Fabian Del Priore wurde 1978 geboren und entstammt einer musikalischen Familie. Schon in frühen Jahren nahm er privaten Klavierunterricht, den er mehr als 10 Jahre lang genoß und kam im Alter von sechs Jahren an seine ersten Computer und Konsolen in Form eines Commodore C64 und Atari VCS 2600.
Bereits mit jungen 16 Jahren bekam er seinen ersten großen Auftrag als Spielemusikkomponist, die Vertonung von Blue Byte's Blockbustertitel "Extreme Assault", einem der erfolgreichsten und bekanntesten Spiele des Jahres 1997, das viele Auszeichnungen im Bereich Musik und Sound bekam. Dieses Projekt öffnete ihm die Tore für viele weitere Aufträge im Bereich Computer- und Videospiele, CD Soundtrack Vertonung, Multimedia Applikationen, oder auch TV- Kino und Radioproduktionen.
So schuf er sich Referenzen, die ihm die Vertonung verschiedenster Projekte ermöglichte, wie beispielsweise "Menateus", dem offiziellen Werbespiel der Expo2000 - Gesellschaft, "Worms 2", "Inspector Gadget" von Ubisoft für die SONY Playstation, die sehr erfolgreiche Strategie- und Wirtschaftssimulation "Cultures 2 - Die Tore Asgards" von Funatics sowie deren Nachfolger, die beliebte Managersimulation "Hotel Gigant" von JoWooD, "Cold Zero - The Last Stand" von Drago oder auch "Chicago 1930" von Spellbound.
Beim internationalen Musikprojekt "Merregnon" agiert er als hauptverantwortlicher Komponist und Project Director. Die bekanntesten Spielemusikkomponisten begleiten und erzählen mit ihrer Musik eine Geschichte, die in einem komplexen Fantasieuniversum spielt; in Form von drei aufwendig produzierten Soundtrack CDs mit Orchestereinspielungen des Prager Symphonieorchesters und des New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Einige Kompositionen aus der Feder von Fabian wurden auf den Eröffnungskonzerten der Games Convention 2003 durch das tschechische Nationalorchester sowie 2004 durch das Prager FILMharmonic Orchestra im berühmten Gewandhaus in Leipzig vorgetragen, wobei das GC2003 Konzert das erste Spielemusikkonzert der Welt ausserhalb Japans darstellt.
Fabian arbeitet nach wie vor als freischaffender Komponist unter dem Label "Merregnon Studios" für viele verschiedene Softwarefirmen in einem professionellen Tonstudio mit Computern, Synthesizern, Samplern und Mischpulten. Hier entstehen seine Kompositionen und werden je nach Kundenwunsch speziell angepasst, professionell abgemischt und aufgenommen.
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Fabian Del Priore was born in 1978 and currently resides in Frankfurt, Germany. He has dedicated his entire life to the world of music, for example he started composing on the C64, collected synthesizers since he was very young and took private piano lessons for over ten years. Also, he has become an established and critically acclaimed tracker musician under the nickname of "Rapture".
But it was not before the age of 16 until his career as a professional game musician started; After sending a demo tape to "Vision Media", a German software company and subsidiary of Chris Huelsbeck's own firm, synSONIQ Records, Fabian subsequently became a freelancing composer, arranger and sound designer at Chris' company for computer- and video games.
In the same year, still counting a mere 16 years of age, Fabian already experienced his big breakthrough; he composed his first Computer Game Soundtrack which was over 60 Minutes of CD Audio- and Midi Music for Bluebyte's "Extreme Assault". Chris Huelsbeck himself composed three additional tunes for the game. Being one of the most well-known and best-selling Computer Games in 1997, it gained excellent reviews with very high music and sound ratings as well, which gave Fabian more than enough motivation to pursue his career.
As a consequence, Fabian was gradually involved in numerous video and computer games and produced soundtracks for games like "Menateus", the official computer game for the EXPO 2000 World Exhibition, the award-winning "Cultures 2 - The Gates of Asgard" by Funatics, "Cold Zero - The Last Stand" by JoWooD, "Hotel Giant" or "Chicago 1930" by Spellbound, to name a few. He has since spent parts of the so-earned money on building a professional midi / audio production studio where he is still working on game soundtracks.
At the end of 1999, he met producer Thomas Böcker and it didn't take long until they had the idea to create "Merregnon", a world wide project where renowned composers from the computer games and the demo music scene were invited to accompany characters from an original fantasy story. They were asked to describe the adventures and the surroundings of the characters through music in orchestral style. The result of their work has been put together on an exclusive CD which gained enormous international success. In spring 2004, the highly anticipated second part of the Merregnon Trilogy will be released. During his work, Fabian gained extensive knowledge and experience in writing scores for symphony orchestras (Specifically for Merregnon 2 he worked together with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and the Prague Philharmonic Choir).
Furthermore, Fabian was musically involved in the First Symphonic Game Music Concert in the world (outside of Japan), which was the opening concert of the "Games Convention 2003", the biggest trade show for computer and video games in Europe and took place on August 20th, 2003 in the famous Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany. Over 2.000 People, including press, television, media and audience, visited the concert and gave it lots of rave reviews. Among many other famous game compositions, Fabian composed and arranged two music pieces for the concert, the first part of the Merregnon 2 Suite and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker by Nintendo. The concert was perfomed live by the well-known Czech National Symphony Orchestra. In the following year, the second Symphonic Game Music Concert took place in Leipzig as part of the "Games Convention 2004" opening ceremony, this time performed by the Prague FILMharmonic Orchestra, where Fabian produced three music pieces: The Secret of Monkey Island, a special Turrican 2 suite and Metal Gear Solid and additionally worked as Synthesizer Programmer for the concert.
In 2003, "Merregnon Studios", a renowned label for high quality computer and video game soundtracks, has been formed where Fabian is active as the Lead Composer and is still doing music for Computer- and Video Games, Soundtrack CDs and Multimedia Projects of all kinds.
