Alexander Brandon
Alexander Brandon (also known as Siren in the demoscene and tracker community)(born September 29, 1974) is an American musician, former member of Straylight Productions, who composed music mostly for games produced by Epic Games, or games based on Epic technology, including "Unreal", "Unreal Tournament", "Deus Ex", "Tyrian", "Jazz Jackrabbit 2," and the cancelled game "Jazz Jackrabbit 3D". Brandon is also a voice actor, having been cast most recently for the parts of Ancano and Amaund Motierre in the Role Playing Game "" by Bethesda Game Studios. Brandon started composing music at the age of 14 when he got an  Ad Lib music synthesizer card for Christmas. He worked in several MOD music groups over his composing years in the late 1990s, including the Kosmic Free Music Foundation. During that time, he also composed for several musicdisks such as Return to Stage 9. Brandon has built several audio departments, starting with Ion Storm Austin in mid-2000. This was followed with an audio director position at Midway Home Entertainment in San Diego until 2007 when he started the audio department at Obsidian Entertainment. In February 2009, he built the audio department at Heatwave Interactive, also providing business development and overall media  management. In April 2010, Alex launched Funky Rustic, an independent audio production studio, working out of Georgetown, Texas. Past nicknames. During his tracker career, Alex has used several nicknames: Note that there were several (two or three) tracker musicians around the world, who have used the nickname "Sandman" independently of Alex. Influences. Alexander Brandon's influences include Peter Gabriel, Dream Theater, Frost*, Andrew Sega, Steve Vai, and Ozric Tentacles, among others. Personal life. Brandon lives in Georgetown, Texas with his family.