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Lawrence Schwedler is a Director of Music & Sound Design Programs at DigiPen Institute of Technology. After working as a composer on various video game companies, he joined Nintendo Software Technology on April 1999, where he worked as audio director and composer for most of their titles along with James Phillipsen; some of his most notorious scores include Metroid Prime Hunters and the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series.
In July 2012, Schwedler left NST and moved to his current position at DigiPen, where he teaches about video game music and sound design.
Game Works[]
- Bionic Commando: Elite Forces (1999) - Composition
- Ridge Racer 64 (2000) - Audio Director
- Crystalis (Game Boy Color) (2000) - Audio Director, Music
- Pokémon Puzzle League (2000) - Audio Director, Original Music Score
- Wave Race: Blue Storm (2001) - Audio Director, Music
- Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003) - Functional Manager (Panel de Pon)
- The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition (2003) - Coordination
- 1080° Avalanche (2003) - Audio Director, Music
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004) - Audio Director, Music
- Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt (2004) *Ridge Racer DS (2004) - Audio Director *[[Chibi-Robo!: Plug Into Adventure!][1]
- Ridge Racer DS (2004) - Audio Director
- Chibi-Robo!: Plug Into Adventure! (2005) - Audio Support
- Metroid Prime: Hunters (2006) - Sound Design / Music / Voice [note: all music[1]]
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006) - Sound Design / Music
- CrossworDS (2008) - Audio Adviser
- Rhythm Heaven (2008) - Sound Support
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009) - Audio Director
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010) - Audio Director
- Rhythm Heaven Fever (2012) - Sound Support
- Crosswords Plus (2012) - Audio Lead
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Switch) (2024) - Music Production, Voice
Special Thanks[]
Song Credits[]
As sole composer[]
Lawrence Schwedler is known to have composed the entire soundtracks for the following titles:
- Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
- Crystalis (Game Boy Color)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong
- Metroid Prime Hunters[1]
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Ridge Racer 64[]
- Galaga Pac Jam -- Arrangement, Perfomer[2]
Pokémon Puzzle League[]
The majority of the soundtrack consists on MIDI covers of the music of the 4Kids version of the Pokémon anime; Lawrence Schwedler worked on the conversions of the music.[3]
- Mewtwo's Theme -- Composition & Arrangement[3]
Interviews[]
- N.O.M.: Wave Race: Blue Storm
- Shinesparkers (2021)
- Kiwi Talkz (2022)
- Johto Times (2023)