Family (GEN) - 1994The Adventures of Mighty Max (GEN) - 1994Alien 3 (GG) - 1994Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure (GEN) - 1994Bubble and Squeak (GEN) - 1994Choplifter III (GG) - 1994Daffy Duck in Hollywood (SMD) - 1994Dino Dini's Soccer (SMD) - 1994Fido Dido (GEN) - 1994The Incredible Hulk (GEN) - 1994The Incredible Hulk (SMS) - 1994 (Sound Converter)Lemmings 2: The Tribes (GEN) - 1994The Lion King (GEN) - 1994 (Arrangements)Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (GEN) - 1994Mortal Kombat II (GEN) - 1994 (Arrangements)Mr. Nutz (SMD) - 1994 (Arrangements)Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (GEN) - 1994RoboCop 3 (GG) - 1994Sabre Team (AMI) - 1994Second Samurai (SMD) - 1994Soccer Kid (AMI) - 1994Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (SMS) - 1995The Incredible Hulk (GG) - 1995Manchester United Soccer (SNES) - 1995Monster Truck Wars (GG) - 1995Street Racer (SMD) - 1995Legends (AMI) - 1996Legends (CD32) - 1996 (Unused Song)Assault Rigs (PS1) - 1996G-Police (PS1) - 1997NanoTek Warrior (PS1) - 1997Nonamed: The Remake (W64) - 2009Fido Dido (GEN) - UnreleasedFun Car Rally (GEN) - UnreleasedHook (SMS) - UnreleasedResQ (GEN) - Unreleased
