Richard Vreeland, better known by his stage name Disasterpeace, is an American composer and musician. He first got started in music after learning the guitar in high school and began writing music around the age of 17. Known for his work as a chiptune artist, Vreeland has scored numerous video games, including Fez and Hyper Light Drifter. He stepped into film score composition with the 2015 film It Follows, and has since composed the scores for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Under the Silver Lake, Triple Frontier, and Bodies Bodies Bodies.
Early life Vreeland's first introduction to music was as a child, growing up in Staten Island. He spent a great deal of time learning from his step-father, who was a trained musician. In an interview, Vreeland stated, "As a child, I was mesmerized by drums. My step-father was the music director of our church and they would have band practice in the basement. Many of my fondest memories are of going down there to jam away on the drums, when they were there".
Career
Fez
Vreeland composed the video game Fez's chiptune-like electronic soundtrack. Despite his background in chiptune, Vreeland limited his use of that genre's mannerisms in the score. He worked with soft synth pads and reverb to push the score closer to a 1980s synthesizer sound. He also reduced reliance on percussion and incorporated distortion techniques like bitcrushing and wow. Vreeland opted for slower passages with varying tempos that could "ebb, flow, and breathe with the player". He left some portions of Fez without music. Vreeland worked on its soundtrack at night for roughly 14 months while scoring Shoot Many Robots, and Brandon McCartin of Aquaria contributed the sound effects.
It Follows In 2014, Vreeland produced the soundtrack for David Robert Mitchell's sophomore film It Follows, after being approached by Mitchell, a fan of Vreeland's work on the video game Fez.
Hyper Light Drifter Disasterpeace composed the soundtrack for Hyper Light Drifter, a game developed by Heart Machine in 2016. The score follows Disasterpeace's previous soundtrack work and was listed as "One of the year's best scores, in any medium" by FACT.
Discography
Studio albums Year Title 2004 History of the Vreeland 2005 The Chronicles of Jammage the Jam Mage 2006 Atebite and the Warring Nations2007 Under the InfluenceLevelNeutralite 2011 Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar
EPs YearTitleNotes2006Cereal Code N/A2010West2016Mud WaterTheatre
Compilations Year Title Notes 2006Daniel, Matthew & Richard Improvisational album 2007Noon KidsB-sides 2010Midnight Orphans2011Deorbit2013Strays2016SinglesN/A2017Video GamesDisasters for PianoArrangement album
Soundtracks Year Title Type2007Limeade GrinUnreleased video game2008 Rescue: The BeaglesVideo game2009Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter (UST) Woosh Waker High StrangenessBomberman Live: Battlefest (UST)Bright-CovesBrightcove video platform2010Astral Puzzle MeltdownVideo gameBonk: Brink Of Extinction (UST)Unreleased video gamePasscode: Soul Of The TravelerWeb-seriesCat Astro PhiVideo game 2011 360° SharksPuzzle Agent (UST) ZONR2012 Fez Shoot Many RobotsKRUNCH 2013 Runner2 (UST) FZ: Side FFez OST remix albumFZ: Side Z Apoc WarsVideo gameSoundodger+ Somewhere Short film 2014 The Floor Is JellyVideo game Famaze Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake Cannon Brawl 2015 It Follows Film Loop Ring Chop Drink Short film Gunhouse Video game Mini Metro2016"Bad Jubies"Adventure Time episode Hyper Light DrifterVideo game Reigns (UST) Beasts of Balance Tabletop game2017Ram Son (original soundtrack for River City Ransom: Underground)Video game2018DIY - Volume OneTV cartoonUnder the Silver LakeFilm2019Triple FrontierCrimson ToothVideo game2021 Solar AshMarcel the Shell with Shoes OnFilm2022Bodies Bodies BodiesHyper Light FragmentsHyper Light Drifter OST additional tracksParadise MarshVideo game2023Soundodger 2 2024 ViktorFilm2025Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New JerseyShort film2026NeverwayVideo game
References
External links
Official website