![]() ![]() He attended the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, earning his BA in 1949, then moved to California. ![]() He entered Brooklyn Technical High School in 1939, graduated in 1943, and served with the Army in Europe during World War II this formed the basis for his 1960 novel The Beardless Warriors. ![]() His early writing influences were the film Dracula (1931), novels by Kenneth Roberts, and a poem which he read in the newspaper Brooklyn Eagle, where he published his first short story at age eight. They divorced when he was eight, and he was raised in Brooklyn, New York, by his mother. Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey, to Norwegian immigrants Bertolf and Fanny Matheson. Both Steel and Button had previously been episodes of The Twilight Zone. The movie Cold Sweat was based on his novel Ride the Nightmare, and Les seins de glace ( Icy Breasts) was based on his novel Someone Is Bleeding. In addition to I Am Legend and Duel, nine more of his novels and short stories have been adapted as motion pictures: The Shrinking Man (filmed as The Incredible Shrinking Man), Hell House (filmed as The Legend of Hell House), What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return (filmed as Somewhere in Time), A Stir of Echoes, Steel (filmed as Real Steel), and Button, Button (filmed as The Box). He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay, directed by Steven Spielberg for the television film of the same name that year. Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of The Twilight Zone, including " Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and " Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures – House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror and The Raven. The other two adaptations were The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston, and I Am Legend, with Will Smith. Matheson himself was co-writer of the first film version, The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price, which was released in 1964. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times. I hope you enjoy listening.Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. As I developed the pieces at the piano and then orchestrated them, I became interested in the different emotions a piano solo evokes compared to the orchestral performance of essentially the same piece, and decided I would share both. I wanted to tell a tale of dreams, adventure, and exploration as simply as possible, through the eyes and understanding of a child. I decided to work with a somewhat lighter ensemble than I have in the past: a piano, chamber orchestra, and harp. They evoke great emotion while remaining deceptively simple. Erik Satie’s amazing piano pieces were another inspiration. That piece and melody, developed for the first announcement trailer for Golem, became the impetus for this suite of music. My first thought was of a mother humming a lullaby to her child, and I remembered a lullaby for piano I wrote many years ago after the birth of my first daughter. This means that the music needs to stand alone and take the listener on an emotional journey, without the support of the visuals or memories of gameplay. Jaime Griesemer, Highwire Games Creative Director, asked me to compose not just the score for the game but an entire musical prequel. I wanted the music to evoke emotions of excitement, sadness, mystery, and the wonder of childhood. The story of Golem: children who’ve lost their mother a grieving father trying his hardest to keep his family safe a mysterious city filled with monsters and adventure. ![]()
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