Brian May

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Brian Harold May
Brian May.jpg
Born 1947-07-19
Birth Place London
Nationality English   England.svg
Website brianmay.com

Brian May is a British musician. He was born on July 19, 1947, at a very early age became interested in music because of his father. He has been playing music professionally since 1964. He is best known as the lead guitarist in the rock band Queen, formed with Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, and later hiring John Deacon.

In addition to lead guitar, Brian May also wrote a large amount of the band's songs, sung several, and contributed to backup vocals for many. Brian May wrote several of Queen's most popular songs like Hammer to Fall. Some his lesser-known songs, written with Queen or solo (like The Dark), also found popularity in video games.

After the Freddie's death, Brian writes music only outside the band, but continues to play on Queen's concerts.

Gameography

Although Brian May did compose music specifically for a video game, he is best known as a non-video game composer, so his gameography is in alphabetical order. This list includes any game where May contributed to the music.

Released Title Sample
2012-??-?? Minecraft Note Block Studio (W32)
1994-12-?? Rise of the Robots (SNES) The Dark
1994-??-?? Rise of the Robots (AMI) The Dark
1994-??-?? Rise of the Robots (CD32) The same music with Amiga version.
1994-??-?? Rise of the Robots (DOS) The Dark
1994-??-?? Rise of the Robots (GEN) The Dark

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