Rik Schaffer

Rik Schaffer
GenresAmbient, classical, electronica, rock and metal
OccupationComposer
Years active1988–present

Rik 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] except for As Lonely As I Am done by Jamie Alexander[6])

  • 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, Selfless Doubt and As Lonely As I Am (retitled Poinsettia) are present on the soundtrack of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Nectar (solo prog rock project,[9] vocals by Stephen Shareaux of Kik Tracee[10] except for We Just Disagree done by Dean Ortega)

  • 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

An instrumental version of We Just Disagree (retitled as All That Could Ever Be) is present on the soundtrack of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

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

Video game original scores[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tomorrow's Child - Tomorrow's Child". Discogs. 1993. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  2. ^ a b "FABRYKA INDUSTRIAL ROCK & METAL ENCYCLOPEDIA - Engines of Aggression [reviews]". industrialrock.net. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  3. ^ 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. 1989. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  5. ^ "Engines Of Aggression". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  6. ^ a b "Womb (9) - Bella". Discogs. 1996. 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. ^ "Re: KiK Tracee singer????".
  11. ^ "Various - Dark Age Of Camelot: A Musical Journey Through The Realms Of Hibernia, Midgard And Albion (Original Online Game Soundtrack)". Discogs (in Italian). 15 January 2002. 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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