Tee Lopes
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About
Portuguese-American composer, producer, arranger, and DJ best known for creating music for popular video games. He gained widespread recognition for composing the soundtrack to Sonic Mania and has since worked on titles including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge and Shinobi.
Before fame
He began making music at age eight and joined his first band at nine. After moving to the United States at 15, he started producing hip-hop beats and uploaded his first Sonic the Hedgehog remix to YouTube in 2009.
Trivia
He often sequences his music using a mouse and a QWERTY keyboard rather than playing instruments for every composition. He has also worked on projects including Marvel Cosmic Invasion and League of Legends.
Family life
He was born in Coimbra, Portugal, and grew up in a family of music enthusiasts.
Associated with
In an interview with Nintendo Life, he listed Jun Senoue, yuzo koshiro, and Nobuo Uematsu among his musical influences.
