Bradley Buxer is an American keyboardist and composer, known for his many collaborations with the American musician Michael Jackson. In addition to recording with Jackson, Buxer was also the musical director for Jackson's tours for many years. Prior to that, he was a session musician for artists such as Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson and a member of the new wave band the Jetzons with Bruce Connole, Damon Doiron and drummer Steve Golladay. In the 2000s, he reunited with Connole with the Suicide Kings.
Buxer was contracted by Jackson to write music for the 1994 video game Sonic the Hedgehog 3. He assembled a team composed of Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby III, and Cirocco Jones to assist him and Jackson. The theme of the game's IceCap Zone stage is an instrumental version of the then-unreleased 1981 song "Hard Times" by the Jetzons, of which Buxer was a member. The ending theme was used as a base for Jackson's 1995 single "Stranger in Moscow". As of 2020, Buxer was working as an airline pilot.
Discography Year Project Artist(s) Note(s) 1982 Made in America The Jetzons Synthesizer, co-songwriter 1984 Bouncin’ Off the Walls Matthew Wilder Synthesizer 1985 In Square Circle Stevie Wonder Synthesizer programming 1986 To Be Continued... The Temptations Keyboards, synthesizer Dreaming Amanda McBroom Group member, synthesizer 1987 Unfinished Business Steve Goodman Drum programming, synthesizer One Heartbeat Smokey Robinson Synthesizer programming Kane Roberts Kane Roberts Synthesizer 1988 Reflections George Howard Keyboards 1989 Personal Engineer Come Play with Me Grady Harrell Programming 1990 Shut Up and Dance: Mixes Paula Abdul Keyboards Ivory Teena Marie Keyboards, programming Romance Me Grady Harrell Engineer 1991 The Earth Is ... Air Supply Keyboards, programming, strings Mixed Emotions David Peaston Engineer, programming 1994 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Michael Jackson Video game, composer 2008 The Complete Jetzons The Jetzons Synthesizer, co-songwriter 2013 The Lost Masters
Filmography Year Work Role 2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration music 2005 Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour actor and song performer 2006 World Music Awards 2006 segment director
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External links Allmusic.com profile