Rik Schaffer

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Rik Schaffer
Birth nameRik W. Schaffer
Born1973 (age 47–48)
OriginWoodland Hills, U.S.
GenresAmbient, classical, electronica, rock and metal
Occupation(s)Composer
Years active1988–present

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[1] and Engines of Aggression.[2] He often works with his partner Margaret Tang.

Rik has also composed original soundtracks for video games, gaining recognition particularly for his work on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines[3].

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Tomorrow's Child (glam rock band active between 1988-1996, lead guitarist)[1]

  • Tomorrow's Child (Dream Circle, 1993)[4]
  • Rocky Coast, Rough Sea (Dream Circle, 1996)

Engines of Aggression (industrial metal band active between 1993-2001, lead guitarist)[2][5]

  • 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,[6] vocals by Todd Miller[7])

  • Bella (Dream Circle,[8] 1996)
No.TitleLength
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,[9] vocals by Stephen Shareaux of Kik Tracee[10])

  • Afterglow (Dream Circle, 1997)
No.TitleLength
1."Subtract The Fool"5:01
2."We Just Disagree"6:25
3."Resurrection"4:47
4."Crash Course"5:46
5."Hormones"4:38
6."Superfine"4:05
7."Girlfriend"4:44
8."Pussyfoot"3:21
9."Blind Fly"4:01
10."Fifteen Minutes"5:12
11."Black Sheep"4:01

The last track Black Sheep is misspelled as "Back Sheep" on the cd jewel case

Video game original scores[3][]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Tomorrow's Child - Tomorrow's Child". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "FABRYKA INDUSTRIAL ROCK & METAL ENCYCLOPEDIA - Engines of Aggression [reviews]". industrialrock.net. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Womb Music". Womb Music. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  4. ^ "The first song, Walk In The Woods, was previously released in the Street Survivors compilation of 1988". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  5. ^ "Engines Of Aggression". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  6. ^ "Womb (9) - Bella". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  7. ^ "WOMB - Bella". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  8. ^ Issued on Japan by Alfa Music with an extra track, Black Sheep, picked from Nectar's Afterglow
  9. ^ "Nectar (10)". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  10. ^ http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,107661,107729
  11. ^ "Various - Dark Age Of Camelot: A Musical Journey Through The Realms Of Hibernia, Midgard And Albion (Original Online Game Soundtrack)". Discogs (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  12. ^ "Release "The Elder Scrolls Online (Original Game Soundtrack)" by Jeremy Soule, Brad Derrick, Rik Schaffer & Malukah - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

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