Will Loconto is a musician, composer, and producer based in Austin, Texas. He is the lead vocalist/songwriter for the U.S. band T42, was a keyboardist for the band Information Society, and has composed music for various video game soundtracks including Daikatana.
Career In 1989, Loconto replaced Jimron Goff as lead vocalist for the band T42, a Dallas area band that began in the Deep Ellum music scene in the late 1980s.
Loconto quit T42 in 1993 in order to be the keyboardist in the synth band Information Society.
Loconto left Information Society to work for Dallas-based computer game developer Ion Storm as a sound designer and composer. He was part of the initial design team for the game John Romero’s Daikatana. He left Ion Storm in November 1998 and co-founded PC and video game developer Third Law Interactive, distributed by publishing company Gathering of Developers the same year. Through Third Law Interactive, Loconto developed sound and music for Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child.
In 2001, he founded Will Loconto Music and Sound, and audio production company for games, television, and film.
T42 reunited in 2011 to release the album Voltage! and play several live shows. In August 2017, T42 released Hot On Top (Remastered), a remastered version of the 1989 cassette that led to their signing with Columbia Records. Decoder, their first new music since 1992 was released in October 2017. As of 2019, T42 is still playing live shows.
Honors, decorations, awards and distinctions +Awards and NominationsYearOrganizationAwardCategoryTitle2009Game Audio Network Guild AwardsFinalistBest Original Instrumental"The Heist" - Pictureka Museum Mayhem2011Hollywood Music in Media AwardsFinalistBest Original Score for Video GameRage (with Assaf Rinde and Rod Abernethy)2014Hollywood Music in Media AwardsFinalistContemporary Christian/Gospel"It's Gonna Be a Good Day" - Drew Haley and Will Loconto201414th Annual Independent Music AwardsFinalistContemporary Christian/Gospel"It's Gonna Be a Good Day" - Drew Haley and Will Loconto2017Hollywood Music in Media AwardsFinalistEDM"#Conspiracy (feat. Kurt Harland Larson)" - Aural Imperative2018Hollywood Music in Media AwardsFinalistLyrics/Lyricist"Castaways (feat. Tiger Darrow)" - Interwebz - Will Loconto2018Hollywood Music in Media AwardsFinalistVocal (Female)"Castaways (feat. Tiger Darrow)" - Interwebz
Credits +Game Credits Year Game title Credit 1999 Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 Music and Sound 2000 Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child Audio Designer 2000 Daikatana Music 2000 American McGee's Alice Sound 2001 Elite Forces WWII: Normandy Sound 2001 WWII: Iwo Jima Music 2001 Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance Music 2001 Anachronox Sound2001The Operative: No One Lives Forever GOTY EditionMusic and Sound 2002 Run Like Hell Songs 2002 Mini Golf Master 2 Music 2002 Arthur's Quest: Battle for the Kingdom Sound Designer 2002 Aliens vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt Sound Design 2004 Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Additional Sound Design 2004 Champions of Norrath Water’s Edge Credits Remix2006X-Men: The Official GameMusic and Sound 2006 Rayman Raving Rabbids Musical Arrangements 2006 American McGee Presents: Bad Day LA Sound Effects2006Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes NutsAudio 2007 Lanfeust de Troy Musician2007WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008Audio2007Richard Garriott's Tabula RasaAudio2008The Incredible HulkSound Effects 2008 Pictureka! Museum Mayhem Sound and Music 2009 Treasure World Sound design2009Zombie ApocalypseMusic2011Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die AloneMusic 2011 Rage Additional Cinematic Musical Score2012The VilleLaunch Team - Audio2016ChronosOutsource Partner - Audio
+Discography Year Title Band Label1989Hot On TopT42Triangle Music1990Don't Let My Love (Push You Away) - SingleT42Oak Lawn Records1992Desire - SingleT42Columbia1992Let Me Go - SingleT42Columbia 1992 Intruder T42 Columbia 2008 Best of the Best: A Tribute to Game Music Various Artists Game Music Central 2011 Voltage! T42 A Different Drum2017Hot On Top (Remastered)T42Triangle Music
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