David Young (composer)

This article is about the American keyboardist and composer. For other people with this name, see David Young.

David Joseph Young (1957 – June 29, 2024) was an American keyboardist, composer, producer and recording artist. He is most well known for producing the soundtracks to the Sega CD video games Sonic CD,^[1] Ecco: The Tides of Time,^[2] and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin.^[3] He has worked with Keith Emerson, Warren Zevon, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Carmen, Michael Stanley and the Resonators, Alex Bevan and the Cleveland Orchestra. Young died of cancer in Burton, Ohio, on June 29, 2024, at the age of 66.^[4]

David Young
Born	1957 (1957)
Died	June 29, 2024 (aged 66) Burton, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	Easy listening, electronic, classical, synthpop
Occupations	Musician, composer, record producer, educator
Instruments	Keyboards, synthesizers
Years active	1976–2024
Labels	Independent
Website	http://www.daveyoungmusic.com

Career with Sega

In 1993, Young began contributing audio and music to Sega video games.^[5][6] He was present for the formation of Sega Music Group and Sega Music Group Studios in San Francisco.^[7][8] Young was a frequent collaborator with composer/producer Spencer Nilsen,^[9] who was director of Sega Music Group at the time.^[10] He was involved in over a dozen different Sega titles from 1993–1996, composing, producing and engineering soundtracks for titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin,^[3] Sonic CD,^[1] Ecco: The Tides of Time,^[2][11] Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj,^[12] NBA Live, NHL Live, and Wild Woody,^[13] as well as many others.

Works

Title	Year	System	Notes
Sonic CD (US)	1993	Sega CD	with Spencer Nilsen and Sterling, keyboards and synthesizer programming.
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin			with Nilsen.
Ecco: The Tides of Time	1994		Engineering, keyboards & programming, additional writing with Nilsen.
Wild Woody	1995		Engineering, mixing and mastering, sound/foley effects.
Cyber Speedway		Sega Saturn	Recording, engineering & mixing.
Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj	1996		with Brad Kaiser.
Mr. Bones			Assistant on the set.
Boomer! Utopian Memoir	2015		with Alex Bevan, keyboards.