Russell Shaw (composer)

Russell Shaw is a BAFTA-nominated British composer and sound designer. He is known for his work in many video games, particularly those designed by Peter Molyneux. Biography and career Shaw was exposed to music at the age of five, when he was given a guitar by his uncle. He trained himself in music playing in various bands through late 1970s to early 1980s. Although he had an interest in playing music, he wanted to be a record producer. After training at SAE London in the mid-1980s, he was hired by Gerry Anderson (of Thunderbirds fame) as his recording studio manager, recording sound for various television shows. His first project was the soundtrack for Black & White. A fan of ambient techno, Black & White was followed by 2004’s Fable. Danny Elfman was brought in to compose the theme music, and Shaw was asked to do more traditional orchestral ingame score that would more fit Elfman’s dark fairytale-styled theme music. The Fable soundtrack was successful, with IGN saying “It really couldn’t have been a better score” and GameSpot calling out the audio as “quite possibly the best part of the game”. After his success with Fable, Shaw went on to compose the soundtracks for Fable II, Fab