Andy Brick

Andy BrickAndy Brick (born June 8, 1965) is an American composer, conductor, and symphonist notable for his contributions to film scores, video game music and symphonic game music concerts.

Early life and education Brick was born in New York but grew up in suburban Chicago. Brick studied composition under Pulitzer Prize winning composer Leslie Bassett at the University of Michigan and completed graduate studies in composition at the Mannes School of Music in Manhattan. In 1990, After completing his formal conservatory studies, Brick began scoring independent films. In 1996 Brick won the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers young film composers competition. He later studied under, and worked with, famed Walt Disney orchestrator Danny Troob and Maestro Paul Lustig Dunkel of the American Composers Orchestra

Video game and film music Brick has composed and/or orchestrated music for game titles that include Maxis' Sim City: Rush Hour, Midway's Stranglehold, Electronic Arts' The Sims 2 as well as Nintendo's Super Mario Bros., Bungie's Halo 3, and Square Enix's 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.

Brick has conducted over 70 game titles including Final Fantasy, Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda, Halo, and World of Warcraft with orchestras throughout the world including Prague Symphony Orchestra, Moravian Philharmonic, Bratislava Symphony, The Czech National Symphony, The North Carolina Symphony, The Eugene Symphony, The Filmharmonic of Prague and members of the New York Philharmonic and Detroit Symphony. His performances have been described as "Mesmerizing" leading to "Thunderous ovations generally reserved for Rock Stars." He has also worked in films for productions such as The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and The Music Man.

Brick served as Distinguished Professor and Director of the Music and Technology department at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. He has also been the subject of feature stories on the CBS Evening News, and Billboard Magazine.