Andy Brick

Who is Andy Brick?

Andy Brick is an American composer, conductor and symphonist.

A native of suburban Chicago, Brick studied composition under Leslie Bassett at the University of Michigan. He then completed graduate studies in composition at the Mannes School of Music in Manhattan. In 1990 he arranged music for Sesame Street, and wrote scores for independent films. In 1996 he won a competition sponsored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which allowed him to score a film and record the composition with a live orchestra in Hollywood. Having previously worked primarily with synthesized music, Mr. Brick called this '"a defining moment".

Andy Brick has composed and/or orchestrated music for game titles that include Maxis’ Sim City: Rush Hour, Midway Entertainments’ Stranglehold, Electronic Arts’ Sims 2 and Warhammer Online: Day of Reckoning as well as Nintendo's Super Mario Bros., Bungie's Halo 3, and Square Enix Final Fantasy series. His music has also been featured in such game titles as Arc The Lad by Working Designs, Shadoan by Interplay, The Far Reaches by 3DO, Tesselmania by MECC and others.