Paul Tankard

Paul Tankard

Born 19??-??-?? Birth Place Unknown Nationality English

Paul Tankard is an English composer, sound designer, and sound programmer. He first started working on music and sound effects for Commodore computers. In 1997, he started working at Runecraft as a sound programmer. He left Runecraft in 2002 and then worked at BBC Worldwide a year later. Since November 2004, he has been working at SUMO Digital as a programmer.

Audio Development

Amiga

For Alien World and Operation Firestorm, Paul used the second version of NoisePacker.

For Dalek Attack, Dennis, F1 - World Championship Edition, Jungle Strike, Suburban Commando, and both Thomas the Tank Engine games, Paul used Protracker. It is unknown where the instrument samples are sourced from, but it was possibly Soundtracker.

Commodore 64

In the 1990s, Tankard used Music-Assembler. Since 2003, he uses GoatTracker. He always had a 6581.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
1991-1?-??	Blues Brothers (C64)
1992-1?-??	Dalek Attack (C64)
1992-??-??	Alien World (AMI)
1992-??-??	Dalek Attack (AMI)
1992-??-??	Thomas the Tank Engine (AMI)
1993-0?-??	Suburban Commando (C64)
1993-??-??	Dennis (AMI)
1993-??-??	Dennis (CD32)
1993-??-??	Galactic Warrior Rats (DOS)
1993-??-??	Operation Firestorm (AMI)
1993-??-??	Suburban Commando (AMI)
1993-??-??	Thomas the Tank Engine II (AMI)
1994-??-??	Jungle Strike (AMI)
1994-??-??	Jungle Strike (CD32)
1995-??-??	F1: World Championship Edition (AMI)
1999-??-??	Caesars Palace II (GBC)		Sound Driver
2000-06-16	Caesars Palace 2000: Millennium Gold Edition (DC)		Sound Engine Code
2000-06-16	Caesars Palace 2000: Millennium Gold Edition (PS1)		Sound Engine Code
2000-11-01	Arthur! Ready to Race (PS1)		Sound Engine Programmer
2001-01-12	Spec Ops: Ranger Elite (PS1)		Sound System
2001-06-28	Spec Ops: Covert Assault (PS1)		Sound System
2001-09-28	Backyard Soccer (PS1)		Sound Engine Code
2011-11-30	Scrabble (GBC)		Sound Engine
2017-10-31	Cookie (C64)

Picture Gallery

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  LinkedIn profile picture.

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  Circa 2010, Facebook.

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  Circa 2014, Facebook.

Links

• mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,115108/ - MobyGames.
• facebook.com/paul.tankard.5 - Facebook.
• uk.linkedin.com/pub/paul-tankard/6/b8b/74/ - LinkedIn.