Peter Hajba

Peter Hajba (born 15 December 1974), also known by his demoscene nickname Skaven, is a Finnish electronic musician, video game composer and graphic artist. His most recent project is with Remedy Entertainment as an animator, sound designer and graphic artist. Prior to working with Remedy, Hajba has been credited on games developed by 3D Realms, PopCap Games, Introversion Software Limited, Epic Games, and Housemarque.

Hajba was a member of the widely popular but now defunct demoscene group Future Crew, which produced some highly acclaimed demos during the 1990s. Despite having no formal training, he has won numerous awards for his music, including winning the Assembly music competition in 1993, 1995 and 2002.

In 2005, Hajba composed the soundtrack for the Text Mode Demo Contest invitation demo.

As of 2012, Hajba now regularly releases tracks on his SoundCloud page.

Video game credits

1998 – GLtron 1999 – Unreal Tournament – music for the "Peak Monastery" and "Liandri Core" level 2000 – Bejeweled 2001 – Uplink 2001 – Seven Seas Deluxe 2001 – Max Payne – Particle effects, character animation and sound effects 2001 – Alchemy Deluxe 2002 – Dynomite Deluxe 2002 – Codename Silver 2002 – Bookworm Deluxe 2002 – Big Money! Deluxe 2003 – Warblade 2003 – Sweet Tooth To Go 2003 – Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne – Particle effects, sound design and voice engineering 2004 – Bejeweled 2 Deluxe 2004 – Hamsterball 2007 – PopCap Hits! Vol 1 2007 – PopCap Arcade Vol 1 2008 – Bejeweled Twist 2009 – Boonka 2010 – Bejeweled 3 2010 – Alan Wake – Sound design, particle effects, additional graphics 2011 – Death Rally (Remake) 2011 – Bejeweled Blitz Live 2012 – Alan Wake's American Nightmare 2015 - Ice Rage 2019 - Generation Zero