Paul Heitsch
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Paul Heitsch is an American composer, sound designer, and voice actor. In 1990, he entered the games industry working for Williams Entertainment. At Williams, he primarily scored the music to their pinball games, but also did some work on their arcade games. He left 6 years after, and in the beginning of 1999 started working at Peak Image as the Director of Audio. At the end of 2000, he left and moved on to LeapFrog as the Senior Audio Lead. Near the end of 2008, he joined Firaxis Games as a composer and sound designer and he left in July 2010.
Ever since 2001, Heitsch has been running his own audio business, Push Play Audio, and has also been narrating audiobooks for various publishers since 2012.
Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-03-?? | Pool Sharks (PBL) | Music by himself. Sound with Robin Seaver. | |
| 1990-08-?? | Riverboat Gambler (PBL) | Music with Dan Forden and Mark Ritchie (vocals). Sound by himself. | |
| 1990-09-?? | Radical! (PBL) | ||
| 1990-12-?? | Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball (PBL) | Arranged Mack David, Jerry Livingston and William Lava's music. | |
| 1990-??-?? | Smash T.V. (ARC) | Voice of the M.C. | |
| 1991-03-?? | SlugFest! (PBL) | Bat game | |
| 1991-08-?? | Hurricane (PBL) | ||
| 1991-??-?? | Strike Master (PBL) | Bowler game. Sounds | |
| 1992-07-?? | Black Rose (PBL) | ||
| 1992-12-?? | Creature from the Black Lagoon (PBL) | ||
| 1993-04-?? | Bram Stoker's Dracula (PBL) | ||
| 1993-09-?? | Judge Dredd (PBL) | Music with Vince Pontarelli. Sound by himself. | |
| 1994-02-?? | Popeye Saves the Earth (PBL) | ||
| 1994-08-?? | Corvette (PBL) | ||
| 1994-11-?? | Cruis'n USA (ARC) | Prez Voice | |
| 1994-??-?? | Revolution X (ARC) | Vocalizations with various others. | |
| 1995-09-?? | Who Dunnit? (PBL) | Arranged Peter Gunn Theme. | |
| 1995-11-?? | NHL Open Ice: 2 On 2 Challenge (ARC) | Pat Foley Speech Editor with Jonathan Hey. | |
| 1996-09-?? | Scared Stiff (PBL) | Sound with Dave Zabriskie. Paul's birthday is revealed in an Easter egg. | |
| 1996-12-?? | Junk Yard (PBL) | Original Music (Creature from the Black Lagoon) | |
| 1996-??-?? | Cruis'n World (ARC) | The President | |
| 1997-07-07 | Riven: The Sequel to Myst (W32) | Additional Sound Design for O'Donnell/Salvatori Music with John Binder, Mark Devros, Brian Jennings, Sean Richards, and Jeff Krajewski. | |
| 1997-10-31 | Myth: The Fallen Lords (W32) | With Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, and Dave Sears. | |
| 1997-10-?? | Riven: The Sequel to Myst (MAC) | Additional Sound Design for O'Donnell/Salvatori Music with John Binder, Mark Devros, Brian Jennings, Sean Richards, and Jeff Krajewski. | |
| 1997-11-30 | Riven: The Sequel to Myst (PS1) (リヴン ザ シークェル トゥー ミスト) | Additional Sound Design for O'Donnell/Salvatori Music with John Binder, Mark Devros, Brian Jennings, Sean Richards, and Jeff Krajewski. | |
| 1998-11-30 | Myth II: Soulblighter (W32) | With Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori. | |
| 1999-07-27 | Myth II: Soulblighter (LIN) | With Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori. | |
| 2001-09-29 | Williams Pinball Classics (W32) | Original Music from "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "Black Rose" tables. Arranged by Chris Brighton. | |
| 2010-09-21 | Sid Meier's Civilization V (W64) | Firaxis Games: Audio Team: Sound Designer with Michael Curran, Geoff Knorr, Roland Rizzo, and Ian Smith. Additional Music with Roland Rizzo, and Ian Smith. | |
| 2012-10-08 | XCOM: Enemy Unknown (W64) | Firaxis Games Audio Team: Additional Audio with Dan Price and Ian Smith. | |
| 2012-10-09 | XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PS3) | Firaxis Games Audio Team: Additional Audio with Dan Price and Ian Smith. | |
| 2012-10-09 | XCOM: Enemy Unknown (X360) | Firaxis Games Audio Team: Additional Audio with Dan Price and Ian Smith. |
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Linkedin.
Twitter.
Links
- pushplayaudio.com/ - Official.
- facebook.com/pheitsch - Facebook.
- linkedin.com/in/pheitsch - Linkedin.
- twitter.com/paulheitsch - Twitter.
