About Robert Casady
Robert is an award-winning
composer, arranger/orchestrator, and sound designer.
Robert was born and raised in Santa Maria, California.
Graduating from high school at the age of fifteen, he
immediately entered college as a music composition major.
Upon his acceptance at California State University,
Northridge, he was given an Outstanding Achievement Award
in Composition. Looking for more than the limited (at the
time) commercial program the school offered, he left that
institution to attend the film scoring program at UCLA,
where he studied with the likes of Gerald Fried, Jerrold
Immel, and Ernest Gold. Subsequent meetings with composers
John Williams and Bruce Broughton further encouraged him.
He began composing professionally in 1980 for low budget
film and video projects. Some time later he met director
Matt Saia, who went on to become an important figure in
video game design, and who gave Robert his first game
scoring assignment. Robert has since contributed original
music to over a dozen game titles, as well as arranged and
recorded non-original music for several others.
Additionally, he has worked with noted composers William
Ross, Richard Gibbs, and Phil Giffin, performing
transcription and MIDI programming duties.
In 1995 he began an association as arranger with the vocal
group Rogers' Legacy (the granddaughters of Roy Rogers and
Dale Evans), and continues to work with member Julie Ashley
in her solo career.
In 2003 Robert won the Game Audio Network Guild
award for Best
Children's Audio for his rousing score to
Tonka:
Rescue Patrol. He continues to be active
in the field of interactive entertainment. He currently
resides in Simi Valley, California, where he works out
of his own project studio.
