Matt Uelmen (born July 31, 1972) is an American video game music composer a… Read Full Bio ↴Matt Uelmen (born July 31, 1972) is an American video game music composer and sound designer. He is best known for his work in Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, which was recognized with the inaugural Excellence in Audio award by the IGDA in 2001. He also worked as a sound designer for the real-time strategy game StarCraft, and worked on World of Warcraft's expansion The Burning Crusade in 2007. From 2009 until the studio's closure in 2017, Matt Uelmen worked as a member of the Runic Games team, as a composer and sound designer for the Torchlight games.
Growing up in the South Bay Area of Greater Los Angeles, Uelmen began taking piano lessons at age six from his tutor, Lenee Bilski, who provided him with a strong theoretical foundation. At 13 years old, he moved with his family to San Jose, California, where he completed high school. During this time, Uelmen was self-taught, mostly influenced by jazz, classic rock, and classical music, especially Liszt and Debussy while he was in high school, and Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Waits later on. He later diversified his instruments to include the flute, guitar, keyboard and percussion.
He studied at Georgetown University from 1989 to 1993, where he earned the Mary Catherine Mita Prize for his thesis Cannibal Culture, Technology and American music in 1993. During college, he was also a keyboardist in a six-member bar band, where he acquired practical experience and learned about "arrangement, interaction and economy". He began working in video game music in 1994, when he was hired by Condor. His first notable work in this period was on the game Justice League Task Force for Sunsoft, released in 1995 for the Sega Genesis.
In March 1996, Blizzard Entertainment acquired Condor, which was renamed into Blizzard North. On December 31, 1996, Blizzard released their first game of the company's successful series, Diablo. His work in Diablo was so well received that Uelmen was loaned to Blizzard's StarCraft team (but stayed in Redwood City), where he did sound design; that game was released two years after Diablo, in 1998.
On June 29, 2000, Blizzard launched the second game of the Diablo series, Diablo II. In 2001, Uelmen, who composed the Diablo II Soundtrack, and cinematic soundtrack composers Jason Hayes, Glenn Stafford and Andrea Pessino won the International Game Developers Association award for Excellence in Audio for their work on Diablo II. Continuing his work in the Diablo series, on June 29, 2001, Blizzard launched what would be believed to be the last game of the series, the expansion pack Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. In an interview with Gamasutra, Uelmen was asked about his time at Blizzard between 2001 and 2005. When asked whether he had worked on the earlier version of Diablo III prior to the shutdown of Blizzard North, he responded, "I guess at this point I can say, yes, more or less. Blizzard has always had a number of projects, though, that may or may not see the light of day. Some of those have been talked about, but there definitely was more than one thing going on development-wise at the time."
From 2005 to 2007, Uelmen created some of the sound and music for Blizzard's popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft's expansion pack, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade; his work represents the majority of the music in the new area of the game, Outland. He is one of about ten composers who have contributed to World of Warcraft. After his departure from Blizzard, his work was used as the basis for some of the tracks in the Blizzard Entertainment and Eminence Symphony Orchestra collaboration, Echoes of War (2008).
In 2009, Uelmen joined the newly formed Runic Games, which includes several former Blizzard North and Flagship Studios employees. He composed the score for their 2009 game, Torchlight and served as sound designer. He continued to work at Runic on Torchlight II, which released in September 2012. Runic Games closed down in November 2017, shortly after releasing Hob.
In 2016, Uelmen followed his former long-time colleague Max Schaefer as he started the new game company Echtra Games. As of April 2020, he is working on the soundtrack to Torchlight III.
Growing up in the South Bay Area of Greater Los Angeles, Uelmen began taking piano lessons at age six from his tutor, Lenee Bilski, who provided him with a strong theoretical foundation. At 13 years old, he moved with his family to San Jose, California, where he completed high school. During this time, Uelmen was self-taught, mostly influenced by jazz, classic rock, and classical music, especially Liszt and Debussy while he was in high school, and Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Waits later on. He later diversified his instruments to include the flute, guitar, keyboard and percussion.
He studied at Georgetown University from 1989 to 1993, where he earned the Mary Catherine Mita Prize for his thesis Cannibal Culture, Technology and American music in 1993. During college, he was also a keyboardist in a six-member bar band, where he acquired practical experience and learned about "arrangement, interaction and economy". He began working in video game music in 1994, when he was hired by Condor. His first notable work in this period was on the game Justice League Task Force for Sunsoft, released in 1995 for the Sega Genesis.
In March 1996, Blizzard Entertainment acquired Condor, which was renamed into Blizzard North. On December 31, 1996, Blizzard released their first game of the company's successful series, Diablo. His work in Diablo was so well received that Uelmen was loaned to Blizzard's StarCraft team (but stayed in Redwood City), where he did sound design; that game was released two years after Diablo, in 1998.
On June 29, 2000, Blizzard launched the second game of the Diablo series, Diablo II. In 2001, Uelmen, who composed the Diablo II Soundtrack, and cinematic soundtrack composers Jason Hayes, Glenn Stafford and Andrea Pessino won the International Game Developers Association award for Excellence in Audio for their work on Diablo II. Continuing his work in the Diablo series, on June 29, 2001, Blizzard launched what would be believed to be the last game of the series, the expansion pack Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. In an interview with Gamasutra, Uelmen was asked about his time at Blizzard between 2001 and 2005. When asked whether he had worked on the earlier version of Diablo III prior to the shutdown of Blizzard North, he responded, "I guess at this point I can say, yes, more or less. Blizzard has always had a number of projects, though, that may or may not see the light of day. Some of those have been talked about, but there definitely was more than one thing going on development-wise at the time."
From 2005 to 2007, Uelmen created some of the sound and music for Blizzard's popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft's expansion pack, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade; his work represents the majority of the music in the new area of the game, Outland. He is one of about ten composers who have contributed to World of Warcraft. After his departure from Blizzard, his work was used as the basis for some of the tracks in the Blizzard Entertainment and Eminence Symphony Orchestra collaboration, Echoes of War (2008).
In 2009, Uelmen joined the newly formed Runic Games, which includes several former Blizzard North and Flagship Studios employees. He composed the score for their 2009 game, Torchlight and served as sound designer. He continued to work at Runic on Torchlight II, which released in September 2012. Runic Games closed down in November 2017, shortly after releasing Hob.
In 2016, Uelmen followed his former long-time colleague Max Schaefer as he started the new game company Echtra Games. As of April 2020, he is working on the soundtrack to Torchlight III.
Sisters
Matt Uelmen Lyrics
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Anastasia Barzee Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters, Neve…
Angie Stone My life and I Surely I can testify When life gets…
Angie Stone獵 My life and I Surely I can testify When life gets…
Annie Lennox & Aretha Franklin Now there was a time when we used to say That…
Arctic Death A golden arrangement was made A golden arrangement was made…
Avan Lava A precious head to hold when she stays, as she…
Ben Shaw Well I'm cold I'm not understood And I cloud my way…
Beth & April Stevens Sister dear, are you there, are you there? I wanna talk…
Bette Midler Sisters sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never …
Bette Midler/ Linda Ronstadt Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Beverley Sisters Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Nev…
Bing Crosby Danny Kaye & Peggy Lee Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Bing Crosby Danny Kaye Peggy Lee Trudy Stevens Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Nev…
Blind Mr. Jones There's nothing rich folks love more Than going downtown and…
Calaisa It's taken me some time to find my own way…
Christine Fellows Teddy’s playing solitaire, yellow curlers in her hair. Do yo…
Church Anna sits beside her research Silence in the dappled moonli…
COHÉSION Stand up for your comrades, believe the victims We won't tol…
Danny & The Juniors My idem po gorodu Solnyshko svetit Ljudi ulybajutsia Gliadia…
Danny Kaye Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Deep Wound She wears yellow, she wears pink Got her underwear in the…
Dio S Who controls your mind There have been changes No more givi…
Divididos Through the course of an embrace Our sisters felt a striking…
Doris Day I saw a blind man, he was a kind man Helping…
Doris Day & Rosemary Clooney Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin Now there was a time when they used to say That…
Flèche Love No matter how many times you will doubt We'll be there…
Gods Said you were my sister, our bond was so strong, age 15…
Gracie Gray God's good But you hurt Back off of her We're young We're s…
H.M.M.A.H.H.H. To tell the tale of 7 sisters Where love was the…
Halie Loren Sisters © 2005 Written by Halie Loren Jammin' Salmon Music …
Hillary and Jackie A plain white dress, down to her feet, Annie stared…
Invisible Strings/John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band/John Lennon -"Male chauvinist pig engineer, ha! Ha!" -"right on, sister!…
Irving Berlin Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters, Neve…
Irving Berlin's White Christmas Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
It looks sad Plastic angels, orange glow Dark towers, three in a row Five…
jak lizard Ladies in my life, sisters of my life Where would i…
John Sister of the sky The seas have bled you dry They've kept…
Joseph Lilley Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
K.T. Sullivan Everything you do, I wanna do Everything you know, I wanna…
Kamiyado 後ろからひょこひょこついてきた 小さかったあの頃 今はほんといつでもマイペース 私とは正反対です 忘れぽくって 片付け…
Krissy & Ericka Friends will come and go but you′re still be there Through…
Leoniden This is for your sisters Covering the pictures You know We …
Linda Ronstadt Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Malika Tirolien Ça commence des l'enfance Des l'éveil de la conscience Nos m…
Minuit Machine I’m your sister Of the same blood The same mold We’re the sa…
Natalie Prass One time for our baby's food And two times for her…
naura Aku punya adik yang kecil (ulala ulala) Manis dia lucu sekal…
Ne-Hi We roll out the plastic mat. For all the good times…
Odd Nosdam Are you real when you celebrate yourself And how much of…
Pain of Salvation When all are dizzy and happy from too much wine I…
Pain of Salvation - Topic When all are dizzy and happy from too much wine I…
Panal Through the course of an embrace Our sisters felt a striking…
Peggy Lee Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Prass Natalie One time for our baby's food And two times for her…
Prussian Blue We are sisters, UGLY and PROUD. We feel the poo…
Puppini Sisters The Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Race Horses Do you have a sister, does she every cry? Let through…
Radical Face I tied your shoes while you sat and watched the…
Rebeka The weather left years ago We're coming back to the glaciers…
Release Hallucination 饐えた憎しみが疼く ほどけた傷口の先を ひとつずつ ひとつずつ 飲み込んでいくから 隙間に哀れみを詰めて 甘美な希望で満…
Richard & Linda Thompson Remember the time when we two kin were reared There was…
Rosemary & Betty Clooney Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Rosemary Clooney (1) Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Nev…
Rosemary Clooney and Betty Clooney with Paul Weston & His Orchestra Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Rosemary Clooney Betty Clooney Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Nev…
Rosemary Clooney Betty Clooney Paul Weston and his Orchestra There were three little sisters, Three little sisters, Each …
Rosemary Clooney/Betty Clooney Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Ross and Ali حامد الله اعطاني شحال من حاجة في هذه الحياة خلاني مرة…
Saint Motel (Ya, yay-ya) (La-la-la-la-la-la-la, yay-yay-yay-yay) (La-la-…
Sandy's Unfit today, just like yesterday. …
Scandal Hey! sister その足で立ち上がれ 怖いものにウィンクして 上手く生き抜くのだ 気の抜けたレモネード 凹んだ心…
Silent Party How much will I save from life? Her smell, her texture Her…
Simon-F The other day I heard you saying that I did…
Simon-F Misteresse She rides in the front seat, She's my older sister She…
Sisters I can look about sweet sixteen But you don't know baby,…
Snowden Peace be with you sisters God grant you what you need Shin…
Sparks There's a round-up at the love corral And the air is…
Spectre Jones Turn to the sun And smile, go on And you will be…
Spice Girls Now there was a time when they used to say That…
Sultans Of Ping F.C. Sister Sister By Ogie Cayabyab Mayroon akong nakilala dalag…
The Beverley Sisters Tony Osborne Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Nev…
The Changes We're together again after so long The beating of the heart…
The Chemical Mind At rest but not at peace I can see the flesh…
The Church Anna sits beside her research Silence in the dappled moonlig…
The hebbe sisters Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Nev…
The L.E.D.S Ev'ry day of my life I'll be in love with you Ev'ry…
The Puppini Sisters Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
The Raveonettes Oh sisters Don't sleep alone all of your lives Don't do what…
Trudy Stevens & Peggy Lee Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
TweakS You were borne upon the wings of the songs of…
v/a - Dual Form I have a pretty sister Oh how I love her much We're…
Various Artists Your making me take a cold shower, it my last…
White Christmas [Taj] I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the…
Witches YOU WALK ALONE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT CELEBRATING THE…
Yoko Ono O sisters, O sisters, let’s stand up right now It’s never…
The Puppini Sisters don't want to play in your yard, I don't like you…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Matt Uelmen:
Cave "Cave" - Liner Notes - July 26, 2000 "This i…
Crypt "Crypt" - Liner Notes - November 1, 2000 "Th…
Desert "Desert" - Liner Notes - August 23, 2000 I was in…
Jungle "Jungle" - Liner Notes - September 20, 2000 "…
Rogue "Rogue" - Liner Notes - August 9, 2000 Standing i…
Spider "Spider" - Liner Notes - October 4, 2000 "So…
Tombs "Tombs" - Liner Notes - November 22, 2000 This pi…
Toru Oh! No! No! No! ちょっと魔がさしたんだ そう、僕は君だけが全てさ ねえ、情状酌量をください 僕独りじゃ生…
Wilderness "Wilderness" - Liner Notes - August 2, 2000 "…
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