Lee Nicklen

Lee Nicklen is a self-taught musician who composed music for Nitrome's games up until the year 2010, returning later on early 2014.

Biographical Information

Nicklen was born on March 11, 1974 near the city of Brighton, England. He showed an interest for old vinyl records and composers of movie classics.

Career

Nicklen's music career first began in 1995 working for the Brighton-based multimedia company, producing music and other sound effects that were CD ROM and Phillips CD-i compatible.

In 1997, Nicklen was asked to audition for an Imogen Heap act as a session keyboard player by the management duo "Modern Wood". At the same time, he was also presented a job opportunity with Virgin Interactive Entertainment. Choosing to work in the game's industry, Nicklen began to produce works for VIE as the lead musician for the next seven years.

Kayotix

Nicklen left VIE in 2002 to start his own business "Kayotix", offering multimedia services such as license free music and web design for computer games. He continues to run Kayotix today.

Credits

Nicklen is credited for making the music for the following Nitrome games:

Hot Air (available on iTunes)
Sandman
Chick Flick
Roly Poly
Feed Me!(available on iTunes!)
Tanked Up (available on iTunes)
Scribble
Frost Bite (available on iTunes)
Frost Bite 2
Skywire (available on iTunes)
Space Hopper (available on iTunes)
Dangle (available on iTunes)
Hot Air 2
Square Meal

Toxic (available on iTunes)
Yin Yang
Nanobots
Off the Rails
Headcase
Pest Control
Twang (available on iTunes)
Thin Ice
Snow Drift (available on iTunes)
Jack Frost
Aquanaut (available on iTunes)
In The Dog House (available on iTunes)
Dirk Valentine (available on iTunes)

Cheese Dreams (available on iTunes)
Bullethead (music available on iTunes)
Rustyard (music available on iTunes)
Small Fry (music available on iTunes)
Cold Storage (music available on iTunes)
Ice Breaker (music available on iTunes)
Ice Breaker: The Red Clan
Ice Breaker: The Gathering
Graveyard Shift
Double Edged (music available on iTunes)
Skywire 2 (music available on iTunes)
Cosmic Cannon
Worm Food
Skywire V.I.P.
Final Ninja (music available on iTunes)
The Glassworks
Onekey (music available on iTunes)
Numbskull
Magneboy (music available on iTunes)
Cave Chaos (music available on iTunes)
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Lee Nicklen sometimes made extra tracks to go with a game. He sometimes used these tracks for sequels, like Hot Air 2 or Skywire 2.

Lee Nicklen's Facebook Page


Creator	Lee Nicklen
Started	22 September 2011
Admins	Lee Nicklen, Leon Mcgrogger, Anshul Rawat
Link	[Nitrome Music by Lee Nicklen]

Facebook Page

In the Facebook page, called Nitrome Music, Lee Nicklen and other admins post the remastered, reversed or mixed versions of the old tracks by Lee Nicklen. Lee also reveals some unknown things about the old tracks. Lee and the admins use Soundcloud for posting the tracks. He says that he likes to give away his music for free as a reward for his fans who liked his music.

Gallery

References

"Biography: An insight into Lee Nicklen" Kayotix http://kayotix.com/biography/
"Lee Nicklen: Developer Bio" MobyGames http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,31973/

External Links

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Game artists	Giuseppe Longo • Gustav Kilman • Helm • Jay Smith • Jon Annal • Joseph Gribbin • Markus Heinel • Martin Wörister • Mat Annal • Simon Hunter • Stefan Åhlin
Programmers	Aaron Steed • Andrew Gardner • Arthur Guibert • Carl Trelfa • Chris Burt-Brown • Gabriel Farfan • Heather Stancliffe • Ignatus Zuk • John Kennedy • Luis Romero • Marcin Zemblowski • Marcus Schrock • Piotr Grodzki • Romain Macré • Stuart Allen • Thomas Ferrer • Tomas Normand
Musicians	Dave Cowen • Eirik Suhrke • Lee Nicklen • William Bard
Website developers	Jack • Tom McQuillan